I've seen a plethora of full-time info, but not much summer info.
How are the interviews structured for targets and nontargets?
What type of questions will they ask?
What do they expect you to know or articulate?
How can one best prepare for the interviews?
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You need to know the exact same shit. Pretend you're interviewing to be a fulltime analyst.
Interviews are strucutred the same (multiple rounds, each round may focus on something different like fit instead of technical stuff), they are just in a different season than the FT recruiting.
aren't there less rounds of interviews for summer analyst vs. full-time positions?
why does that really matter? is your approach to getting a position going to be changed at all if the number of rounds for FT and SA interviews doesn't coincide
It doesn't really matter, I was hoping somebody would elaborate on the content of the interviews.
it's about the same, dude
1) Why on earth do you want to do this? What interests you in whatever you're interviewing for? Do you have any idea how much you have to work in this job? Why do you want to subject yourself to that? Be convincing. We said the same stuff when we were in your shoes. 2) What have you done to prepare for this career? How have you tailored your college experience, academically and extracurricularly, to meet the demands of banking/trading/circus juggling? Are you a hard worker, a leader? Give me an example. 3) Why specifically do you want to do this for our firm? What have you done to get to know us? Have you spoken to any alums that work for us? Have you attended our info sessions? 4) Demonstrate that you have at least a smidgen of technical competence. Tell me about the financial markets, how we as investment bankers value a company/class of security, about what you're learning in your finance or accounting classes, or about an article you read in the Wall Street Journal. Demonstrate that when I sit you down and give you an assignment that you'll at least understand part of what you need to do, will ask questions on the stuff you don't, and won't just blindly assent to doing something you have no fucking clue how to do. 5) Demonstrate to me that, despite your interest in banking, you are a normal, reasonably well-adjusted individual capable of social interaction [insert MIT joke]. In other words, demonstrate to your interviewers that they will at least be able to tolerate being around you for umpteen hours/day. If you can do all of the above and they actually like you, then you stand a pretty decent chance.
Good luck man.
P.S. - Don't get all keyed up about brain teasers, keep a joke in your back pocket, and don't take yourself too seriously. Have fun for god's sake, if you can.
Buy the vault guide. Basis prep for interviews
i second the vault suggestion.
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