Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst practice interview
Deal screening, valuation, transaction modelling, due diligence findings and clear recommendations for buyers and sellers. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests whether you can examine an acquisition from strategic, financial and transaction perspectives. The panel will look for disciplined modelling, scepticism about the quality of earnings and an ability to turn findings into a clear recommendation for a client or investment committee.
How to prepare
- Review the steps in a transaction from initial screening through due diligence, valuation, negotiation and completion.
- Practise explaining a discounted cash flow, comparable company analysis and precedent transaction analysis without hiding behind formulas.
- Prepare an example of a model you built, including the assumptions, checks and sensitivities that mattered most.
- Think through how working capital, debt-like items and one-off earnings adjustments affect value.
- Practise giving a concise recommendation after reviewing an unfamiliar deal case.
Common mistakes
- Treating a high growth forecast as fact without testing its operational drivers.
- Giving a valuation range without explaining the assumptions and sensitivities behind it.
- Listing due diligence findings without connecting them to price, structure or the decision to proceed.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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