Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

Early on, the questions were a mix of fit and fundamentals—tell me about your background, why investment banking, and then a few technical prompts that were meant to verify I understood the core mechanics. In one stage, the technicals were straightforward enough to handle, and the interviewer even left time for my questions at the end.

Once I got to the later rounds and superday, it turned into a heavier test of both communication and technical consistency. I had multiple back-to-back conversations with different people, and they weren’t just asking for definitions—they wanted me to explain