Moelis 2026 SA MEGAthread
Just thought I'd make this as I don't see one yet. Any insights on when first rounds will come out?
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LDP has first rounds next week
Thanks for sharing!
Heard that first rounds will be given out end of January and the beginning of february.
Any insights on the difficulty of technicals and percentage of behaviorals in their first round?
from what I heard the first round will be extremely technical and the Super Day will have a much larger focus on behaviorals
Can confirm with info from upperclassmen - seems like they do the technical screen for the 1R and superday is mostly fit
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I had first round did anyone do super days?
Are M&A/Generalist first rounds out?
Anyone heard from the cap markets group?
anyone get NYC first rounds for Life Sciences group? analyst said they would happen this week
May not be applicable to life sciences, but I heard that choices on interviews would be this week
Did anyone else receive a suited invite from Moelis to connect?
Does it even mean anything?
Yes also just received that. Not for sure if its significant lol
I literally look into anything for traction 😭
Meant jackshit during last cycle fwiw. Might have changed this year though.
Anyone received 1st round
NY non-core 1Rs are out
What do you mean by non-core
Non target schools. So basically not Ivy or a top 5-10 business school
Below comment is false, non-core for Moelis NY is any school besides Wharton, Kelley, Ross, and UT Austin.
Heard R1 technicals were insanely hard this year. Even kids using IBVine and Careerscend said absolutely ridiculous
Had my R1 this week and it went pretty well (fingers crossed) anyone know when to expect superday invites? If not, I can reach out to my contact but don't want to bother them right away
Agree with the above comment R1 technicals were super hard - I used IBVine and Capital Interview Experts, and personally CIE made the difference in actually being able to answer the techs. In terms of prepping strategy the problem with IBVine is that even though it's free, the technicals are too basic for EB interviews. When prepping with CIE, I obviously focused on the MOE-specific questions (I got asked one in my R1 with slightly different numbers) but also used EVR and PJT questions and got 1 more similar to an EVR one.
You should be hearing back in a couple of days following the first round, at least that was my experience.
From what I've heard superdays come out early next week. But considering getting Ultimate Analyst Prep for the superday but could you lmk how many MOE specific or EB specific questions they have?
I had R1 last week, only two behaviorals (tmay and why Moelis) the rest is all techs
Similar experience as the above comment - my behavorials were TMAY, Why IB, Why Moelis and the rest technicals.
In terms of how difficult you should expect the technicals to be, this was the one in the CIE guide that I was asked during my interview:
Q - Buyer has $50 share price, 1M S/O, $6M net income, 40% tax rate. Target has $11 share price, 500K S/O, $1.5M net income, 40% tax rate. Buyer purchases target with 50% debt and 50% equity at $15/share. Debt has interest rate of 6%. There are $500K in pre-tax synergies. What is the $ value and % value of accretion/dilution for this deal?
A - Buyer EPS = Net Income / Shares Outstanding = $6M / 1M = $6 / share
Acquisition price = share price x number of shares = $15 x 500K = $7.5M
Number of shares issued by buyer = 50% of $7.5M / buyer price of 1 share = $3.75M / $50 = 75K shares issued
Pro-froma EPS = combined NI + synergies (post-tax) - interest expense (post-tax) / new shares outstanding
= $6M + $1.5M + $500K (1-40%) - 2.75M (6%)(1-40%)/1.075M
=$7.13
= $1.13/share accretion (18.8%)
Super technical and can't use a calculator but that's expected with EBs. The Ultimate Analyst Prep for Capital Interview Experts had 35/40 MOE specific questions but if you include PJT and EVR it is around 200 questions and with all banks around 700 questions
Are all 1Rs done?
are R1s out for NY generalist apps? or only life sciences / LDP / diversity
got R1 invite from non target for M&A generalist last week
Interviewed 1st round non core 2/11, anybody hear back?
Contact told me theyre making decisions at the end of next week and will let everyone know then (non core specifically is at the end of their process)
the end of next week is ridiculous for just getting a superday LMAO, calling me contact today and will ask too
anyone hear from boston?
nah
does anyone have insights about their capital markets process
just received 1st round for nyc private funds advisory. Has anyone done it?
got interview this week in PFA. Have you done yours yet?
nope. I'll have it this Friday
so are ny m&a 1rs basically over?
Nah ... non core this week
anyone do Moelis capital markets 1r and hear back?
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when did you do yours?
anyone know if SF tech has kicked off?
Know people with offers
I know someone who just posted they accepted offer. Did first round and superday alreaady for SF tech
did anyone non core get r1 without networking
not sure mine is their core or not but I got their 1r without networking
is that all spots for target over? (does anyone heard back from life science group
I haven't heard back from life sciences.
any info on superday invites for Generalist-NYC?
did u hear
Some SDs out for non-core generalist
I signed last week in the first wave lol supers r out
what day did you super
how was the technical round, was it hard, what kind of questions
Did you get offer day of interview or after
Superdays are out for generalist non-core, does anyone have info on type of technicals asked during the superday?
nyu soph here - are all nyc 1r for m/a done?
nyu soph who got my 1R yday, scheduling looks like it will be done after this thurs
What do you mean scheduling - like in terms of who else will receive 1Rs? My connect at moelis said that interviews are rolling and my app was flagged, so i still have some faith atm.
when are superdays NYC for generalist nyc. Did 1R last Wednesday
ppl who had super days this week has anyone heard back yet
Yeah has anyone heard back yet?
did u
are 1rs all done
yes
how do you know?
Has anyone whos done 1r this week heard back for super yet?
anyone know anything about the PFA group? is it reputable? what exits does it have? how many interns/ analysts do they have?
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