*** 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

• Which year was this Evercore interview?
  2018

• What’s the formal title of the position you interviewed for?
  Internship for M&A Analyst

• How were you informed of this Evercore interview?
  Business person emailed

• 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