Technical Interviews
How early should a college student possess the skills necessary for technical interviews? (DCFs, financial modeling, etc)
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It’s really not that technical. Just before your interviews. Start maybe 2-3 months before so like 1-2 months before sending resumes
You should start studying the most basic technicals the summer after your freshman year. You should practice technicals as you ramp up networking in the fall of your sophomore year. By sophomore spring, you should have most technicals down cold.
You're not going to be doing any modeling during an interview in college lol. The questions will be more along the lines of "walk me through a DCF..." For most firms it is a check the box thing, it's all pretty simple.
Yeah exactly, walk me through a DCF, explain the impact of X on the 3 statements, how do you value a company, what’s the difference between Revenue and EBITDA multiple ... nothing too complicated.
There’s a difference between technical skills and technical interviews. Ideal technically skills are something you develop during your undergrad / pre-junior year internships. Being good at technical interviews are 1 part understanding, 1 part delivery.
Your school should have some interview prep. I recommend that you practice with someone from the career center.
Bro honestly, depending on what caliber school OP is at, this might be good or bad advice hahaha. Knowing how my shit career services is...
The basic 400 M&I guide questions will be enough, unless you want an EB. From experience Evercore and Moelis LA grilled me on out of the box technicals that really tested knowledge while the BB's (JPM & GS) were basic technicals with focus on behavioral and fit. Got an offer at one of the EB's above and one of the BB's so lmk if you have any other questions.
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