Oaklins Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (86%)

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.

4.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (70%)

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.

2.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (58%)

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 Oaklins

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Amsterdam
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Frankfurt
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Oaklins Examples

M&A Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Amsterdam
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Applied online and got invited for an interview together with HR and an analyst. The interview consisted of 30 minutes. 15 minutes behavioral with HR and 15 minutes technical with the analyst.
Interview Questions
If heineken is trading at 10x EBITDA and we are trying to value a local private brewery, can we also just value it at 10x EBITDA?

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: February 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Was relatively short and wasn't too hard, analysts cared more about behavioral than technicals. Had an employee referral so the process was much shorter than anyone else in my intern class.
Interview Questions
Give me the 3 most common valuation methods

Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: September 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
It was pretty chill. There was a phone screen and it wasn't too tricky. It was almost all behavioral but they might ask you to walk them through a dcf. With my background she didn't really bother. But I did get tripped up on a markets question. Make sure you know what the S&P and DJ is trading at that morning. Besides that and some behaviorals, you should be good.
Interview Questions
What is the Dow Jones and S&P 500 trading at today?
What would you do if you had difficulties with a teammate?
Walk me through a DCF.

Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Frankfurt
Interviewed: August 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied online via LinkedIn. The first round was an interview with the head of recruiting. It was a fit interview mainly based on past experiences and getting to know each other. The recruiter was very friendly and experienced.
I received feedback one or two days after and was invited to an in-person interview with two of the partners. This was a fit interview as well and was a very open exchange. The partners were very nice.
After 1.5 weeks I received feedback, that they would not invite me to the next round, which would have been an Accessment Center type day, including a presentation, a Case-Study and two to three further interviews.
Interview Questions
If I had contact with any (former) colleagues at the company and what information I got from that.
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