FT Recruiting Interview Difficulty?

Accepted a SA2027 offer at a top MM (JEFF, WF, HL) at a non-HCOL Office and want to rerecruit ft for a BB or EB. My superday was lowk light as hell and I feel like I am not prepared for a real IB interview, especially technical EB interviews. I’m assuming this is what I need to know before next summer, correct if I’m wrong and feel free to add to the list:

Every line item in an average 10k 3 statement model
Depreciation/Amortization Schedules, lease schedules, pension schedules
Advanced Capital Structure including specialized equity like RSUs, options, and share repurchases
Advanced merger math including dilution and debt/equity/cash consideration mixes
Bond math
LBO debt instrument features
Industry specific questions (there’s a lot to go over here so any advice would be very helpful)

Thanks for y’all’s help!

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Can't speak for EB but I went through 2 BB FT processes and was offered at one of them and I think you kind of encompassed most of what you need to know already. Personally, in my two processes, I'd say that the technicals were a lot more honed in and not so general as they were for SA processes. Additionally, there are technical questions I was asked outside of the 400Q guide.

For context, one of my processes was a coverage group and the other was product group so for the coverage group later in the interview process I was asked to speak to the industry a lot and there were some technicals sprinkled in in regards to it as well and for the product group it was definitely a lot more technical about certain processes/models that the group works on.

 

how'd u go abt learning the extra stuff not on the 400q? Any specific resources?

 

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