i've searched forever and i'm sorry to say you'll never find these online- ask a friend to hook you up with old ones.

honestly someone should just collect these and start selling them...

 
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1) Interviews - the three interviews will be centered around probing your motivations for doing the job, why the firm, maybe some team based questions, but largely they will be of the fit variety. Think of what you had in the first round, and expand on it. 2) Case study - given a scenario, you have to answer questions about it. Mine was quite financial based (not overly complex - giving ratios, using funny margin names that you may not have heard) but again, it is not rocket science, just need common sense about the company and industry. Mine was a merger, give reasons why to do this merger, what is your view on the industry (was autos - so view = poor). Keep it short and to the point, dont ramble, write in bullet points not long pararaphs. Remember it's a bank not uni. 3) Presentation - being given some scenario and making a short pres on it. No more than 10 odd mins, have to answer questions re the topic. Again, the scenario is not overly complex, but you should have sound, rational financial reasons for why you are presenting it. Again dont present long boring sentences, short, sharp, to the point, speak to the page, that is what MDs do. 4) Group - this is the worst. dont be the over achiever who wants to dominate the conversation. Try to make pertinent points while steering convo in the right direction. MDs and HR sit around and take notes as you and a group of other candidates battle it out to figure some problem out. Mine was some ridiculous nonsense of a topic. I'm sure you know it isn't the solution but how you find it that matters.

Good luck with it, sorry I couldn't dredge more up but it was a good 3 years since I did mine.

 

thanks very much dude... If there's something industry related/accounting ratios in FI interviews it'd be better for me to jump from the window...i am a purely FI type of person. I can speak about macro and math for hours but don't know anything about balance sheets, companies etc.

 

Mainly used abroad. A series of tests that gauge numerical ability, problem-solving skills, etc. I've also heard of case studies (even for ibd interviews), including modeling and presentations. Obviously, every bank differs. Some are completed online before the interview, though I have heard of others taking them (or parts of them) on interview day. I know there are a couple of international bballers on WSO, would love to hear their thoughts.

 

Group exercise is just analyzing some information you'll be handed. Think; where should company X open a new office? or Which target company should Company Y acquire? Not much you can do to prepare for this. Make sure you're heard during the exercise but don't come across as overly eager, it will make you look like someone you don't want to work with. Also, think before you speak, it's crazy how many people say some stupid shit just so they can say something. This makes you look like an idiot.

You can't prepare for the individual presentation. In terms of what you'll have to do it's similar kind of topics like the group exercise.

Broad knowledge of accounting and DCF is often enough. Know you WACC's and financial statements and you should be fine. Also, be able to talk at little bit intelligently about what's going on in the markets (both financial and product specific markets).

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