Top 10 - Technical Interview Questions

Top 10 Technical Interview Questions you Need to Nail:

Standard Questions:

1. Walk me through how a $15 decrease in depreciation flows through the 3 financial statements

2. How would you value an apple tree?

3. How do you calculate goodwill in an M&A deal

4. How would enterprise value (EV) change if you raise $100m in debt and use that to buy $100m in PP&E

5. Walk me through an M&A accretion / dilution model

Advanced questions:

6. Walk me through how a buying $100m in PP&E with 50% debt & 50% equity affects flows through the 3 financial statements at the end of year 1

7. How to you calculate the IRR on an LBO loan

8. How do you go from unlevered to levered free cash flow

9. If you can fund an M&A deal using debt at 10% interest or your shares valued at 50x P/E ratio, what capital source would make the deal ore accretive

10. What is the angle between the hour and minute hand at 3:15pm (brain teaser)