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Learning path 02 · Student recruitment
Six recruitment lessons live · unlocks after Finance FoundationsInterview Preparation
Prepare university students for Spring Week, internship and graduate-role recruitment, covering HireVue, fit, competency, technical and case-study interviews across investment banking, private equity and credit.
48 interactive practice questions · Worked answer frameworks · Practical follow-ups
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Section 1 · 14 min
LockedYour 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.
Section 2 · 12 min
LockedCompetency 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.
Section 3 · 13 min
LockedAccounting 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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Section 4 · 14 min
LockedValuation 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.
Section 5 · 14 min
LockedLBO, 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.
Section 6 · 13 min
LockedCommercial 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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