How Investment Banking Interviews Have Changed in Recent Years – and How You Should Prepare

One of the most common questions I get goes like this:

“I’ve read all the usual interview advice. Every guide cover-to-cover. Message boards, Mergers & Inquisitions, and anything else I can find online. But I’m worried that interviews now (2009) are different and that the standard advice doesn’t apply.

How have investment banking interviews changed in recent years? And what can I do to prepare?“

Some of what you see in investment banking interviews doesn’t change much from year to year – but a lot does change in a recession.

And interviews today are definitely different than they were 5 years ago.

So here’s how you prepare:

Private Equity Case Studies in 3,017 Words

Since I was getting approximately 53 emails per day about this one, I decided to make it easier and just tell you everything you need to know about private equity case studies.

Lots of people are going through private equity recruiting this time of year, so let’s take a look at what to expect and how to tackle the case study – a critical part of most buy-side interviews.

Note that these “case studies” are completely different from the “case interviews” you get in management consulting (not that I would even waste space on consultants here, but just to clarify…).