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Corporate Banking / Commercial Banking / Distressed Debt Interview Prep

Corporate Banking / Commercial Banking / Distressed Debt

Our 93% Success Rate Speaks For Itself

Financial institutions seek to hire candidates with strong attention to detail, great communication skills, and a hard-working, positive attitude. Consequently, interviews contain a mix of technical and qualitative questions testing your knowledge of capital structures and their implications, mechanics of various debt instruments, the process of a deal, and walking through credit case scenarios.

However, nailing all the technicals does not ensure success. The industry is a ‘people business’ built around relationships and social interactions. Interviewers will be sure to assess a candidate’s soft skills through a variety of behavioral questions and their demeanor throughout the interview. This will determine if there is a fit within the organization and if the candidate has the potential to one day interact with and pitch to clients – a vital component to growing the business.

Our coaching sessions cover the following:

  • Understanding advanced technical questions on debt structuring and credit case and how to answer market questions
  • How to effectively analyze and walk through a credit case study
  • Analyzing key credit metrics such as leverage multiple, interest coverage multiple, fixed charge coverage ratio, and debt service coverage ratio
  • Building and sensitizing your model to adverse credit events through scenario and sensitivity analysis; calculating debt IRR
  • Assessing and quantify the downside protection that a company generates through its ability to generate recurring cash flows and defend margins 
  • Ensuring a detailed understanding of an array of widely used debt instruments throughout the capital structure including tranches which act as parri passu 
  • Reading and identifying the most important topics in a credit agreement
  • Evaluating unique debt structures such as convertible debt, call protection  / premiums, OIDs, springers, balloons, debt sizing through DSCR
  • Distressed debt / restructuring scenarios and the various outcomes through Chapter 11, Chapter 7 packaged deals, and plan of restructuring
  • Bond math and shortcuts to calculate bond yield and price
  • Infrastructure, real estate, and construction debt, including different debt drawdown structures, accrued interest, and mini-perm financing
  • How to discuss deals and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the business
  • How to ‘correctly’ answer behavioral questions and effectively present soft skills
  • Receiving written feedback addressing strengths and areas of improvement

During a standard 1-on-1 coaching session, we can prepare you by analyzing and walking through credit case studies tailored to your needs, test you from a list of curated technical and behavioral questions, provide detailed feedback on how to improve, as well as creating a resume to ensure success. It’s our goal to get you your ideal role in the debt/credit industry.

We have a success rate with our clients! We’d be happy to help you achieve your career goals.

Corporate Banking / Commercial Banking / Distressed Debt Interview Coaching Packages

One Hour
Coaching Session
235
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Coaching sessions are customized to your needs.
Any materials reviewed during the sessions will be sent to you (financial models / templates, slide decks, case studies)
3 Hours
(6% off)
220
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Includes 3 hours of coaching, all materials from the above packages, as well as:
  • 350 questions interview guide
  • 6 slide decks covering Behaviorals, Accounting, EV / Comps, DCF, M&A, and LBO
  • 2 hour LBO case study
5 Hours
(13% Off)
205
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Includes 5 hours of coaching, all materials from the above packages, as well as:
  • Paper DCF
  • Paper LBO
  • DCF case study in restaurant industry
  • DCF case study in software industry
  • 1 corporate development / FP&A case study
  • 2 M&A accretion / dilution case studies using merger model method and earnings yield method
  • IB case study with advanced M&A accretion / dilution and paper LBO
8 Hours
(19% Off)
190
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Includes 8 hours of coaching, all materials from the above packages, as well as:
  • DCF case study in restaurant industry
  • Venture capital case study
  • 2 hour LBO case study
  • Complex LBO case study in software industry. Incl. quarterly modeling, waterfall structures, & liquidation preference
  • Complex LBO case studies in knife sharpening industry with 50-70 slides in CIM with PPT and Excel solutions
10 Hours
(26% Off)
175
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Includes 10 hours of coaching, all materials from the above packages, as well as:
  • Short LBO case study in restaurant industry
  • Short LBO case study in software industry
  • Real estate paper LBO
  • Real estate private equity case study for nursing home company
  • Real estate private equity case study for retail property
  • 2 corporate development / FP&A case studies
  • 1 long complex LBO case studies in the sporting arena industry with 50-70 slides in CIM with PPT and Excel solutions
  • Complex LBO case study in the car washing industry with Excel modeling and Word memo component with solutions

Our Coaching Methodology

Understanding your Goals

Understand your goals, your background, and your experiences so we can align your story, as well as getting a grasp around your technical skills

Customized Interview Questions

Customized mock interview catering to the topics you need the most improvement on or wish to focus on

Feedback

Feedback is provided after each question in order to promote learning and memory retention, and written feedback will be provided as well addressing your strengths and areas for improvement

Our Coaches

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Call Structure:

After understanding your goals and background, provide you with sample mock interview questions to ascertain where you are at in your preparation

Customized mock interview catering to the topics you need the most improvement on or wish to focus on

Feedback is provided after each question in order to promote learning and memory retention

Concise, written feedback will be provided afterwards addressing your strengths and areas for improvement