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Deutsche Bank interview questions

27 questions researched across 1 Deutsche Bank seat in Investment Bank. Below are 12 of them.

Seats we researched

  • Graduate AnalystInvestment Bank · graduate · 30 min

12 Deutsche Bank interview questions

  1. How would rising interest rates affect a DCF valuation?

  2. In a DCF, which has the bigger impact on value: a ten percent change in WACC or a ten percent change in revenue growth?

  3. Why wouldn't you use a DCF or an EV to EBITDA multiple to value a commercial bank?

  4. What happens to EPS if a company issues debt to buy back shares?

  5. How are current macroeconomic conditions affecting the M&A market?

  6. What is the banking outlook for this year?

  7. Tell me about a recent piece of news involving Deutsche Bank that has interested you.

  8. Tell me about a time you provided a service to a client but the client was unhappy.

  9. How do you prioritize tasks when several deadlines land at once?

  10. What happens to the statements when a company raises debt and buys a building?

  11. Tell me about a time you had to rebuild trust.

  12. Explain the impact of IFRS 16 on all three financial statements.

What a strong answer does

The questions above fall into 3 kinds. What a strong answer does differs by kind, not by question.

Technical6 of 12 above
State the intuition first; walk through the mechanics; make assumptions explicit; test a risk or edge case; connect the answer to the role.
Market3 of 12 above
State a view; support it with evidence and a catalyst; explain valuation or transmission; give the strongest countercase; name the risk that would change your mind.
Behavioral3 of 12 above
Lead with the claim and context; isolate your personal action and decision; explain the trade-off; quantify the result; finish with what you learned and changed.

15 more Deutsche Bank questions

The rest of the bank — 27 in total — is asked by the interviewer during practice, so you meet them the way you would on the day rather than reading them first.

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How these questions were researched

Every question carries a provenance grade. Some were reported by candidates who sat the round, some come from the firm’s own published guidance or a source that trains for it, and the rest are written to match how this firm asks. Each seat is studied on its own — the round it actually runs, the order it runs it in, and what it is listening for. A Deutsche Bank round is not a generic behavioural screen, and practising one as the other is how people walk in unprepared.

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