Intern

Status
Group/Division/Type
Energy
City
Chicago
Interviewed
November 2018
Overall experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

General Interview Information

Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Had an informational interview with an analyst and he followed up with a modeling test for me to complete
What were the most difficult or unexpected interview questions asked?
Nothing too surprising. Interviewer asked me typical fit questions. Why interested in marathon/ why IB/ experience to get you ready for IB/ tell me about your favorite class. Then followed up with some basic technicals including walk me through DCF, how to calculate WACC, which financial statement would you choose and what deals have you been following. Interviewer was very nice and followed up with a modeling test about a widget factory. My model was not up to par and I did not move on in the process.
How did you answer each of these questions (please be specific)?
-interested in marathon bc good deal flow, leader In their space, interested in renewable energy
-interested in IB because of transactions and opportunity to gain foundation in finance
-did PE internship before to prepare for IB world
-macroeconomics, find markers interesting

Techs
-ran through dcf and WACC calculation process
-cash flow statement as cash is king
-talked about ibm and redmonk deal

Answered modeling test by making many assumptions and building out 5 yr projections in excel

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