Cracking the technical interview
By the end of this lecture you will be able to
- Explain how technical interviews are run and scored, from the first round to the superday
- Answer any technical question in four steps: headline, steps, sanity check, nuance
- Do interview mental maths without a calculator: percentages, multiples, compounding, IRR and discounting
- Solve a paper LBO in three minutes and answer a three-statement question out loud
- Recover from mistakes, prepare for modelling tests and plan your last two weeks
You now know the material. A technical interview tests something slightly different: whether you can explain it clearly, quickly and correctly while someone watches and pushes back. This lecture is about technique: how interviews are run and scored, a method for any answer, the mental maths you need without a calculator, a paper LBO in three minutes, a three-statement question answered out loud, what to do when you go wrong, how modelling tests work, and a plan for your last two weeks.
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