"Basic" Technical Questions Every Analyst/Associate Should Know For Interview?

Happy Monday. I've had a few HR interviews in the past with nothing too technical aside from: do you work in Excel/what type of analysis do you do on a daily basis?

Aside from basic technical questions (calculate IRR, NOI, CoC, walk me through a DCF, etc.) what else should anyone interviewing for an Analyst/Associate role know cold that transcends asset classes?

I ask because I currently have affordable housing knowledge. I know the details of the models/analysis pertaining to that. Obviously underwriting a hotel is different than AH, which is different from office etc.

For conversation's sake, let's say an interview is with a firm that has multiple asset classes, and the interviewer is testing the applicant on overall real estate knowledge/underwriting/analysis.

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