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100% Guaranteed Questions

* Walk me through your resume.
* Why Investment Banking / Sales & Trading / Private Client Services?
* How do you value a company (particular to investment banking)?
* Why did you choose Tuck?
* What were your fall term grades? What was your GMAT score? Why didn't you do better in ____ class?
* What qualities do you think are important for this industry? Do you possess those qualities?
* Do you understand the structure of our summer program / your job requirements?
* What is your greatest weakness?
* Why should we hire you?
* What do you do for fun?
* With what other firms are you interviewing? Are you also interviewing with consulting firms or for opportunities outside Investment Banking / Sales & Trading / PCS?
* If I gave you an offer right now would you accept?
* Rank the firms with whom you're interviewing in order of preference.
* What questions do you have for me?

Personal Goals & Accomplishments

* What made you choose your undergraduate school? Why did you major in __?
* To what other business schools did you apply? Which ones accepted you? Why did you not choose them?
* What was your favorite class so far?
* What are your 5-20 year career plans?
* What is your proudest accomplishment? Your most challenging personal experience?
* Tell me about a time when you led a team or took responsibility either at school or in your prior job?
* How do you work in teams? How do you handle a non-contributing team member? What do you add to a group when you take on a team assignment or group task?
* Describe a failure. What did you learn from it?
* How do you handle stress?
* Tell me a joke.

Financial Questions

* Why would two companies merge? What major factors drive mergers and acquisitions?
* Why might a company choose debt over equity financing?
* Where is our firm's stock trading?
* Where is the Dow Jones today? S&P? NASDAQ? 20-year or 30-year T-Bonds?
* Where do you think interest rates will be 2 year from now?
* Where is the market going?
* Tell me three items on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal.
* Do you personally invest in stocks? Which ones? Why?

Accounting Questions

* Walk me through a typical cash flow statement, balance sheet, or income statement.
* What is EBITDA?
* Company X's net income is ___; how do I compute their cash flow?
* What is goodwill? How does it effect net income?
* Why would a company choose pooling over purchase accounting?
* What is working capital?
* What are deferred taxes?

General Questions

* How does your past career qualify you for a position in investment banking / sales & trading / PCS?
* What do you hope to accomplish this summer?
* Rank the firms on Wall Street. Where do we fit? Who is our competition? What differentiates our firm? What are our strengths / weaknesses?
* Describe a typical day for a full-time associate.
* What is your greatest concern about Investment Banking / our firm?