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Just wondering what the typical format of an investment banking interview is like, i.e. how it is structures? Also, how difficult would the technical questions be for an interview be for an internship interview or for a first year analyst position? And lol, one last question. How many people do bule-brackets typically pick from their intern pools for their first year analyst positions? T

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