Houlihan Lokey online assessment and interviews
Corporate finance spring insight week in London for the 2027 cycle
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The 2027 posting wasn't live on 29 September 2026, so the stages follow last cycle's posting and prep sites
Programme and dates
- Spring Insight Week, Corporate FinanceOfficial:A five-day week in London for students interested in M&A advisory, and strong performers can be fast-tracked towards the summer internshipSource: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
- Who can applyOfficial:Last cycle's week was for UK university students graduating in 2028 who could attend all five daysSource: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
- Expected about 27 October 2026Status on Reported:Not posted on 29 September 2026, a tracker expects about 27 October, and last cycle closed on 30 November 2025Sources: TrackrEmployer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply
Every firm on the spring week mapWhat to do this week
Stages in order
- Application with three written answersOfficial:Your CV plus three answers of up to 250 words each, on why corporate finance, why this firm's week and a story about yourselfSources: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026Employer page, careers portal posting for the 2026 weekPractise for Application with three written answers: Motivation answer
- Online assessmentReported:A short timed test of checking, logic and number questions, then an untimed personality questionnaireSources: JobTestPrepExternPractise for Online assessment: Suited-style essential competencies
- InterviewsUnverified:One guide describes a first-round interview and then a superday, mainly for summer analyst rolesSource: Road to Offer
Online tests
- Reported:The timed part is about 15 minutes, and you answer as many questions as you canSources: JobTestPrepExtern
- Unverified:One prep site says wrong answers lower your score, so a blind guess can cost youSource: JobTestPrep
- Unverified:The same site says the logic items are answered true, false or cannot say and the number items are series to completeSource: JobTestPrep
- Unverified:One guide puts the whole sitting at 30 to 60 minutes, though it describes US rolesSource: Extern
Video interview
- Unverified:No recorded video stage was found in last cycle's posting or in the guides checkedSources: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026JobTestPrep
Interviews
- Unverified:The same guide describes a 30 to 45-minute first round on valuation basics, then four or five interviewsSource: Road to Offer
- Official:Last cycle's posting said strong performers could be fast-tracked to the assessment centre for the following summer's analyst internshipSource: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
Typical calendar
- Official:Last cycle's week ran from 13 to 17 April 2026, and applications closed just before midnight on 30 November 2025Source: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
- Official:Applications without all three written answers weren't consideredSource: Employer page, corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026
Practise this format
- Motivation answersThree answers of up to 250 words, drafted one at a time
- Logical reasoningRules, patterns and series, where accuracy counts
- Mental arithmeticQuick sums for number questions against the clock
- Technical primersValuation and M&A lessons for the first round
- Final-round interview questionsCompetency, motivation and division questions
Sources
Details change between recruitment cycles, so your invite and the employer's own pages have the final word
- Official:
- The employer or organisation says it on its own website or in its own documents
- Reported:
- From surveys, news, candidate reports or prep sites, not the employer's own pages
- Unverified:
- Sources disagree or the evidence is thin, so treat it as a possibility
Employer pages
- Houlihan Lokey, posting copied by StudySmarter: Corporate finance spring insight week posting for 2026, closed 30 November 2025, seen September 2026
- Houlihan Lokey: Careers portal posting for the 2026 week, closed 30 November 2025, seen September 2026
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- JobTestPrep: Internship assessment guide, 2026
- Extern: Internship guide, September 2026, mostly US roles
- Road to Offer: Interview process guide, updated 20 September 2026