JLL Analyst Interview - What to expect
I have an interview approaching with JLL, curious what I should be expecting on the first phone call. Likewise, what technically if anything should I focus on retaining before going into the interview. This is for Investment sales, I assume some type of analyst pool.
I would be prepared to talk about the usual "tell me about yourself, why CRE, why this asset class/area, why JLL?" along with your previous experience. Especially for the first phone call, be ready to ask plenty of questions about the company, team, expectations, typical day, strategy, etc. Also good to do research on recent market transactions they have done and to ask questions about those. As for the technical side, I would be solid on the standard concepts/formulas like cap rate, IRR, yield on cost, DCR, etc. Excel questions may be team dependent, but at the very least they may ask you to rate your skills, talk about shortcuts, talk them through a model, etc. Asking questions at all stages is super critical though, make sure you have a lot prepared.
Yea so my modeling skills are extremely weak. I understand the formulas concepts and can explain them. Should I just be honest about the modeling? I’m excel certified but I can’t build a pro forma from scratch
Put your head down for a couple hours and build some basic ones from scratch, doesn’t take much time and isn’t that hard once you’ve gotten a couple reps in
Model building is obviously critical for many positions so I would recommend taking the time to practice more (and be patient, you will improve). But, when had my superday, the bulk of questions were behavioral / conceptual and any Excel questions were verbal. This team was more focused on fit and overall understanding of CRE fundamentals. The biggest criticism I received was for not asking enough questions, can't emphasize this enough.
Break into CRE has a great excel CRE modeling course. I’d recommend starting it ASAP. A.) you’ll be learning and B.) you’ll be showing initiative and an interest in improving your skills. This comes across really well in interviews.
this was spot on lol
What market? Can provide better insight depending on what office
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