Vault guide to finance interviews
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on 12/3/07 at 11:32pm
Does anyone know if this comes in a print version or just PDF? Also what are your opinions on the Wetfeet ib interview guides?






It comes in both. The
It comes in both. The Wetfeet IB interview guides were pretty useful in my opinion, they are more focused on IB than the Vault one.
Does anyone have the link to
Does anyone have the link to the print version, when I go on the vault website for some reason it just says they have the pdf version
if by print you mean like an
if by print you mean like an actual book, then yes, you can purchase it on amazon. otherwise you can print off the pdf yourself. Does your school have access to the pdf library for free?
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Yes, my school does but I
Yes, my school does but I like having a hard copy, maybe I will print it out though and just staple by Chapter.
That's what I did. I'm not
That's what I did. I'm not sure if this is something to do with the .pdf file, but I had a lot of trouble printing it. I eventually got it to work, but for so many runs it would only print a few pages and stop. I thought the file had some print protection or something, but I'm not sure.
A little off topic... but my
A little off topic... but my 2 cents on Vault guide to finance interviews from an Econ major without hard corporate finance classes:
I went through my fair share of technical ibank/hedge fund/AM interviews, and I would say that while the guide does an OK job of providing you a base from which to proceed in these sorts of interviews, it sure as heck does not "give you everything you need to ace that finance interview" or whatever it advertises.
Specifically, it doesn't cover in much detail at all equity/enterprise value, EBITDA. It also doesn't cover in nearly enough detail basic accounting and the 10-K (esp. depreciation). Explanations on how to actually use comparable transaction and industry multiples, and specifically when to use which, need to be in more depth. It's my opinion that, even in first rounds, interviewers expect their interviewees to know all of this and other basic finance/accounting concepts (even if they don't have a hard finance/accounting background).
One banker put it rather bluntly at a pre-night, "if the candidates don't spend the time to do the background research [on their own], they were probably doing something else with their time [showing disinterest in finance and ibanking in general]."
Anyways, I am rambling and didn't mean for this post to be this long. At any rate, use the guides, but don't rely on them. Safest bet is to take Accounting/Corp. Finance introductory classes. Or at least use other resources in conjunction to the vault/wetfeet guides (investopedia.com is a great resource. wiki is OK).
Hope this helps!
you might lucky though; i
you might lucky though; i got my print version for FREE from UBS when they recruited on campus. They a gigantic pile of them on a table outside the room!
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while we're all waiting for
while we're all waiting for dosk17 to finish his guide :), in the meantime, you can find some good interview technical questions & answers here (and free): http://www.ibankingfaq.com/category/interviewing-t...
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