Best Interview Prep Guide for Corporate Finance/ I Banking Interviews
Hello all! Please what are currently the best interview preparation guides for corporate finance/i-banking interviews?
Would appreciate your references. Thanks so much!
Hello all! Please what are currently the best interview preparation guides for corporate finance/i-banking interviews?
Would appreciate your references. Thanks so much!
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Thanks Midas. I want a wide sample. Are wetfeet, vault and co still relevant or pretty much WSO and you're gold?
i would start with Vault because it teaches you the concepts then move onto the WSO guide
IBD interview prep guides (Originally Posted: 02/23/2010)
In preparing for interviews, how would you rank the different IBD interview prep guides in terms of effectiveness for really succeeding in these interviews (technical and fit)? As far as I know, the guides are: M&I, WSO, and Vault. So, how would these rank, and would you guys recommend purchasing and studying one, several, or all three of these in order to really be fully comfortable in interviews?
Thanks guys.
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"?
I have read all 3 and would recommend studying all three. They are all well worth the price. M&I does a terrific job of giving examples of questions that actually would be asked while Vault is better at background knowledge. If I were to rank them it would go:
M&I WSO Vault
thank you pureazn for the advice and insight. I have the vault guide to i-banking...but it doesn't have any actual questions, mostly just an overall description of the industry and what they do, in detail of course...is there another vault guide that I don't have?
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.
Thanks geez, I really appreciate your thoughts!
I really like the WSO Guide -- the beginners and intermediate section should be mandatory before you step into an interview.
M&I (Ibankingfaq is quite good as well, and FREE, I put it on par with M&I) WSO Vault
but ibankingfaq doesn't cover everything the interviewers would cover, right?
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.
The M&I guide is $97? I only used the WSO Tech guide, not the Behavioral. I think it also had a few brainteasers at the end which helped.
Best IBD interview Prep Guide (Originally Posted: 09/23/2010)
I have a 1st round interview with RBC and want to do some prepping. There's a lot of guides out there ranging in price and I was wondering which one people think is the best investment.
Thanks
I think the M&I guide is the most helpful. You should buy the interview prep course from the M&I website. The guide and videos are well worth the money (around $97 I believe).
Best ib interview Guides (Originally Posted: 10/14/2012)
What are the best interview guides focusing on technical questions? I'm not looking for any modeling preparation packs, just looking for IBD SA interviews focusing on the technical questions primarily.
Thanks.
M&I recently revamped their guides. Go check it out.
I think the WSO guides are a good base for any kind of finance/accounting interviews.
M&I is a little bit more comprehensive than WSO. So if you're willing to invest go with BIWS.
If not, then WSO is good enough
Thanks appreciate the thought.
Banking interview guides (Originally Posted: 08/14/2014)
Are they worth the money for an undergrad? What about for someone in the UK?
Also which one you recommend? WSO? BIWS from mergers and inquisitions? Wetfeet?
Also if you could state why you liked it
Anyone?
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.
Corp Finance Interview Guides (Originally Posted: 10/01/2013)
Are there any solid guides aimed at Corp Fin interviews?
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
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.
In my experience:
Know the financial statements and how they are connected. Understand working capital Know the company
I can vouch for this. All three of these points were critical for my interview. I would also read through the WSO technical interview guides a couple times as I was asked several similar questions.
Thanks guys, appreciate the input
Study Guides Books for potential IBD Analysts (Originally Posted: 05/23/2014)
Basically, I got ****ed in my last two phone IB analyst phone interviews on the technical questions part. They were basic Financial Statement questions, but they went into details/specifics. I've learnt the basics in College, and i've gone over CFA level I guides, except they did give me the answers I was looking for. Could you guys possibly suggest some books/guides I should go over? I heard about the Vault Guide and the guide on WSO, which would you recommend?
I've also heard about the guides on Wall Street Prep and Mergers and Inquisitions.
financial modelling and Valuation by Paul Pignataro
Most would suggest Investment Banking by Rosenbaum but it's more on banking than financial accounting concepts
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.
New WSO Guide: Overview of Accelerated corporate finance Careers just released 12th guide (Originally Posted: 03/25/2014)
With more than 90 pages, we cover many topics in this guide to give you a comprehensive view of finance development programs, including:
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Do contributors get a free copy? Seems only fair.
for sure - getting all the emails together and will be sent to your inbox in next 24-48hrs
may I can a Free Copy ?
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and say....
No, you may not "can a Free Copy."
There is a new mobile app available to study for finance / banking interviews called wall street fit. Has a lot of behavioral and technical interview questions as flash cards and quizzes.
IB interviews and what I should read (Originally Posted: 06/30/2017)
Okay so I don't know the protocol on this besides people sending them to me when they see I'm interviewing for something. I am looking for a vault guide pdf for IB, gonna have some down time at the beach at want to crank it out this weekend. Don't know if people pay for these or whatever can't find IB one on my school website but if anyone has it just floating around or any other useful stuff you think I should read please PM me definitely want to read it all.
Just get the interview guides from WSO and you'll be fine. and if you don't want to pay for guides, you can find pdfs of random guides on google easily enough
studying for interviews (Originally Posted: 04/12/2010)
what is the best way to study for an ib interview starting with the basics and working yourself to higher level progs?
basic vault guide to IB vault guide to finance interviews ibankingfaq.com WSO tech/fit progs
advanced: M&I programs
will this be good enough? what if you come from a non trad background and you want to learn about IB from scratch for the behavioral q's, will the vault guide to IB be good enough?
M&I and WSO are the best guides. I won't say avoid vault, but there are better guides out there. Start advanced and just work through it, you'll do fine.
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
there's a few videos regarding IB interviews which I found helpful available on youtube (no real experience with IB interviews here but they just seem professionally done to me)
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