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INVESTMENT BANKING INTERVIEW PREP

Practice the questions.
Understand the follow-ups.

Practice 12 introductory investment banking drills across fit, accounting, valuation, and transactions. Save your notes and revisit the questions that need work.

12 GUIDED DRILLS
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04 CORE TOPICS
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Answer out loud. Check the reasoning. Revisit what needs work.

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EXPLAIN IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Tell me about yourself and how you became interested in investment banking.

Aim for 60–90 seconds. Connect your choices instead of reciting your resume.

Compare with the answer framework

Start with your current background. Choose one experience that sparked an interest in finance, explain how you explored it, and connect what you learned to the work of an analyst.

Use evidence from your own experience: an internship, a project, a course, or a conversation. Explain what you personally did and why that made you want to explore banking.

Watch for this

A chronological list of achievements without a reason for pursuing banking.

NOW GO ONE LEVEL DEEPER

Which part of that experience did you find most challenging, and what did you learn?

Open the answer framework, then assess your attempt.

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FROM THE CANDIDATE INBOX

The next round starts
with an invitation.

Candidate-submitted interview examples.
Open an email to see the invitation.

8 candidate-submitted examples · Swipe or use the arrows

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These examples show interview access, not job offers or firm endorsements. They do not establish that a particular product or service caused the invitation.

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BlackstoneInterview assessment invitation

Blackstone: Campus recruitment invitation to an interview assessment.

Campus recruitment invitation to an interview assessment.Candidate-submitted example · 1 of 8

WHEN YOU’RE READY TO GO DEEPER

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BUILD YOUR TECHNICAL FOUNDATION

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PUT YOUR PREPARATION TO THE TEST

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Practice in a live mock interview, get direct feedback, and leave with a written scorecard to guide your next round.

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