24 Recent Evercore Technicals Added

We've added 24 technical questions from actual Evercore interviews in the most recent recruiting cycle to our "Reported in Interviews" collection.

May 2025

What's new?

Evercore — a top M&A boutique offering one of the highest pay packages on the street — is known for having notoriously difficult technical interviews for analyst and associate positions. To help you prepare, we've added 24 new actual Evercore technical interview questions from the most recent recruiting cycle, bringing IB Vine's coverage to 48 technical questions reported in Evercore interviews (as of May 2025). The new questions include some of the most challenging questions in our question bank.

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"Reported in Interviews" Collection Breakdown

Note: Available on Pro & Diamond tiers

Firm	# of Technical Questions
Evercore	48
Citi	16
Greenhill & Co.	14
Ares Management	11
Goldman Sachs	7
Bank of America	7
J.P. Morgan	6
M. Klein & Company	5
Morgan Stanley	5
BMO	4
Lazard	4
Houlihan Lokey	3
RBC	3
William Blair	3
Barclays	2
Wells Fargo	2
Rothschild	2
Deutsche Bank	1
Moelis & Company	1
Total (19 Firms)	144 Questions

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The new questions can be accessed on the Technicals tab on the Practice page. Filter to the Reported in Interviews collection and click Filter to newly added questions to see the new additions.

Here's a sample of the new Evercore technicals:

Type	Question
Accounting	A company is buying a truck for $100 with 50% debt and 50% equity. The truck depreciates using the straight-line method over 20 years. Assume the debt is non-amortizing with a 10% coupon and a 20% tax rate. Walk me through the 3 financial statements after 1 year.
Valuation	Given: P/E=20x, EV/EBITDA=10x, Int Exp=$20M, Int Rate=5%, Dep=$20M, Market Cap=$200M. What is the effective tax rate?
Merger Model (M&A)	You are analyzing an acquisition with the following facts: Target: 100 shares outstanding, trading at $20 per share, 20x PE ratio. Acquirer: 100 shares outstanding, trading at $100 per share, 10x PE ratio. Acquisition Details: 25% premium paid, 100% stock financing. Answer the following: What is the purchase Price? What is the Pro-Forma Target Company Ownership? What is the Pro-Forma EPS (one decimal place)? How accretive or dilutive is this transaction (%)? What cost synergies make this break-even (assume 40% tax rate)?

Type

Question

Accounting

A company is buying a truck for $100 with 50% debt and 50% equity.

The truck depreciates using the straight-line method over 20 years.

Assume the debt is non-amortizing with a 10% coupon and a 20% tax rate.

Walk me through the 3 financial statements after 1 year.

Valuation

Given: P/E=20x, EV/EBITDA=10x, Int Exp=$20M, Int Rate=5%, Dep=$20M, Market Cap=$200M.

What is the effective tax rate?

Merger Model (M&A)

You are analyzing an acquisition with the following facts:

Target: 100 shares outstanding, trading at $20 per share, 20x PE ratio.
Acquirer: 100 shares outstanding, trading at $100 per share, 10x PE ratio.
Acquisition Details: 25% premium paid, 100% stock financing.

Answer the following:

What is the purchase Price?
What is the Pro-Forma Target Company Ownership?
What is the Pro-Forma EPS (one decimal place)?
How accretive or dilutive is this transaction (%)?
What cost synergies make this break-even (assume 40% tax rate)?

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