Greenhill Summer IB Analyst Telephone Interview
Hi,
I'm an undergraduate with almost no finance background (I study a science subject) and a first-round telephone interview at Greenhill. I think I probably got an interview because of the university I go to, academic results, extracurriculars (none to do with finance, though) and a strong cover letter.
However, I'd be grateful if anyone has any insight on potential interview questions - I'm prepped for "Why IB?", "Why M&A?" etc but need to read up on technicals, so any specific advice on exactly which technical things to look up, understand and be prepared to talk about would be great.
Thanks in advance.
Given your background, I think the most important thing you need to demonstrate is actually a legitimate interest in banking. Your technical questions will probably be fairly simple (depreciation through the statements, relationship between statements, walk through dcf, enterprise value formula and what each component means) because you come from a science background with no experience with finance so I wouldn't worry too much about that. You're definitely going to climb an uphill battle at Greenhill because the candidates they give offers to are top notch but if your personality wins them over you'll be set
agree fully with NYKnicks about having pretty simple technicals. Since it seems like you have no real finance background, also make sure you understand what investment bankers really do all day (pitch books, various valuations, other grunt work, etc.). Recommend talking to a few people in field to get a feel for that so it seems like you really know what you're getting into.
Best of luck
ibankingfaq.com is a pretty good prep tool, esp if you have no finance or banking background.
Great advice - thanks
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So how'd it go?
Greenhill SA 1st round interview (Originally Posted: 01/31/2012)
Any ideas what to expect from this?
I've heard they are pretty technical.
Very technical, know how to run depreciation/interest through multiple years through all the financials, both methods for CF accounting, stuff about trading comps/multiples.
Also, I was non-core for GHL, but my first first round interview (out of two) was like an hour+ long, even though they said it'd only be 30 minutes. Good luck!
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