<p>With IBW interviews approaching in the next month or so, what types of technical questions does Professor Haeberle ask? Does he test you using brainteasers and mental math or is he more concerned with if you know how to calculate WACC and steps to creating a DCF? Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>It really depends for each candidate. If you put that you’ve completed training the street on your resume than you might, etc… Have you been networking with Professor Haeberle? or any of the members in the workshop? If so, I think it can only help your case during the application process. Overall, he doesn’t expect you to know the advanced technical questions. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t prepare for the technical questions. </p>
<p>In fact, if you were a good friend of mine. I would trick you and say yes there will be alot of technical questions… so you over-prepare for the interview. Because over-preparing for his interview will only help you in the long run when you are actually doing your mock-superday interviews with the members and interviewing w/ ibanks. that said, most likely, you will have brain teasers and mental math type questions.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would reach out to the members in the workshop and ask them if they can do mock interviews with you. some might purposely just ask you questions they know you can’t answer just for ****s and giggles but that’s part of the game i guess. i would ask them they would be willing to give you more insight. also, note that haeberle might change the interview questions / his approach.</p>
<p>most importantly, you want to focus on the big picture. for ex. you want to be presentable. focus on the big picture, the workshop can teach you how to answer the common ibank interview questions. overall, be a nice kid and be thankful. the more effort and time you put into the workshop… the more the alumni/workshop will help you out. a give and take approach. </p>
<p>If your looking at UBS LA, you should also look into UBS NY and SF. The Kelley School placed a lot of students for summer analyst positions at UBS this year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I have networked with both Professor Haeberle and current workshop members about my interests. The current members have been very helpful and although many applicants seem to have the recurring trend of honors, study abroad, and direct ib experience, it seems that drive and genuine interest prevail as long as you are qualified in some unique way. I have spent the greater part of my free time this summer prepping for interviews and staying up with readings. This year seems to have a ton of interested applicants just like any other year, so hopefully hard work will pay off.</p>
<p>UBS LA would be a great place to work, I have heard it is very intensive and get’s you connected with a lot of private equity firms on the West Coast. I know Kelley placed about 4-5 in New York and 1-2 in SF, so it would be great if this trend could keep on going. Kenneth Moelis, who came from UBS LA, has started his own firm in NYC would also be a great place for Kelley students to start networking with.</p>
<p>yea, your right on. it looks like since your well on your way to getting into the workshop and have been networking. i would try and look into networking with alumni/non-alumni from evercore, greenhill, lazard (non-mm) and blackrock for SA positions. these are the only banks that don’t traditionally recruit kelley students. all BB’s and rest of elite boutiques you will have the opportunities to get recruited as a Kelley student.</p>
<p>For internships, I’m pretty sure ibanking interviews are during the second semester. Full time is in the fall. I think college2007 hit the spot on the interviews and knows what he’s talking about. If you’re setting your sights on top boutiques that college2007 mentioned, be wary that it’s a tough job market out there still, but it doesn’t hurt to give it a shot. For example, I think this year for one of the offices for Evercore, all their summer analysts were from publics, so you could have a chance at the top ones. If this is what you want to do, just be ready to commit to it.</p>
<p>Hey, I also plan on applying to the workshop this fall. I have heard that Professor Haeberle likes to ask a lot of fit questions, but he also might add in an excel question or two if you claim to be pretty good with it. I don’t know about any of the technicals though (but if you do, please let me know).</p>
<p>Also, Lazard took 1 student for FT and 1 for SA this past year, but you are right that they do not traditionally recruit at Indiana (this is their first year I know of).</p>
<p>maxellis, yea lazard took 1 for SA for mm.
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however, it’s still *<strong><em>in lazard at the end of the day. mm or not still *</em></strong>ing impressive imo when the economy is down. as for what types of questions he asks i dont know, you should network with the members in the workshop and ask them for their advice.</p>
<p>mactonycw, werd. once your in the workshop the SA recruiting season can start as early as Dec for ibanks in chicago. so prepare your **** now, so you have a leg up against the other members.</p>
<p>i also meant networking with anyone from those 4 firms. if you haven’t done so i would go ahead and try to network with non-alumni now so you can get an interview come jan/feb. it would be nasty if you could get a SA offer from any of those 4 firms. you would get high fives if you could get an internship from 1 of those 4 banks.</p>
<p>mactonycw, everything i say is the truth. haha</p>