i've only read vault, but i can't imagine the other two are drastiaclly different. Probably better since theyre written by insiders. Honestly though, if you have some finance background and/or wk exp you only need one to brush up on the basic stuff that might have slipped you mind. In my experience, they grill your specific background, not your general DCF and accounting knowledge.

 

Thanks Panther. So, when you say that they typically grill your specific background, please elaborate. Say on your resume you list a couple deals/projects you were involved in with a previous firm...say you say you did comps to help with the valuation, as well as dcf and precedent transactions, which led to a specific return projection. How would they typically grill you on such "background experience"?

 

there's the vault guide to finance interviews that actually has the questions.

I would probably rank them as M&I, WSO, and Vault too in order of detail and just the complexity of questions.

That being said, I think the WSO does a good job covering most of the basic stuff you need to go (better than vault) and M&I provides a LOT more detail (especially with their advanced sections)! Hope that helps.

 

I found that M&I is solid! definitely recommend, particularly the more fit questions, now it comes with videos and such, definitely worth for buck. Though it also covers questions that is well beyond SA interviews in my opinion, particularly the "Advanced" sections.

 

There are many topics like this. I don't know anything specifically about the UK, but I like the BIWS guides more than any other I've used. They provide explanations instead of just a list of facts which I think is the big problem with the WSO guide. The weakness of the guide is that it's really geared towards what you'll encounter in ib interviews and isn't as great if you're also going for S&T or other roles. I think it's well worth the money.

 

The behavioral and technical interview guides WSO offers should cover everything you need... though I'd wait and see if any corpfin guys on here have used them

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I recommend the WSO interview guide as well. I pretty much substituted 'investment banking/consulting' with 'corporate finance' themes. The interview will most likely be heavily behavior based and the guide does a great job walking you through how you should frame your responses.

 

It sounds like you're covered in terms of guides. I like the M&I guide and the WSO guide; the Vault guides tend to be outdated. Now, you actually need to read them and understand the concepts. This can come from reading relevant books (like Liar's Poker for the lifestyle factor or Damodaran's Little Book of Valuation for the more technical stuff), watching YouTube (search for "WACC" or whatever concept you need help with), or getting in touch with people in the industry.

 

Second the M&I and WSO guides. Got multiple BB and boutique offers just studying these. I never touched the Vault guide, and I come from a liberal arts background. For more in depth stuff, ask your buddies at b-schools or just google online for lecture slides regarding the particular topic. I found a wealth of knowledge about more advanced topics this way. These forums are a big help as well if you need more insight

 

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