InterOcean Advisors Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (18%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (20%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (57%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

Interviews at InterOcean Advisors

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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Chicago
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Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Chicago
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Interview Questions & Answers - InterOcean Advisors Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: April 2019
Date Submitted: May 02, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Other
Interview
I applied through email online, submitted a resume, followed up coming closer to recruitment season, and had a phone call with behaviorals and technicals.
Interview Questions
Was asked about accounting and valuation technicals including a multi-year accounting work-through problem, comparable companies and precedent comparable transactions, difference between equity value and enterprise value and details on them, and was asked to walk through a DCF.
Some behaviorals and were pretty straightforward, asking about your resume, experiences in internships, jobs, education, what interests you, etc.
You should be sure to know current events and what you read in the news.
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied on career site, got an email for a phone interview. Had a quick phone interview then was invited for a superday where it was 4 on 1, MD, VP, Associate and Analyst.
Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself. Self-explanatory, had a pretty good and logical path to how I arrived to applying for this internship.
Resume-specific questions. Know everything on your resume really well.
How do you look at industries/companies? From macro to micro level, what drives competition, what makes a company "good" in this space, etc.
Why investment banking vs. other finance-related career paths? Why InterOcean Advisors and what do you want to get out of this internship? Self-explanatory and wanted to learn more about banking with firsthand experience and was attracted to their meritocratic internship structure.
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