DCM Internship interview questions

Hi everyone. I have an upcoming interview for an internship in DCM syndicate at a top European bank known for its strong capital markets team. They've closed great deals in the past years and have more in their pipeline. The interviews are accelerated from what I heard and they try to ask as many questions as possible. The interview will be with a director and an associate. This interview should be for all functions: origination, structuring, etc. They rotate interns and there's a chance to land LevFin eventually, which would obvs be better.

I have compiled these topics from previous threads: understand all basic fixed income pricing concepts & terminology (shouldn't be an issue since I did CFA L2); yield curve, Z/I/G spreads; questions about the markets recently; Euribor/libor/SOFR rates.

What other technical questions can I expect? Thanks in advance!

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Doubt they will ask Z/I/G Spreads for an intern role as it is just a different way to quantify a credit spread. Know how to answer a question like rates are rising and becoming more volatile what would investors do in such a situation if they are currently holding xxx type bonds? One answer: as bonds are more risky, more investors will flock towards govvies or higher rated bonds. And perhaps think about how comps are determined for bonds and what determines investor demand

 
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