Advice from an ex-IB MD: Eight tricks to ace your 1st round interview

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Good news - you passed the 1st test - your resume has been accepted and they want a 1st round interview with you. A 1st round interview is just another screening tool to narrow the resume file further. Make sure you treat it as such.

Having conducted 250-300 1st round interviews in my sixteen years, this is what I would recommend:

Prepare
Preparation is key. You need to get background on the firm you are speaking to, the division, the department.

UTDFinanceGuy · Answer

For #4 it can be tricky for a lot of people which aren't trained for it.

When they ask, 'how's everything going today' especially if its on Monday, I tend to reference something similar to:

"Still feeling good off a 2nd place finish this past week at a golf tournament." if I can sense they like golf or if I can sense they follow football I'll mention "Still trying to get over the loss the Cowboy's had this weekend" and also ask 'wbu'.

If they like the sport, or enjoy it, they'll get more into it and ask you about it.

Piece of cake.

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