Morgen Evan and Company Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (83%)

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.

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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.

3.7
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Interview Difficulty (56%)

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.

2.3
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% Interns - FT Offers (34%)

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.

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Interviews at Morgen Evan and Company

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Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Shanghai
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2011
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2012
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2012
Job Title Intern
Group/Division
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Morgen Evan and Company Examples

analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2019
Date Submitted: Sep 24, 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The interviewer is pretty nice. Duration is about 20 mins. questions are not super hard. Team is pretty welcoming.
Interview Questions
No such question. No hard technical
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Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2019
Date Submitted: Jul 01, 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Went through the resume screening -> resume was pulled by an associate that I already knew -> visited the office and had 3 back-to-back 1 on 1 interviews with Associate, Senior Associate, and Partner
Interview Questions
The most unexpected interview questions asked were:
Why don't you have a 4.0 GPA?
Pitch me a good M&A target?
If you were given 10M dollars, what would you do with it?
Pitch me a Stock
How would you explain the idea of bps to a kid?
Why US instead of Korea?
Other than these questions, lot of the questions were expected. The usual banking questions like:
Tell me about yourself?
Why Banking?
Explain what you did on your past work experience
Hardest part / Enjoyable part of your past work experience
Strengths/Weakness?
Market following and talk about why it interests you?
What are your interests
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Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Nov 20, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Reached out to professional inside and get 1 on 1 F2F interview. Standard 30 minutes on resume, motivations etc.
Interview Questions
who are the largest 3 players in xx industry (one mentioned in resume). legitimate question but not really remembered...
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Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Shanghai
Interviewed: June 2015
Date Submitted: Jul 03, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Had multiple phone calls with representatives from different offices. Mostly behavioral questions, nothing too technical. Make sure you can talk about each line on your CV. Note: this was for an unpaid position.
Interview Questions
They asked about every single one of my past experiences and extracurricular activities. Just make sure you can talk about them and make the connection to why banking etc. They also called me the day after my first round and put me on the spot - keep your phones on
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1st year Associate, M&A Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2011
Date Submitted: Jan 31, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
applied through NYU
phone interview
then brought into office for first round with Vice President
2nd round with MD
Emailed me offer by the time I got back to my apt
as a boutique, if you're applying for Associate role, you obviously must of done at least 2 yr analyst program somewhere else, so less of an interview and more like a dialogue with industry peers.
Interview Questions
We have a client in the consumer products industry looking for overseas acquisition to expand distribution channels. Can you give me three or four possible Chinese targets? And why are you choosing them?
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IB Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2013
Date Submitted: Jan 24, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Received a phone interview about 1 week after application through a campus career service job posting. Interviewer was really nice and willing to work around my timetable to schedule the interview. The interview was about 30 minutes long and was almost at all behavioral based questions. Asked about the stuff on my resume and what I learned through each of my internships. Really nice guy.
Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself
Why did you choose your school
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Sales and Trading Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2013
Date Submitted: Dec 08, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I reached out to an alumni that was pretty high up at the firm. At first, I had a 30 minute first round phone interview. I then had a super day that consisted of 3-4 interviews back to back. I heard back in a week that I did not receive an offer. Nothing out of the ordinary in terms of interview questions, mostly fit.
Interview Questions
There really weren't any unexpected questions. The interview was mostly fit with a few technicals. They asked me to pitch a stock and then asked a ton of follow up questions based on my answer.
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Summer Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Jul 15, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
there are 3 round interviews. the first round is phone interview, second and third rounds are on site interviews. The questions are behavioral based, not at all technical.
Interview Questions
Was NYU your first choice when applying for college?
Tell me about yourself.
you 5 year career plan
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Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2013
Date Submitted: May 31, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I first found Morgen, Even & Co. on an M&A advisory firm database (I was cold-calling every New York City firm in the database that had an "unstructured" internship program as I assumed those would, potentially, be easier to land). I cold-called Morgen, Evan and left a voicemail in the firm's general voicemail - I told them about my previous internship at an investment company, where I had conversations with ex-bankers whic ultimately convinced me that banking was the career for me. An analyst emailed me and asked me to send them my résumé. We subsequently set up and interview.

The interview was led by an associate who asked me to "tell me about yourself." I told him about my experience at the investment company and my excitement with M&A advisory. He asked me to walk him through the three financial statements and asked me to tell him they they relate to each other. I asked him a few questions about the firm's strategy and that was it. After about a week, they invited me for 2nd round interview in-person.

This interview was led by a Vice President who asked me to tell him about myself. I told him the same story that I told the associate, but this time I expressed my passion for investment banking more authentically (more excitedly). He said then began telling me what the analysts got to do as interns and how they get fantastic experience (participate in cross-border sell-side and buy-side deals and capital raises, conduct market-based valuations, etc.). I asked him several questions about the firm and he was very responsive. All in all, I thought the interview went well.

About three weeks later, they told me via email that they couldn't hire me. I asked why and they told me that their intern who was there for the spring semester decided to stay for the summer.
Interview Questions
Q: Tell me about yourself
A: Why I chose my college, my buy-side investing internship experience, how the internship helped me realize that IB was for me, why exactly I liked IB.
Q: Walk me through the three financial statement and explain to me how they relate to each other
A: Went over the typical line items on each statement and then gave an example (refer to the section "Accounting and Financial Statements" on Ibankingfaq.com) of purchasing a piece of equipment with cash and how that effects each of the statements in year 1 and year 2, respectively.
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Investment Banking Analyst Intern Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2012
Date Submitted: Sep 19, 2012
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Found the job posting on career center's website and submitted resume. Got an email from the company for a first-round phone interview. Got called back for another round of in-person interview with a VP.
Interview Questions
What do you know about our firm?
The firm has very limited information available online, so it was a bit challenging to do research before hand. However, if you can find someone who worked there before, it can be very helpful.
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