How much do I need to know for SA recruiting?

Hey everyone. I'm a current sophomore and somehow I've managed to get a superday in the next 2 weeks. I'm quite worried because this all happened so fast and while I do understand some things in the M&I 400, there's so much I don't understand. I feel like I can definitely have the basic accounting and DCF topics covered in time but there's so much I won't. I was wondering are interviews usually harder or easier technically than in the guides? Do I really need to understand and know the M&I 400 throughout or not?Understand it's probably bank/group dependent but I never even had a first-round really. Just phone screen -> superday. This will be my first official interview for IB.Thanks in advance!

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I’m not so if you’d like to provide an actual helpful comment that’d be nice. However, you’re a prospect too so my guess is you haven’t interviewed yet which is why you’re pressed lmao

 

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