Harris Williams case interview - Any advice?

Anyone care to answer this question? I have the same thing in a week. tth7 - can you shed some light now, presuming you've been the process already?

Btw mine is a case interview for an associate position (post-MBA, post-2 years of shitty economy hustling to stay competitive). Thanks.

2/3 of HW clients are PE groups. HW really goes to great lengths and really advertises that they have strong PE placement in their analyst/associates.

in terms of the case, because like 95% of all their deals are sell-side M&A, they'll likely give you a situation where a company that sells a quirky product is looking to sell (think something weird, like an air hockey manufacturer or something). You'ld probably be asked to identify potential buyers then valuation techniques, etc, etc.

my case study was essentially a 3-4 page description of a business with some summary financials provided. they asked me to give some perspectives on the business and the industry. the discussion was centered around the situation where they said i had 10-15 minutes to get on the phone with management - so what questions would i ask that would help me sell the business. questions should be around valuation, the industry, and the company. they want to see how you would position the business if you were a sellside banker

Just to clarify buzzin444's comment - I would not talk about PE placement for associates. From what I understand from people I know there, HW is very proud of its placement program for analysts, but its ONLY for analysts. Associates should be looking for a long-term banking career.

longshot, you're right it's aimed more towards analysts, especially for someone already coming out of MBA (overlooked that).

batting average for harris williams MDs who go to bat for their analysts