Corporate Finance Interview Questions

Prepare for corporate finance and financial analyst interviews across FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, treasury, business partnering and capital allocation.

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What to prepare

Budgeting and forecasting
Variance analysis and KPIs
FP&A and business partnering
Treasury and working capital
Capital budgeting and allocation

Representative corporate finance interview questions

Fundamentals & statements: What are the 3 financial statements and how do they link?
Fundamentals & statements: If you had only one financial statement, which one?
Fundamentals & statements: What is working capital?
Fundamentals & statements: How do you optimize working capital?
Fundamentals & statements: What is the cash conversion cycle?
Fundamentals & statements: What is free cash flow?
Fundamentals & statements: What is EBITDA and its limits?
Fundamentals & statements: What is d&A increases by 10 (40% tax): effects?
Fundamentals & statements: What is a non-cash charge?
Fundamentals & statements: What is the effect of a dividend / a buyback?
Capital budgeting: What is the difference between nPV and iRR: which do you prefer and why, and why does that distinction matter in practice?
Capital budgeting: Why can there be multiple IRRs?
Capital budgeting: What is the payback period and its limits?
Capital budgeting: What is the profitability index?
Capital budgeting: What is the hurdle rate?
Capital budgeting: How would you rank 3 projects by profitability?
Capital budgeting: How do you factor in a project's risk?
Capital budgeting: What is a real option?

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