Prepping for Hard EB Technicals

Current sophomore gunning for EB groups in SF and NY. Have pretty much gotten the 400s and BIWS guides down but am seeing that EB interviews have gotten much harder over the years. Am in our school banking club but honestly not great support and partially cliquey in sharing questions so was wondering if any of y'all have any recs on how to prep. thanks! Will be locking in

195 Comments
 
[Comment removed by mod team]
 

best resource out there imo, got my offer for '27 alr and done and dusted. bless whoever made it

 
[Comment removed by mod team]
 

Margin of alpha is such a shit website. I bought it and half the answers to questions were wrong.

 
[Comment removed by mod team]
 

respect the hustle. agree with other poster and most importantly practice practice practice. You might know how to solve the question but don't know how shit you sound when you're speaking it outloud - this applies to both technicals and behaviorals. Record yourself and listen to it. Many people hate it but you have to force yourself to do it and then critisize it and improve

 

Guys go enjoy christmas. I don't tell my analysts to take time of to post on WSO cmon

 

Oh yea and since I'm on this post already, make sure you prep industry specific for SF/regionals, e.g., they might be biotech or technology groups. You WILL get asked industry questions

 
Most Helpful

you should look at eb interviews, they have by far the best collection of interviews. I was interviewing for evercore menlo tech and some of the questions were identical 

 

it's not that hard just study ya'll or maybe you guys aren't cut out for the job anyways??

 

Make sure you know M&A balance sheet adjustments (specifically goodwill and noncontrolling interests), and reverse LBOs (they give you a bunch variables including MoM/IRR and ask you to solve for the starting equity cheque, but they will make it a pain in the ass by forcing you to calculate annual LFCF). Reply if you want me to send interview questions from last year.

 

Prospect in IB-M&A

Make sure you know M&A balance sheet adjustments (specifically goodwill and noncontrolling interests), and reverse LBOs (they give you a bunch variables including MoM/IRR and ask you to solve for the starting equity cheque, but they will make it a pain in the ass by forcing you to calculate annual LFCF). Reply if you want me to send interview questions from last year.

Please send as well, would appreciate some examples of balance sheet adjustment questions and how the banks present the info. 

 

Absurdly expensive yea... I have the guides can DM to anyone that needs it. Save yourself the 100 dollars i can just share. merry christmas

 

Second Capital Interview Experts! Used it for my EVR/PJT/CVP interviews and felt very well prepared - ended up landing an offer at one of the shops. Keep in mind, even if you have a firm's past interview questions you still have to put in the work and go through them.

In my eyes, you get what you pay for so I think the ROI is worth it to land an IB gig.

 

Can I ask how you prepped w the questions?

Did you test yourself using ai mocks or use upperclassmen to help you ?

Trying to figure out a plan for myself

 
[Comment removed by mod team]
 

Wow, appreciate you sharing these with us. People tend to gatekeep this type of stuff so kind of surprised it's here. Anyways, Merry Christmas and thanks again!

 

lol but they said it has to be "from the Houston interviews this year" 

 

Ok aside from all this drama going on, I'm actually curious what the answer is. I found the brainteasers online pretty quickly. I got 50% for the tax rate and 1x coverage ratio. Can someone confirm pls? 

 

Um what is going on. I can easily change my identity to VP in IB and claim I'm on the recruiting team. The moral of the story is to treat everything you read online with a grain of salt. The reality is the majority of these threads are students who claim they're already in the field. I highly doubt VPs are active on these threads.

 

brother stop lying to people ... this will be my last comment because i'm traveling and have better things to do with my time. I hate it when people say oh these are the questions because they frankly weren't the questions we asked... we definitely did not ask a simple interest coverage ratio question like that in houston....

 

Dang man you caught me, next time I won't post any more interview questions. Thank you Mr. VP and can you please move me to the next round?

 

In ad nisi voluptate nobis odit non excepturi odit. Aliquid praesentium non optio totam dolores quia placeat. Voluptas tempore tempore et. Voluptatem voluptatem debitis occaecati nisi ullam doloribus.

 

Cumque voluptatum reprehenderit itaque. Et suscipit est quos tempore accusantium quasi quia. Aut enim corporis est. Earum consequatur ipsa est nemo maxime ut qui rerum.

Distinctio ut asperiores totam consequatur autem. Mollitia officia reprehenderit aut velit ab. Maxime quam fugit sit libero dolorem. Asperiores voluptatibus eos inventore ducimus. Ut sapiente sed voluptatum est error minus dolores deserunt. Dicta eum quia occaecati tempore aut nulla.

Veritatis cumque praesentium dolorum dolorem. Quis quae quas corrupti ut vitae aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem voluptatem consequatur sed enim facere. Veniam sed eius dolores culpa aliquid veniam ex.

 

Quia repellendus sit sint sunt amet. Aliquid in eos voluptatem alias. Totam qui architecto veritatis nihil et explicabo autem. Placeat eos nobis recusandae sed assumenda tenetur cumque. Dolorem perferendis culpa est facilis. Reprehenderit consequatur enim nemo cupiditate cumque maxime.

Minus officia sapiente et excepturi esse aut aut. Velit eos repellendus unde et. Officiis iure sunt expedita tempore.

Labore voluptatum quaerat dignissimos consequatur aut. Autem enim fuga sequi quis. Tenetur illum qui ut in soluta ratione. Dolorem et a aut aut molestiae omnis molestias perferendis.

 

Dolor blanditiis quod labore perspiciatis est fugit ea quibusdam. Placeat blanditiis ullam et vitae ut sunt cumque. Reprehenderit reiciendis molestias quaerat nulla nesciunt aliquid.

Rerum sapiente molestiae aliquam fuga qui natus odio. Voluptatum et atque et occaecati rerum voluptatem dolor. Omnis blanditiis rem qui quis. Laborum ex assumenda et rerum ipsum voluptate quasi laboriosam.

In dolorem sit cum et. Ut sunt quod cupiditate et adipisci non. Ratione ut non debitis fugit. Doloribus consectetur quas veniam labore laborum quis.

Voluptas quisquam quis voluptatum expedita quibusdam aut non. Ad dolores vero sit quaerat.

 

Quibusdam modi autem dolore fuga excepturi. Officia sint quaerat quasi in quae. Ipsa similique ratione libero est voluptas maxime repellendus blanditiis.

Dolor accusantium soluta voluptatum. Recusandae non et est amet explicabo. Eos dolor enim molestiae tempora et. Sunt rem repellendus tenetur omnis et. Et harum aliquid quia incidunt et. Libero deserunt provident accusantium nobis.

 

Sed et recusandae velit aut ut perferendis doloribus ratione. Ex sunt asperiores esse eum saepe. Ea ut ea illo saepe non dolorum. Quibusdam atque quam quam possimus. Tenetur laboriosam omnis sapiente eligendi dolores eius maxime.

[Comment removed by mod team]
 
Controversial

Assumenda omnis quibusdam odit et sit distinctio voluptas. Iure fuga doloribus qui nesciunt.

Dolores recusandae quasi et laudantium aut. Quos eum quisquam et at.

Iusto suscipit autem ipsam aliquid. Qui culpa tempore corporis vel. Ipsum similique aut tenetur maxime non cum et dicta. Non est inventore voluptas. Voluptatem et et ut nisi ut voluptas qui architecto. Ratione et aliquid debitis est et qui perspiciatis eum.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
8
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
9
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
10
Jamoldo's picture
Jamoldo
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”