Mccombs School: Discussion Questions
University of Texas – McCombs School
Standard Questions: 1. Walk me through the highlights of your resume. What is your story, walk through the decisions you have made, and how that relates to your current interest in Investment Banking.. 2. Why investment banking? Why our bank? 3. How do you value a company? 4. To what extent have you created and used financial models before? Discuss your excel modeling skills. 5. Why did you choose McCombs? 6. What other firms are you interviewing with and why? Are you interviewing with consulting firms also? What career opportunities are you exploring other than I-Banking? 7. What were your grades in college? What were your grades for the first semester at McCombs? What was …show more content…
• What is one word that describes you best? • How would your groupmates describe you? How would you characterize yourself in the group dynamic? If I spoke with your groupmates, what would they say you needed to improve? • Highlight your quantitative accomplishments. • Describe an ethical decision you had to make? • What do you read? What's your favorite book? • As an associate, what tasks would you like to spend most of your time doing? What percent of each day do you see yourself spending on those tasks? • What is in a pitch book? • What’s been your greatest challenge since beginning McCombs? Greatest accomplishment? • Describe a time you failed, why did you fail, what did you learn? • Describe a time you had to work with someone you didn’t like, or with a difficult person.
Finance questions: • What is a LBO? Why lever up a firm? • What makes an attractive LBO? • From a Private Equity firm’s perspective and from a modeling perspective: What are the 3 inputs that matter for an LBO Model? o Answer: Leverage Ratio, Equity Contribution, Estimated Returns, • Why might a company choose to issue debt vs.
Standard Questions: 1. Walk me through the highlights of your resume. What is your story, walk through the decisions you have made, and how that relates to your current interest in Investment Banking.. 2. Why investment banking? Why our bank? 3. How do you value a company? 4. To what extent have you created and used financial models before? Discuss your excel modeling skills. 5. Why did you choose McCombs? 6. What other firms are you interviewing with and why? Are you interviewing with consulting firms also? What career opportunities are you exploring other than I-Banking? 7. What were your grades in college? What were your grades for the first semester at McCombs? What was …show more content…
• What is one word that describes you best? • How would your groupmates describe you? How would you characterize yourself in the group dynamic? If I spoke with your groupmates, what would they say you needed to improve? • Highlight your quantitative accomplishments. • Describe an ethical decision you had to make? • What do you read? What's your favorite book? • As an associate, what tasks would you like to spend most of your time doing? What percent of each day do you see yourself spending on those tasks? • What is in a pitch book? • What’s been your greatest challenge since beginning McCombs? Greatest accomplishment? • Describe a time you failed, why did you fail, what did you learn? • Describe a time you had to work with someone you didn’t like, or with a difficult person.
Finance questions: • What is a LBO? Why lever up a firm? • What makes an attractive LBO? • From a Private Equity firm’s perspective and from a modeling perspective: What are the 3 inputs that matter for an LBO Model? o Answer: Leverage Ratio, Equity Contribution, Estimated Returns, • Why might a company choose to issue debt vs.