Interview Advice for Event Driven Fund

Interview with Event Driven Arb Fund

I have a first round with an event driven arb fund (convertible, merger arb) for an investment analyst position, do you have any advice on how to prepare for the interview? It’s a 30 minute call with the PM.

I did FICC derivatives for three years before doing acquisition strategy at a big tech firm. My academic background is in math and statistics from an Ivy League undergrad.

I’m honestly not sure what to study as this is my first buy side interview with this sort of fund. I’ve done a couple rounds at other shops for systematic but this seems a bit more nuanced. Thanks!

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