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Traditionally LA's drawn its lion share of SAs from USC, UCLA, and Wharton.

 

No, recruiter said we should hear back by end of this week

 
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Had superday with them. 

Questions were really fair. Listing a few off the top of my head to help others:

Walk from EBIT to FCF

What is WACC conceptually

Tell me about a time you were a leader

15 seconds explain DCF

Do you expect a tech company or a industrials company to have a higher beta, WACC? Enterprise Value?

Walk me from equity value to enterprise value (and backwards). 

What is accounts payable? Why is a liability on the BS

They were really fair questions and felt more like rapid fire. One with the more seniors is much more behavioral like leadership questions. Hope this helps. Good luck!

 

I got an offer (interviewed late march) and heard the day of... may be different for others.

 

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