Paper LBOs vs. The Real Thing Body

I can do a paper LBO on a napkin in 5 minutes. But I tried to build a simple LBO in Excel yesterday with a debt schedule and circularity switch, and it took me 2 hours to debug...

Is it normal for the gap between interview theory and actual Excel to be this massive? I’m terrified I’m going to pass the interview and then look like an idiot during training week.

Also, what's the best GPT to use for this? tyty

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