Investment Banking Interview Question Bank

Every question starts as a first-hand report from a candidate who was asked it in a real investment banking interview. Reports come from interview debriefs, long-standing finance club relationships, and direct submissions — 1,000+ interviews across 12 recruiting cycles.

Yes. Each entry is based on a reported interview. Some questions are normalized into a representative phrasing so you can study the concept being tested rather than one interviewer’s exact wording.

Each submission is reviewed for accuracy, clarity, and overlap with existing questions before it enters the active database. Duplicates are merged, variations are grouped, and every accepted question is tagged by bank, round, topic, and difficulty.

3,509 active questions across accounting, valuation, DCF (discounted cash flow), M&A (mergers and acquisitions), LBO (leveraged buyout), markets, and behavioral topics — from first-round screens through superdays, the final round of back-to-back interviews — at 38 banks, from the largest global banks to specialist advisory firms.

Yes. Every question in the bank is paired with a direct written answer that explains what to say, why it is right, and how the concept shows up in harder follow-ups.

Continuously. New reports are reviewed and added throughout each recruiting season, and the counts on this page are re-read from the live database every time the site is updated.

Yes. Submit questions you were asked in a recent interview. Identifying details are removed, duplicates are checked, and accepted questions join the active database.