Houlihan Lokey·Investment Banking Analyst

Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying online and finishing the online assessment, I got an invite a few weeks later to a first-round interview with the IB team.

The meeting was about 30 minutes and felt pretty friendly. I went through the usual behavioral questions and then a set of technical questions—enough to make it clear they were checking whether I could connect the concepts to real valuation work. I left feeling like I’d done well overall, but I didn’t make it to a final round.

That process also moved with a sense of momentum rather than dragging for months. In my timeline, I noticed there wasn’t a long gap between stages—first round and then a superday, both virtual. I initially expected another step in between, but it didn’t happen. The

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