Centerview Partners interview questions: what candidates actually get asked

Elite M&A boutique. Small class sizes and deep technical questioning.

This guide collects 94 real questions candidates reported from Centerview Partners interviews in the 2024-2026 recruiting seasons. Each question is organized by round (first round, technical, superday) and tagged behavioral, technical, or mixed, with worked model answers for the key technicals.

How to use it

• Work the Centerview Partners sheet top to bottom before your first round
• Say every answer out loud - reading is not preparing
• Check your technicals against the worked answers
• Reuse the topic drills to patch weak spots across firms

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