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“I participated in a campus investing competition during my sophomore year, where I did in-depth research on the energy industry and recommended investing in Enphaes Energy. Their stock later rose by 75% and our team became the champion."

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“I applied to [Company name] and did marketing there for the summer. I did well and have helped the company improve their online marketing campaigns by over 30% in a month. However I reflected and decided I wanted to do something more relevant to my finance major and quantitative in nature."

So I applied for private banking and interned in UBS last summer where I analyzed clients' portfolio and made investment recomendations. Through the internship I networked greatly internally and therefore realize my greater interest, which is to work with clients on a larger scale."

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“I interned with [company name] in their [department name] department and therefore have acquired the necessary skills to develop myself further in this industry. I wish to combine my expertise and exposure in the industry and my finance knwoledge.

Through connecting and having conversations with many people from the field and [company name], I believe [company name]'s culture and people suit me best in developing my early stage career...

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 “Well, I used to be pretty horrible at public speaking. When I started college, it was a massive problem, and I was just terrified of doing it, and I didn’t do a very good job. So first I took the small step of promising myself that I would speak up in front of really small groups, for example in class. Then, I worked up to taking a public speaking class, which made a big difference. Now, even though I get nervous, I feel like its something that doesn’t completely hold me back, and, in fact, recently I gave a speech at a conference to over 100 people. My hands were shaking the whole time, but I got really good feedback at the end.”

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• Walk me through an LBO analysis.

• What factors can lead to the dilution of EPS in an acquisition?

• If you are in a business what wants to preserve cash, what type of inventory accounting method would you use (LIFO or FIFO) in a time of rising prices, and why?

• What is Minority Interest and why do we add it in the Enterprise Value formula?

• Briefly walk me though a discounted cash flow analysis. (Including WACC)

• What are your skills? What would they be applicable?

• Who is the most famous and influential person you would like to meet and why?

• How many footballs would fit into this room?

• Why did you choose to pursue a career in banking?

• If you were advising a client, would you advise them to short or long shares in our company at the moment?

• What is VaR? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

• Tell me about Barclays?

• Tell me a weakness of yours.

• Explain a time when you coped with working in a ‘difficult’ team environment, such as where you didn't get on with members of your team.

• What have you done to prove your leadership skills?

• If I buy new property plant and equipment(PP&E) for $10m ($5m cash and $5m debt), what will happen to balance sheet and cash flow?

• Who will pay more for an acquisition, a strategic buyer or financial, and why?

• How do you ensure you meet delivery deadlines?

• Have you ever failed to meet delivery deadlines?

• What’s the difference between Left Outer Join and Right Outer Join?

• Explain 3 features of Object Oriented Programming. 

  
  

• Why ernst young not other big four?

• What was the most difficult experience in dealing with a problem team member on a client engagement, and how did you deal with it?

• What are your weaknesses?

• What are your strengths?

• What was a time you had to exhibit leadership skills?

• Tell me about a time when you faced an ethical dilemma in the work place. Who was involved? How was it resolved?  

• Where do you see yourself in 20 years?  

• Why Pwc?  

• Tell me about a time you helped someone.