Senior Associate, Enterprise Valuation Group (EVG)
Posted Aug 19, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you found an error in your own model after you had shared it.
What they are checking: Whether they own mistakes quickly and have built habits to catch errors before others rely on their work.
How do you write a valuation report so a credit officer who did not build the model can follow it?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain key assumptions plainly so reviewers and regulators can trace how the number was reached.
Tell me about a time you worked on an assignment with only light direction. How did you decide what to do next?
What they are checking: Whether they can work independently on a valuation task and know when to ask for coaching instead of guessing.
What would you do
A borrower's management projects 15 percent revenue growth after three flat years. How do you decide if that is supportable?
What they are checking: Whether they challenge optimistic assumptions with history, industry data and specific drivers instead of accepting them.
How would you research an industry you know nothing about before valuing a company in it?
What they are checking: Whether they can quickly learn what drives margins and risk in a sector and turn that into valuation assumptions.
Your valuation comes in well below what the relationship team expected. How do you handle that conversation?
What they are checking: Whether they keep independence under pressure and can explain their assumptions clearly to people who wanted a different answer.
About the work
Walk me through how you would build a discounted cash flow model for a middle-market borrower.
What they are checking: Whether they can build a DCF from projections, discount rate and terminal value without leaning on a template.
When do you trust a comparable company analysis less than a DCF, and why?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the limits of each method and can pick the right weighting for a specific deal.
How does valuing a distressed company differ from valuing a healthy one?
What they are checking: Whether they understand liquidity, going-concern risk and recovery scenarios that shape distressed valuations for a lender.
Why does a commercial bank need enterprise valuations at all? Who uses your number?
What they are checking: Whether they see how valuations feed credit risk ratings, regulatory compliance and financial reporting, not just deal pricing.
Walk me through spreading a set of financial statements. What adjustments do you commonly make?
What they are checking: Whether they know how to normalize EBITDA and catch one-time items that distort a borrower's real earning power.
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