Houlihan Lokey·Investment Banking Analyst

Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first interview round started with a clear behavioral and motivations section—questions about explaining a deal and why that business line, then it moved quickly into restructuring-focused technicals.

I was asked to work through core valuation and distressed-company thinking, including valuation and DCF-style walkthroughs, and I even had to explain how to value a distressed company rather than just run a generic model.

The atmosphere felt structured and firm, and it didn’t give me much room to skate by with surface-level knowledge. The technical questions were the main event, and they were tightly connected to restructuring concepts and accounting mechanics like the three-statement walkthrough. By the time the round ended, it was obvious they were judging depth and accuracy more than how

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