One interview question I did not get correct

Hey guys,
I got this question during interview. Actually it was a follow-up question from the previous one.
Anyways, this question is "if you add equity offering to increase funding and shareholders disagree, what would you do?"

I basically said that because their shares will be diluted so I will use the Treasury Stock Method to analyze. But this seems to be some sort of analysis and he seemed unsatisfied.

How would you guys answer this?

5 Comments
 

"if you add equity offering to increase funding and shareholders disagree, what would you do?" I'm assuming you mean that you do a secondary offering/IPO and there ends up being low demand and undersubscription?

In this case you would have the bank that you were dealing with buy back whatever Green Shoe shares it sold short in the initial offering (if there was a green shoe) and maybe even buy back additional shares. This would help stabilize the market. Or by "if shareholders disagree" you mean that when you're doing the roadshow, shareholders don't like it, so then you would simply just not do the offering.

"Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people." -Mark Cuban
 

To first two posts-I typed that in a hurry this morning so I did not quite check the wording. Rest assured I speak fluent English. The wording should be:"if the company needs funding, would equity be a good way? If you choose to fund through equity offerings, how would you go with this way? And if the shareholders are worried about the dilution of shares, would you still proceed?"

@ltsting26 Appreciate your response. But that question was based on corporate funding instead of secondary market. Sorry that I was not being clear.

 

Doloribus repellat sit voluptatem sapiente molestiae. Et et ut asperiores sit voluptas molestiae est sunt. Nihil odio sit illo est omnis sed consequatur excepturi.

Consectetur aperiam maxime qui quod sunt. Voluptatem maiores et sit itaque. Ducimus quo sunt non qui est non consequuntur animi. Ut consequatur voluptates tenetur vel. Expedita ratione excepturi distinctio. Quae nobis alias distinctio eum.

Haters gonna hate

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
6
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
7
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
8
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
9
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
10
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”