Houlihan Lokey Financial Analyst interview experience

I ended up with six separate interview rounds, and after that I had two additional on-site interview rounds that, honestly, turned into a formality. The whole thing culminated in what felt like the same generic rejection message every step of the way, which made it hard to justify how much time I’d invested.

What stood out most to me was how the later stages didn’t feel like they were adding real signal—just more loops. It was frustrating because the earlier conversations didn’t necessarily feel like disasters, but the sheer number of rounds and the lack of clarity at the end left a sour