Why Rothschild and Why Houlihan Lokey

Hi guys,

I have a summer associate interview soon with Rothschild and Houlihan Lokey. Houlihan Lokey is for the restructuring side and Rothschild is a rotational program so can anyone provide insight into how I should address why Rothschild or Houlihan Lokey question? I would very much appreciate if you can provide answers as if I am interviewing separately for Rothschild M&A and Rothschild restructuring. Thanks a bunch!

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This is something you need to answer yourself. What makes these firms unique? What have you learned from those you've talked too? What's stuck out to you?

You need to do some work yourself, here. That said, if you are this far behind on figuring out why HL RX vs why Rothschild M&A, you need a lot of help and prep before these interviews or you have no chance at getting one of these jobs.

 

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