Groups with the hardest technicals?

Definitely, my school investment fund. Looking back we didn’t know what we were doing + losing money. Gosh we were insufferable a**holes.

On a serious note I think Qatalyst by far the worst. Last time I heard 15 rounds with mostly M&A questions and a rejection feedback that says “we don’t think you are Q’ish enough after 15 rounds spanning through a whole month.

Evercore M&A. Imagine working through a stupidly hard M&A question and come toward to the end having to do 7/6 and you end up having a dumb face so confused if you are on the right track or wrong and missed a step while forgetting all math you learned.

PJT RSSG since it is usually 4-5 spots and can have the leverage to get as technical as they want. Rx is very challenging in general since there is no right answer, but rather you batting head to head with the interviewer defending your point and walking on a fine line.

Lazard CMA since lots of people are not very aware of the European Markets or follow it closely and you better be sure you will get asked about it. Plus sometimes if the MD wants to f*** with you they might ask a question and tell you btw no right answer for this. It was something I was chatting with a friend about and would never happen in real life.

TBH most EB will be tough technically in general + PE analyst program interviews at MF usually are very challenging too. Lowkey most challenging thing is actually getting an interview at any of these places.

Edit: PJT RSSG is more than 5 spots.