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I have seen (and done) the following:
- 48 hours modelling/case study. The fund send you instructions and you basically have to build a model from scratch, submit a 6/7 slides deck and present the whole thing during a fake investment committee. Usually there is no wrong or right answer, your results need to be defendable and logic

- 120min modelling/case study. The fund give you instructions with a model template I had to do a basic valuation as well as answer few high level questions (Pros & Cons, areas of DD etc...)
- 90/60min test. Usually pretty straight forward, the only thing they test is whether you know how to do basic DCF/DDM modelling based on a very simple set of assumptions

I also noticed that a lot of candidates underestimate how important is the formatting. It makes the reviewer's life easier and usually it weight in your favour if you had paid attention to this.  

 

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