Story (Interview)

A candidate’s concise, coherent narrative connecting their background, motivations and career choices, used to answer "walk me through your resume" and "why banking/PE." A strong story is specific and causally linked, not a list of accomplishments.

Where Story (Interview) comes up

Consulting Fit Questions and the Personal Experience InterviewThe case decides whether you can do the work. The fit interview decides whether anyone wants you on their team for eight weeks in a hotel.Read the guide — 10 min Investment Banking Behavioural Questions and How to Answer ThemTechnicals decide whether you are safe to put in front of a client. Fit decides whether anyone wants to sit next to you at two in the morning.Read the guide — 11 min Precedent Transactions: Building the Analysis ProperlyComparable companies tell you what the market pays for a share. Precedents tell you what a buyer paid to own the whole thing, which is a different number for good reasons.Read the guide — 10 min

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