Corporate Banking Financial Sponsor lending Interview coming up!

Hi there!

I was looking into interviewing for an Corporate Banking Analyst position on the Financial Sponsors team at a regional bank in NYC. They provide lending for lower middle market acquisitions and cover PE firms with $500mm AUM.

If anyone works in the space and could shed some light, It would be greatly appreciated!!!

Does anyone know what to highlight in the interview?
What type of specific credit analysis that I should know?
Should I know how to do an LBO/MBO model? Any particular part of it?
What type of skills are mandatory?
What the credit approval memorandums consist of?
What justifies a sound lending issuance?
What the due diligence process entails?

Thanks in advance to the brave souls who actually spread their knowledge on WSO.

Ciao!!

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