Mizuho Interview Process: Rounds, Timeline & Compensation
Michael King, PE Investment Manager ·
Mizuho runs 2 stages: a HireVue video interview (behavioural and foundational technical questions, completed within 3-5 days), then an Assessment Centre with a group case-study discussion, a one-on-one interview, and a candidate-prepared roughly 10-minute presentation followed by 15-20 minutes of questions on it — a format not used by any other bank on this list. In the UK, summer analyst and full-time applications typically open in the autumn and are assessed on a rolling basis; first-round HireVue interviews run October-December, with Assessment Centres following November-February. Mizuho's advisory franchise has been actively growing rather than running a fixed historical intake, following its 2023 acquisition of Greenhill & Co. and a second advisory boutique in 2025. In London, Glassdoor's small self-reported sample (9 salaries) puts investment banking analyst base pay at roughly £64k, with total pay (base plus bonus) in the region of £64k-£90k — below the core bulge-bracket band, consistent with a smaller, still-scaling London advisory business. In the US, first-year analyst base runs roughly $110k-$130k plus an $8k signing bonus and a year-end bonus of around $50k-$75k, for all-in comp of roughly $168k-$213k. Mizuho does not disclose firm-wide comp, so treat both figures as directional benchmarks drawn from a thin sample rather than confirmed numbers.
Interview rounds
2 stages: a HireVue video interview (behavioural and foundational technical questions, completed within 3-5 days), then an Assessment Centre with a group case-study discussion, a one-on-one interview, and a candidate-prepared roughly 10-minute presentation followed by 15-20 minutes of questions on it — a format not used by any other bank on this list
Typical timeline
In the UK, summer analyst and full-time applications typically open in the autumn and are assessed on a rolling basis; first-round HireVue interviews run October-December, with Assessment Centres following November-February. Mizuho's advisory franchise has been actively growing rather than running a fixed historical intake, following its 2023 acquisition of Greenhill & Co. and a second advisory boutique in 2025
Compensation range
In London, Glassdoor's small self-reported sample (9 salaries) puts investment banking analyst base pay at roughly £64k, with total pay (base plus bonus) in the region of £64k-£90k — below the core bulge-bracket band, consistent with a smaller, still-scaling London advisory business. In the US, first-year analyst base runs roughly $110k-$130k plus an $8k signing bonus and a year-end bonus of around $50k-$75k, for all-in comp of roughly $168k-$213k. Mizuho does not disclose firm-wide comp, so treat both figures as directional benchmarks drawn from a thin sample rather than confirmed numbers
Notes
Mizuho built its investment banking advisory arm largely through acquisition: it bought Greenhill & Co. in 2023 for $550m (adding roughly 370 staff across London, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Stockholm under the Mizuho | Greenhill banner), then a second advisory boutique in August 2025, as part of a stated push toward a top-10 global investment banking franchise. Technical questions lean harder on credit analysis and leveraged finance than at a typical bulge-bracket generalist process, reflecting the bank's balance-sheet-driven roots — come ready to discuss capital structure and lending mechanics, not just DCF and comps
Frequently asked questions
How many interview rounds does Mizuho run?
2 stages: a HireVue video interview (behavioural and foundational technical questions, completed within 3-5 days), then an Assessment Centre with a group case-study discussion, a one-on-one interview, and a candidate-prepared roughly 10-minute presentation followed by 15-20 minutes of questions on it — a format not used by any other bank on this list
How long does the Mizuho interview process take?
In the UK, summer analyst and full-time applications typically open in the autumn and are assessed on a rolling basis; first-round HireVue interviews run October-December, with Assessment Centres following November-February. Mizuho's advisory franchise has been actively growing rather than running a fixed historical intake, following its 2023 acquisition of Greenhill & Co. and a second advisory boutique in 2025
What does Mizuho pay first-year hires?
In London, Glassdoor's small self-reported sample (9 salaries) puts investment banking analyst base pay at roughly £64k, with total pay (base plus bonus) in the region of £64k-£90k — below the core bulge-bracket band, consistent with a smaller, still-scaling London advisory business. In the US, first-year analyst base runs roughly $110k-$130k plus an $8k signing bonus and a year-end bonus of around $50k-$75k, for all-in comp of roughly $168k-$213k. Mizuho does not disclose firm-wide comp, so treat both figures as directional benchmarks drawn from a thin sample rather than confirmed numbers