Houlihan Lokey First Round Interview
Have a first round with HL coming up, does anybody have past experiences or advice they'd be willing to share?
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What group and what location? Didn’t you just receive a first round and was there a HV?
No HV. HL is heavy networking firm i think
Atlanta Business Services M&A. Just received a first round and no HV
I do too this Friday for NYC. Would u want to take this into DMs and lowkey mock?
Damn. Hm people did you network with? Is it NY generalist?
Really wanted HL, but didn’t get a 1st round - do you know if it’s in waves or am i cooked?
in waves for sure. Wait until Feburary because I did an exclusive networking event just for my school and the HR said R1 are sent out around Jan - Feb and SD are sent out Mar - Apr. I would still hit people up if you can to connect bc my experience with HL networking has been great.
I networked with ONLY alumni and they’re in BS, FinTech, Tech, and RX.
I applied to Atlanta Business Services and only networked with one alum who works there currently! Ended up being a 30-minute mostly behavioral interview, much more chill than I expected. Was only asked one technical and it was about the three valuation methods. Otherwise, I was asked what the most impressive entry on my resume was, situational questions, challenges I've faced leading a team, TMABYS, etc. It might come in waves but I'm not sure--was offered the first round two-ish weeks ago (before the new year).
For associate? A buddy was recruited and it moved by super quick…they’ll want you to fly out for meet &greet also.
Did you hear back after your first round for superday? I had mine last Thursday
Nope haven’t heard back yet!
I have mine Friday too for NYC
R1 or SD?
Did you have your R1 yet? Can I DM you about the questions you received?
any info on fsg?
Sponsors or Services?
services
Has anyone heard back following rd1 in Atlanta
I haven’t yet!
Yup just got the SD invite
Target school? When was your first round?
Got the SD invite tdy… anyone have advice?
study hard and good luck. they're relatively hard on technicals up for any interviews pre-VP levels so make sure you can do that aside from the behaviorals. mаrginofаlpha is a pretty good resource in general so recommend that
Superday for ATL?
What group?
SD for LA
What about private debt advisory?
Did anyone hear back for NYC superday after first round?
Were there technicals in R1?
If you don't mind, what were your R1 questions like?
Anybody hear back from r1 DC
I had my round one like two weeks ago now, still havnt heard back
check messages
have you heard back yet? had r1 a little over a week ago and nothing yet...
dm me
Just got R1 NY
when is ur interview
Next Friday, they mentioned that you will have to choose a group to recruit for but I'm not sure what that process is
isn’t that a restaurant
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Has anyone heard back from ATL Bus. Serv. Rd 1 about a SD?
Yah just got invited to the SD today
Did Generalist R1 for NY today. Very chill be up to speed on behaviorals, technicals were a HR formality, but I would assume this differs per interviewer. They will do either one or two rounds to place you in a coverage group for SPD.
do you know what timeline looks like for it? I had my interview Thursday afternoon haven’t heard back not sure how long it takes to hear about second round or SPD.
An upperclassman who got an offer last year said a week max for another round, and another week max for SPD. So not over yet and I would wait till the end of the week before begging hr.
Anyone have SD for ATL
Yup just got the invite
Had R1 for NYC on Tuesday, Qs were 80% techs. None from 400 or red book. Was told by someone else on the team that it’s straight to SD (I think because I was already placed in a specific coverage group..?). Fingers crossed
Did anyone refer you or did you just get a HL interview?
No one told me they would put in a referral for me, if that’s what you’re asking. I had an informal first round back in Nov with an alum tho, I believe that’s why I got the interview bc none of my friends got it + I attend heavy non-target
Did anyone mention to you the timeline to hear back on?
That's actually wild I also had mine on Tuesday with healthcare and the only tech I got was how do the three statements link. Which group did you place into because 80% techs is insanely unlucky? Interviewer said we should hear back by early next week if we got SD.
Mine was very similar very few technicals mostly about valuation and DCF walkthrough. I still haven't heard back hoping that I hear back early next week as well.
Yeah I think if I don’t hear back within 7 days from today (1.5 weeks after interview) I’m assuming no SD. I interviewed w Consumers. Did u guys get questions that were nearly word-for-word from 400 or red book?
I got a vague LBO question (phrased as a literal story with a question mark at the end) and sector-specific valuation questions. Like I was given an example scenario and asked what I’d do / what multiples I’d use and why
What location for hc?
How long after R1 should we expect to hear back?
Im sure it varies, but I just heard back about an SD invite about 2 weeks later
what group?
Atlanta Business Services
Hey i got 2nd round for Atlanta Healthcare, wanna chat?
Del
Did anyone else receive a ATL BS Superday?
Yes
hm idk I thought I was because I hadn't heard back in two weeks and the rest I was invited within 48 hrs but they ended up sending me an invite so I wouldn't rule it out
u were invited to SD 2 weeks after R1? Can i ask what office and group
Ya it was ATL Business Services
did anyone hear back from minneapolis R1?
Yeah superdays already rolled out
I had round 1 interview 8 days ago for NY and interviewer said I was getting a superday but still haven't heard anything. Anyone in a similar situtation?
I haven’t heard anything from NY first round either. Maybe they waiting to send out a batch at once.
what group
They just sent Superday invites today, two whole weeks after R1
Wow good to know I'm not the only one. Interviewer told me she would put in a good word to HR and that I should email her once I get my SD so that she could mock me, this was last Tuesday for NY healthcare.
how was the SD?
Anyone heard back from HL Minneapolis?
Nope, I’m also so Minneapolis what group
P&U, did u do first round
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