How long are PE associate interviews at MF?

How long is each interview round, e.g. 30mins or more? How many rounds are there in total? Which portions take the longest? Are there breaks between the interviews? Is there time for them to dig into a variety of personal questions, or is it just "tell me about yourself", "walk me through your resume" and then onto technical stuff, deals and cases?

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With the way you are talking and given you are just an intern, maybe you should stick to banking for now. You are like the high schooler who wants to start studying technicals for banking!

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