CB to IB tips before hitting the desk

Got a week until I start my A2 stint as a “lateral” from CB. Any tips on excel shortcuts, PowerPoint tutorials, and/or modeling basics I should practice/familiarize myself?

For context, the CB I was at previously had a built cf model and we tweaked it here and there, but rarely built anything from scratch and did not really build many PowerPoints during my time there either.

Any advice would be appreciated!

(Note: of course I’ll be learning a lot through the job itself, just wanted to see if anyone had any advice for me to prep before I start.)

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Knowledgeable about the industry and just familiarized myself with valuations

 

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