Interview Preparation

Build confident, commercially sharp answers across fit, technical and case-study interviews for investment banking, private equity and credit roles.

48 interactive practice questions · Worked answer frameworks · Practical follow-ups

Your route through the course

Know what comes next.

Each section teaches one defined skill set, followed by a short test before the next section unlocks.

0 of 6 lessons passed0/60 course XP

Section 1 · 14 min

Your story, motivation and fit

Build and defend specific answers to ‘tell me about yourself’, ‘why finance?’, ‘why this team?’ and ‘why this firm?’ under follow-up.

Prepare for the process you’re actually entering.Use past, evidence and direction.Motivation needs evidence—not adjectives.Use evidence, then explain why it matters to you.Observation → evidence → personal link → contribution.If the interviewer asks ‘why?’, go one level deeper—not wider.Make the answer easy to follow.

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Test 18 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP

Section 2 · 12 min

Competency evidence and judgement

Use specific evidence to demonstrate ownership, teamwork, resilience and judgement without overstating your role.

Spend most of the answer on your actions.Use ‘I’ for your actions and ‘we’ for the result.Choose examples with real tension and mature learning.Pressure-test your own example first.Good judgement includes creating a safe challenge culture.

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Test 28 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP

Section 3 · 13 min

Accounting and financial-statement questions

Answer common statement-linking questions using a consistent, step-by-step method.

State assumptions before calculating.£10 more depreciation with a 25% tax rate.Don’t skip cash flow or double-count the tax effect.Explain the logic—not just the arithmetic.Separate the accounting answer from the valuation answer.

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Test 38 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP

Section 4 · 14 min

Valuation and transaction questions

Answer valuation, enterprise-value bridge and M&A questions with clear conceptual consistency.

Name the method and what evidence it uses.Explain the claim before the formula.Accretion isn’t the same as value creation.Sensitivity is part of the answer.Reconcile the range; don’t average it blindly.

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Test 48 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP

Section 5 · 14 min

LBO, debt and credit questions

Walk through an LBO, distinguish good businesses from good credits and explain downside repayment risk.

Use four stages.A good company isn’t automatically a good credit.Leverage magnifies outcomes—it doesn’t create operating value.Make the trade-off explicit.Translate EBITDA into cash available for debt service.

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Test 58 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP

Section 6 · 13 min

Commercial awareness, cases and mock interviews

Discuss a transaction or market theme, structure a short case and convert preparation into interview performance.

Use transaction, rationale, financing and view.Build a causal chain.Structure before calculating.Practise retrieval—not recognition.Lead with the transaction, then earn your opinion.

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Test 68 applied questions6/8 required to pass · Immediate explanations · 10 XP