Moelis & Company · Investment banking analyst · Summer Analyst / Analyst

Recruiter screen

The short screen before the bankers: resume, motivation and a read on drive

What they actually ask

The question shapes this round uses. Larpy does not read these out. It builds each one from your own resume, because the generic version is the one you have already rehearsed.

“Tell me about yourself, or walk me through your resume.”
“Why investment banking?”
“Why Moelis, and what do you know about how the firm works?”
“Tell me about a time you kept going when something was not working.”
“Which office and group did you apply to, and why?”

What this round is judged on

Motivation · a specific 'why Moelis' and 'why banking'
Communication · concise, structured answers with no filler
Drive and resilience · a story where you kept going without being told to
Background fit · a credible resume walk at the analyst level

Where this round sits

Moelis & Company’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.

01
Application
02
Suited Assessment (not simulated here)
03
Recruiter screenthis round
04
First-round interviews
05
Onsite final round
06
Offer

What happens in each stage›

Application: A one-page resume through the Moelis student application site. Cover letters are not required. Candidates may submit up to two applications, and US summer analyst applications typically open in December of sophomore year, roughly eighteen months before the ten-week internship.
Suited Assessment (not simulated here): US and UK candidates complete the Suited Assessment, which Moelis describes as measuring over 50 traits and characteristics predictive of success in investment banking. It is scored outside the interview and is not a conversation, so it is not simulated here.
Recruiter screen: A short conversation with recruiting between the assessment and the banker interviews. Moelis publishes the application, the Suited Assessment, the first round and the onsite final but not this step, so its presence and form are candidate-reported and vary by office. The content is a resume walk and motivation.
First-round interviews: Moelis publishes this plainly: one to two first-round interviews with investment bankers, consisting of technical and behavioral assessments. It is not a soft screen. Expect accounting and valuation questions in the same half hour as why banking and why Moelis.
Onsite final round: Second-round candidates attend an onsite final round meeting multiple senior bankers. Sessions run back to back and the technical bar rises: multi-step three-statement chains, capital-structure math and sector valuation, alongside a hard re-test of motivation.
Offer: No prior experience is required for the campus programs, since Moelis provides technical training, and the summer class is the main feeder into full-time analyst seats.

Sources

Built from what Moelis & Company publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.

companyMoelis & Company, Explore Opportunities (Students and Graduates)moelis.com
The published process end to end: a resume submitted through the student application site with no cover letter required, the Suited Assessment for US and UK candidates measuring over 50 traits predictive of success in investment banking, one to two first-round interviews with investment bankers consisting of technical and behavioral assessments, an onsite final round meeting multiple senior bankers, a limit of two applications per candidate, a ten-week US summer internship, and US applications opening in December of sophomore year.
companyMoelis & Company, Careersmoelis.com
The qualities Moelis says it hires for: client relationship skills, collaboration, drive to succeed, resilience, intellectual curiosity and analytical thinking, plus the firm values including One Firm One Team.
datalevels.fyi, Moelis & Companylevels.fyi
Investment banking compensation and level context. No interview-process content.

Sources last checked August 12, 2026. Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.

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