Houlihan Lokey M&A Summer Analyst

Has anyone heard back from Houlihan Lokey for a summer financial analyst position? What are their interviews like, I heard they are quite technical. Anyone pls??? Also I have read this http://www.fins.com/Finance/Articles/SB129597374071479425/Speed-Dating-With-Houlihan-Lokey

Hey guys,

I've also applied to Houlihan, but haven't heard back yet, but I've interviewed through the Cornell Partnership for Greenhill, first round with Lazard and got to the intermediate round stage for PWP so have had some experience interviewing with boutiques and I found that PWP was brutal, Lazard was almost as hard and after those two Greenhill was fairly straightforward, but still quite technical. Essentially they want to know that you have a solid grasp of a DCF (if you don't then you may as well not show up) and also some other standard valuation techniques (EV multiples, asset valuations, P/E multiples and most importantly that you have an idea of their relative strengths and weaknesses). Beyond that you'll get some brainteasers (some mentalist at PWP gave me a question I was later told was in a STEP 3 paper... that was tricky), mostly numerical ones, they may ask you a random maths question on the spot (e.g. 3^(6), don't worry if you can't do it instantly, but just show them ur thinking and don't be too slow!). They also want to see that you've researched the company thoroughly, so have some past deals they've run to hand and memorise some details so you're set up to demonstrate that. Beyond that just make sure you come across confidently and don't overreach, they'll know if you're BSing. I hope that helps, I haven't managed to land an offer yet myself (after 40 applications, currently on 10 rejections and counting, but I've interviewed at a fair few places BB and MM), but from the feedback I've received this seems to be the way forward.

Good luck everyone

Same here ; ) Many thanks for the advice. I would really like to work for Houlihan or Greenhill. They seem awesome firms to work at. Good luck!

Hey guys,

I've also applied to Houlihan, but haven't heard back yet, but I've interviewed through the Cornell Partnership for Greenhill, first round with Lazard and got to the intermediate round stage for PWP so have had some experience interviewing with boutiques and I found that PWP was brutal, Lazard was almost as hard and after those two Greenhill was fairly straightforward, but still quite technical. Essentially they want to know that you have a solid grasp of a DCF (if you don't then you may as well not show up) and also some other standard valuation techniques (EV multiples, asset valuations, P/E multiples and most importantly that you have an idea of their relative strengths and weaknesses). Beyond that you'll get some brainteasers (some mentalist at PWP gave me a question I was later told was in a STEP 3 paper... that was tricky), mostly numerical ones, they may ask you a random maths question on the spot (e.g. 3^(6), don't worry if you can't do it instantly, but just show them ur thinking and don't be too slow!). They also want to see that you've researched the company thoroughly, so have some past deals they've run to hand and memorise some details so you're set up to demonstrate that. Beyond that just make sure you come across confidently and don't overreach, they'll know if you're BSing. I hope that helps, I haven't managed to land an offer yet myself (after 40 applications, currently on 10 rejections and counting, but I've interviewed at a fair few places BB and MM), but from the feedback I've received this seems to be the way forward.

Good luck everyone

Hi Islami, do you know the mail or name of the guy that usually call people for interviews at PWP? When did you have that first round? I was called by him on Nov 12th to set up an interview but I was interning at that time and was not able to go there. He told me that he would have been in touch in december but I did not receive any phone call and, obv, they don't answer to email to the email address they provide on their website.

Nothing yet about Greenhill from Cornell, but they told me to wait til the end of January. I do have a few contact cards though which I might send off e-mails to...

I've had my 1st round interview already, its whether I got rejected or through to the AC with Greenhill themselves.