How do you discuss the company's recent deals in an interview?

I used one or two deals as example for my motivation to join investment banking. She then asked me why the deal failed (I used BAE EADS) and what I think about it etc. the way she spoke suggested she was working on that deal. In another interview, the MD simply asked me how I keep up with M&A deals and to tell him about the ones I find interesting, to which I said "news, FT" and forgot to mention service like Zephyr - that I was using, and even took print outs with me.

You can pick any deal, of course it is better if it is recent/significant to the firm. I think deals that failed have more to talk about.

Don't bring it up unless asked specifically about it. Every time an interviewee has ever asked me about a deal, I was never involved with it. When I was at a BB, it was usually something that my group would never be involved with, and at the boutique, it was always a deal that I had no part of (and, to be honest, didn't give a crap about). In banking, if you aren't on the deal, you just don't care.

I'm interviewing for energy groups and wanted to incorporate specific deals the group at worked on into my "why X" answer. I've talked to a few people at the firms, and they really seem to pride themselves on the recent large M&A deals that have been coming through. Maybe I won't volunteer it, but in case they ask I'd like to have 1 or 2 deals in mind and at least know basics. So it would be good to pick 1 large M&A deal that I know the group has worked on and know the seller's EV, type of financing, etc? I also don't have access to bloomberg or capIQ right now (not at school), aside from sifting through dealbook, how can I find recent deals the group has worked on?