Have an interview upcoming with this division in HK. Responsibilities are:
— Strategic assessment of existing business franchises and competitive positioning;
— Evaluating and incubating new business opportunities;
— Executing acquisition, divestiture, greenfield build-out and joint venture transactions on behalf of the firm;
— Coordinating and developing content for key internal and external events for senior management in Asia Pacific
Can anyone provide tips? I am one year out of undergrad and working in Shanghai, China (but am Chinese-American). They surprisingly got back to me less than a week after I applied online.
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not sure if you've already interviewed but am familiar w/this role.
can you provide any insight to the interview content? how much analytics / modeling? thanks!
firm strategies group?
it's a small team interfacing with lots of senior people across the various businesses/divisions at GS so fit is a huge part of the interview. they want to confirm that you are a strong, efficient communicator that feels comfortable interacting w/senior people and can exercise discretion.
beyond communication/presentation skills, you must also know how to model and ideally have some experience working on transactions.
hopefully that's helpful.
thanks! very helpful. how difficult is the modeling? anything like m&a / ibd divisions?
basically, you should feel comfortable building models and will likely have to point to examples of times that you built models for real-world purposes (e.g., as part of a transaction). people I know that have been in this role or similar roles frequently come from an IBD background though it's not necessarily a requirement--it's just that these folks can easily demonstrate a modeling background.
basically, if you are in a situation that in the interview you say you're a little familiar w/modeling but can pick-up the stuff you don't know then you're climbing an uphill battle for this role.
thanks for the feedback - any idea on how many rounds / process. i know IBD is just two rounds so ya...
sorry not sure about that
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