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IB · reported roles: Investment Banking Summer Analyst · Investment Banking Associate · signals 456
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Role Investment Banking Summer Analyst · clear role
Main difference between transaction multiples and trading multiples?
You have a cube of 100cm*100*100cm. You poor 1 liter of water into the cube, how high will the cube be filled with water in centimeters?
What is your personal WACC? - This is a test to see your technical skills and also to have a glimpse into your personal life. Why would your cost of equity be high? Do you have a lot of extra curricular activities and time is a luxury?
DCF model, brain teasers, previous work experience, leadership/extra curricular activities
What were your three biggest weaknesses at your previous internship? How would your friends describe you?
What was a time you had to make a consequential decision based quickly and based on limited information? What information did you rely on? Did you make the right decision?
What deals are you following? Are you a leader or a follower? When you've gone through adversity, how did you navigate it? What is a time when you were under tremendous stress for a deadline and still managed to get everything done.
Questions were mostly fit questions (i.e. walk me through your resume, describe a situation where you faced a problem and very basic technical questions).
Why do you want this job at Goldman Sachs? Can you talk about a challenge you faced in the past? How did you overcome it?
Curated questions based on my resume. For example, had tech coverage and VC experience so one interview consisted of them asking me questions on how to value various types of companies. All in all, mostly was asked behavioral situational questions and as well as fit questions.
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