Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

The assessment centre was a big day: it ran through three rounds with different people, and the format included elimination throughout the day—so I always felt like I needed to perform immediately, not just build momentum.

The structure mapped onto what I’d heard the firm valued: concrete technical thinking plus fit and motivation. The day started with associates and then went to final-round interviews with VPs and MDs, and by the later conversations I was being held to a higher standard. In parallel, my earlier recruiter-stage conversations and subsequent rounds also emphasized mixing