Hey WSO,
After a whole slew of interviews with a BB (think MS/UBS), I managed to secure a final round with their IB team. I've been to a lot of interviews at BBs and worked briefly for a boutique, but have never done a super day at any BB.
Any advice I should heed before going in for this? I'm a very non-traditional candidate in terms of educational background and experience (non-target, no BB experience).
Looking for any general life lessons, useful input, and sage advice from you guys. Thanks for all your help.
lol, "MS/UBS", I'll assume the latter.
Anyways, is it an industry group?
which country?
Of course, thanks for pointing that out: this is for an NYC product group (not M&A).
My technicals are solid and I've got the story down, otherwise I likely wouldn't have made it this far. I guess I'm more interested in hearing any specific things that might be different about a final round. I've only worked at one place, and it wasn't a BB, so I know the experience will be quite different all around.
It'll generally be more high level than first rounds. You might get a "tell me about yourself", a few easy technicals, but the majority will probably be fit and behavioral. MDs want to know if you'll be a cool person in the group (culturally) and that you'll work hard. As always, it's better to illustrate something through an anecdote rather than straight up say it. Your "Why X bank?" should show that you've invested time in meeting people at the bank and learning about it -- it shouldn't necessarily be something that you can just find on the website or something that you can say about any BB (drop some names -- say things like "I've learned from speaking to X, Y, and Z that...". Lastly, it's always good to know about a deal that the group or bank has done -- doesn't have to be a landmark deal, but have something interesting to say about it or have some sort of view. Hope this helps.
Ok, so you are interviewing at UBS. No one interviewing at MS would go "think MS/UBS".
EDIT: I am assuming this is off cycle, right? Good luck.
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