Finance Interview Preparation

Interview skills/prep

Good for finding advice and techniques for quantitative interviews.

• Wall Street Oasis

• Vault
  Click on Guides in the menu bar. Select Banking & Finance. Titles include Vault Guide to Finance Interviews and Vault Guide to Advanced Finance and Quantitative Interviews

• Street of Walls
  Their training courses cover investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and consulting.

• Venture Fizz - Hiring and Breaking in the Venture Capitalist World

• Coding VC - Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 1: Deals, Deals, Deals

• Getting a job in private equity : behind-the-scenes insight into how private equity firms hire

Compensation

Good for compensation data by position and fund size.

• Preqin private capital compensation and employment review - see How to find reports in Preqin

• Holt-MM&K-Buyouts Insider PE/VC compensation report

Financial modeling

Good for interactive financial modeling tools and guides

• Practical financial modelling : a guide to current practice

• Register for Wall Street Prep on the HBS Career and Professional Development site

Equity research

Good for data and background information for stock pitching prep, basic valuation metrics, strength and Weaknesses of the company (SWOT analysis).

• LSEG Workspace

Articles and news

Good for recent trends in the company, biographical information on key players in the company, recent trends in relevant industries, Corporate Strategy information.

• Factiva

• S&P Capital IQ Pro

• Extel

• Business Source Complete

• Financial Times

Company Research

Good for lists (screening) and profiles of VCPE firms, investment banks, and investment management firms, Morningstar cash flow models, key members of the management team, league tables.

• Capital IQ

• LSEG Workspace

• Preqin

• Pitchbook

• CB Insights