Finance interviews
Nobody publishes the right answer to a modelling question, so everything here is built and recomputed rather than asserted. Each model runs end to end with its assumptions named as ours. Where a convention is contested, both are shown with what each does to the result, because the choice between GAAP and cash earnings per share can reverse the sign of an accretion answer on identical arithmetic.
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Investment Banking Interview Questions 2026: Who Prints
Nine banks publish a hiring process, and only one prints its interview questions. Here are the nine it prints, the published clocks, and four accounting chains.
Discounted Cash Flow Model 2026: Every Line Recalculated
A five year discounted cash flow built from published rates, recalculated by hand, with the five conventions that move the answer and what each one gives you.
Houlihan Lokey Interview Questions 2026: Four Stages
Houlihan Lokey publishes its selection stages, a rule on who gets feedback, and a pay range in 59 of 119 open requisitions. All of it read on 1 October 2026.
Lazard Interview Questions 2026: What Lazard Publishes
Lazard publishes a notice on its AI scored video interview, a six week training program, and one requisition that lists its stages. Read across 116 postings.
LBO Interview Questions: The Paper LBO, Worked Twice
A paper LBO done in five minutes with round numbers, the shortcut priced against the full schedule, and the debt and exit questions answered in dollars.
LBO Model Explained: Structure, Schedule and Returns
An LBO built end to end: what it is, the structure layer by layer, the build order, and the 2026 interest deduction cap modeled rather than assumed away.
Merger Model Interview Questions: Accretion Retested
One deal, one set of arithmetic, and an earnings per share answer that turns from plus 5.17 percent to minus 0.76 percent on a single accounting convention.
Valuation Interview Questions: Three Methods, Three Answers
Three valuation methods run on one company, the four bridge conventions that move the price per share, and the reverse DCF that reconciles them to the market.