*** Report on Evercore interview questions from a Cover Letter Library member’s experiences. This is based on a second round interview for Evercore Internship for M&A Analyst in London in 2018. There may be some variations depending on the offices or other new updates to the recruitment practice – so please use this for reference/preparation purposes only ***
Some first bits on the logistics
- Who’s the lucky company?
Evercore
- For which division at Evercore?
M&A
- And for which office?
London
- What’s the formal title of the position you interviewed for?
Internship for M&A Analyst
- Were you able to choose the time slot yourself?
Yes
- And this interview was therefore…
In the morning
- Was this a … ?
phone interview
- Which stage was this Evercore interview?
second round interview
Evercore interview questions
Let’s talk about this second round interview in some details
- How many separate interviews were in this second round interview ?
One - How long was each interview?
30 mins
- How many interviewers were in this second round interview in total and each interview ?
Two total, one each
- How long was this second round interview in total?
30 mins
- Were there any personal / CV-based questions? If yes, what were they?
Both. tell me about yourself? what did you do while you were in this company?
- Were there any competencies questions? If yes, what were they?
no
- Were there any technical questions? If yes, what were they?
Yes! Walk me through DCF. What is EV? Pitch the owner to sell his company
- Any other weird questions we haven’t covered?
No
- What was the most difficult / unusual question among these? How did you deal with it?
pitch the owner to sell his hotel. I panicked, did not manage the question well
- What was the most unexpected thing about this second round interview ?
nothing was unexpected apart from the above question
- Did you progress to the next stage?
No
- How long roughly did it take for you to hear back about this outcome?
One week
- Via what means did you hear back about this outcome?
Email
- Is there anything you wish you should have known or prepared for prior to this second round interview at Evercore?
Practice a bit more questions
- Overall, out of 10, how would you evaluate your experience of this second round interview with Evercore?
5
- Before you go, is there anything else you think will help other candidates ace this second round interview at Evercore?
Not much
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