Hi everyone, I have a second round in-person interview with a VP from Perella Weinberg. What kinds of questions should I expect? How can I best prepare?
Thanks for all your help,
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everything. this question is extremely redundant. know your technicals and know your behaviorals. not too tough right?
In theory it's not too tough, but sometimes I get some crazy technical questions out of left field (Not talking about, explain how depreciation is a non-cash expense, explain WC, explain WACC, walk through DCF etc.), and I have no idea how to prepare for those. Any suggestions?
dude, if you cannot explain what working capital, WACC, and DCF are, you have no place applying to such places ... elementary finance concepts man, sorry not tryna be a dick but they are ...
No dude, what I'm saying is I know that stuff, like the back of my hand, "I get some crazy technical questions out of left field (Not talking about, explain how depreciation is a non-cash expense, explain WC, explain WACC, walk through DCF etc.)."
Read it carefully, I said NOT talking about, the aforementioned terms.
The stuff I have trouble with are highly technical questions. For example, I had an interview with another top-tier bank and they asked me, why do you subtract minority interest from EBITDA when doing comps. I know what minority interest is, I know what EBITDA is, but at the time of the interview, I had NO friggin idea why you subtract it out when doing comps, I couldn't connect the dots on the hot seat. After they explained it to me, it made total sense and I can handle that now.
To prevent a similar face-plant at another one of these interviews, I want to be uber-prepared for crap like this, but I can't read an entire finance book in one night.
That's why I'm reaching out.
have you interned in ib before? that is a very basic question if you have.
basically, they are asking if you have spread comps before. i wonder how you got the itnerview without ib experience...
Hi, can you tell me the answer to this question?
Wait what? Can you tell me the answer to that question about the minority interest?
Hi,
How soon after your first (telephone) interview with Perella did you hear back?
Perella Weinberg Partner London 2nd Round (Originally Posted: 11/10/2010)
Hi everyone,
I am a junior from a top-tier liberal arts college in the states and am now studying abroad in a target school in London for one semester. I got a phone interview with PWP and I assumed I did well so they invited me for a second round.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about their interview style for SA position in London? Very technical?
Any insights will be appreciated. Thank you very much.
Very technical. I interviewed US though for FT.
like how technical should I expect? DCF? LBO? Thanks!
Lots of multi-step accounting questions. DCF, Equity Value/Enterprise Value, LBO, Merger Model, etc.
If you are strong in accounting and have a good understand of modeling (focus on the key drivers) you will be fine.
May i ask you the name of the english target school?
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