How technical are Hong Kong SA interviews?

Preparing for upcoming 2025 SA Investment Banking interviews in Hong Kong. Was wondering how technical they are - heard it was somewhere between UK and USA. Not sure exactly how to quantify that when studying. Would the basic M&I 400 questions suffice with good understanding? Or is that overkill? Or should I also prep advanced? Do we have to know paper LBO, explain all of that, M&A modelling questions, etc?

I have some technical stuff written (DCF etc) on CV that is technical so obviously will be preparing that. But how much beyond this will it go? Thanks. 

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Thanks for answering. No technicals beyond 3-statement and DCF? Is M&I 400 overkill? Also, how important is networking do you think if MD vouch for you?

 

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