I applied through university. I interviewed at CM-CIC Investissement
Interview
Entretien technique et de motivation sur les questions classiques de finance et de comptabilité
Questions sur les méthodes de valorisation, d’analyse financière puis de motivation
L’objectif étant de bien savoir si vous êtes prêts ou non à endurer l’experience Du m&a
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CM-CIC Investissement (Paris)
Interview
First you are given 2~3 pages with basic exercises and definitions (wacc formula, calculate a simple Enterprise Value, etc). You are given some time to fill it. Then you meet with 2 directors from the investment team and it is a common interview : questions on your resume, why CIC, technical questions, etc.
Only one round
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at CM-CIC Investissement (Lyon) in Sept 2015
Interview
I got two interviewes with two different managers on the same day.
The first one was a interview to assess my motivation, learn more about my background, how I learnt about the firm, what I know about their activities, etc.
The second one was more a technical interview.
Each interview was one hour length.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the first interview: Let's introduce yourself, How did you hear about us? What do you know about our activities? What is the typical day of an analyst? etc.
For the second interview: How to compute a DCF, what are the valorisation methods, how to compute the WACC, give me some indicators of performance, solvancy, etc.