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Just out of curiosity what bank/ group is this?
You should be able to walk your interviewers through a deal without the help of a deck.
I meant less so to walk them through a deal but more to demonstrate my ability to produce a sell-side deck to the quality the firm expects. I’m an older candidate so I’m assuming expectations are going to be higher as to my ability to contribute.
i can promise that no matter how good you think your deck is, your asshole will be ripped to shreds once the MD takes a look at it. It’s just a fact of life. Fish swim, dogs bark, and IB juniors get their assholes ripped apart.
Nahhh. You can mention that you're happy to provide a redacted work sample if they ask you specifically about your modeling/powerpoint skills, but in the 20+ interviews I've done since graduation for various jobs I've only ever had one situation where a Partner was actually interested in seeing a model I built in my current role. Largely speaking if they want to test your modeling / presentation chops they'll just give you a modeling / presentation case study.
Thanks. In the past I was more focused on equity investing roles and it was pretty much a given in some interviews to bring a stock pitch or two for the interviewer to look through.
Instead of bringing a slide deck to an interview, how about you walk to your nearest bar and have a beer? Back in my day when they used to let me do interviews, I would look for the exact opposite of squids like you. One time an absolute cheesemonger that I was interviewing whipped out his computer to show me his Apple DCF model. Prior to laughing him out of the interview room, I made sure to spit on his keyboard. That's when HR shut me down from the talent acquisition side of things.
It's a waste of time. There will be no time for you to do that. Sometimes, at assessment centres (the EMEA version of superdays), you will be asked to prepare a presentation. Unless explicitly a part of the process, just skip it please. They will otherwise thank you for the effort, but say that they can't deviate from the qs.
Genuine question: how are you getting interviews in today's hiring environment if you feel the need to do this and have materially less experience?
might be SA
I have previous experience but more on the asset management side. I decided that wasn’t for me so looking to transition to banking but was unsure what I was expected to bring to interviews.
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