How to prepare for M&A consulting interview?
I have an interview coming up at a shareholder engagement advisory and governance consulting company next week. The position is an M&A role within their corporate development and shareholder activism group. It seems like there is more consulting than modeling work. I have internship experience in consulting.
Ill just paste from the job posting
You will be an integral member of both the Global M&A and Activism team as well as the Global Corporate Development team, and will also work with other ************ team members based in New York. The M&A and Activism Advisory Group is responsible for developing and executing shareholder engagement assignments involving our clients’ M&A transactions and activism campaigns, including mergers, tender and exchange offers, SPACs and contested situations. The Global Corporate Development team is responsible for charting ************* path forward with respect to acquisitions, partnerships and other strategic initiatives.
Position Details:
In this entry-level role, you will be an important part of key project teams and will generally be responsible for:
· Preparation of client-facing materials, including marketing presentations
· Research and analysis on topics ranging from new business opportunities to acquisition targets to competitive assessments
· Preparation and delivery of team and client updates
· Contributing to the development and management of sales and marketing campaigns
· Coordination and management of daily and weekly group meetings, reports and calls
· Database management, including Salesforce
· Basic financial modelling, including creating analyses and formulating recommendations on projects assigned
Not sure what kinds of questions I would have in an interview, and not sure how technical or behavioral they would tend to skew. Most of the M&A and corpdev teams do not have IB backgrounds. Could I lateral into IB from a position like this?
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