Interview Prep Questions

What else do you think people should prepare for an interview fit and technical? And how would you answer them?

Fit
- Tell me about yourself/your story
- Tell me about your degree/course
- Why investment banking?
- Why this firm?

Technical
- Tell me three ways to value a company?
- Which one would generally give you the highest valuation?
- How do perform a DCF valuation?
- How do you calculate WACC?
- What are the 3 main financial statements?

Just wondering if there's anything I am missing.

 

Is this for AP econ or freshman Accounting I?

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Sample Questions: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. How would your best friend describe you? 3. What are your short and long term goals? How are you preparing to achieve them? 4. What are your greatest strengths? 5. What are your weaknesses? 6. Why did you choose your college? 7. What was the best and worst thing about college? 8. How did you get interested in this field? 9. Give me an example of your leadership ability? 10. Are you a team player or an individualist? 11. Why should I hire you? 12. Why do you think you can do the job? 13. Tell me about a recent problem and how you solved it? 14. How do you define success? 15. Tell me about the best job you ever had?

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!
 

not sure what you are interviewing for but those techs are wayyyy too simple. for banking i would def recommend having a solid answer for these:

walk me through the 3 financial statements and note how they are intertwined if depreciation were to increase by 10, what effect does that have on the IS, BS and CFS

if i think of more i'll be back for an edit, but thats all that comes to mind right now, except the really obscure stuff that you really just can't prepare for.

 

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