GS MBD (PIA) Interview - London

Hi Monkeys! I am invited for a telephone interview at GS MBD (PIA) for London as SA. I did use the search tool bar but little information have been published regarding interview questions and interview experiences.

To all former applicants - what can I expect from this besides standard M&a stuff: Accouting, Equity bridge,...

Any case studies, brain teasers, math questions (e.g. 15x45), distressed stuff, operating models, Paper LBO, LBO charactersitics, etc.?

I would appreciated any input! Bye your Greenspan monkey!

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Places well into mega funds as you will work a lot on co-investments with these guys, which will give you direct contact and a chance to build relationships. I cannot compare this to straight IBD but definitely, opportunities are there.

Work will be less than IBD but still signficant. People I know did work until midnight/early AM during the week and then a bit here and there during the weekend. Still not an easy lifestyle but very good learning ground. If you get an offer, by all means accept.

 
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m2Places well into mega funds as you will work a lot on co-investments with these guys, which will give you direct contact and a chance to build relationships. I cannot compare this to straight IBD but definitely, opportunities are there.

Work will be less than IBD but still signficant. People I know did work until midnight/early AM during the week and then a bit here and there during the weekend. Still not an easy lifestyle but very good learning ground. If you get an offer, by all means accept.

Thanks for the comment. I have both a IBD and PIA summer analyst offer for London office, I will take the PIA offer.

But just wondering whats your opinions for starting full time, is it good to start in PIA or maybe get one or two years experience in IBD then switch?

I am not sure if PE is what I want to do in the future, but I hope to get into a good B school after working for 2/3 years. Which out of GS IBD/PIA would be more helpful for that. Seems like analyst within other BB dont even know what is GS PIA.

 

exactly how does GS PIA seen by an outsider from GS (e.g. IBD analyst from Citi, MS, JPM). I recently spoke to a Citi IBD analyst who have never heard of GS PIA and says I should take GS IBD...

Also for B school application purpose, I assume the admission officier are more familiar with GS IBD than PIA...

 

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