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IBD/PE/VC AI Interview

An AI interviewer with a banker's and investor's background runs a live 60-minute technical interview for your target division. You walk through the math yourself, shallow answers get pressed, and a scorecard grades you at the end.

Interviews built from the real work of

Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
J.P. Morgan
KKR
Carlyle
Blackstone
Sequoia Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Vista Equity Partners
Thoma Bravo
SBVA
Atinum Investment

Where the interviews come from

36 interviews drawn from the real thing

Built from real IB/PE technical interview formats and the interview prep materials of top MBA Banking/PE/VC clubs - six per division (3 core + 3 advanced), 36 interviews in total.

36
real interviews
60 min
live interview
5
point scale

Real IB/PE interview formats

Technicals, deal walk-throughs, market pitches, fit - the same question structures used in actual IB/PE recruiting.

Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
J.P. Morgan
KKR
Carlyle
Blackstone
Sequoia Capital
Andreessen Horowitz
Vista Equity Partners
Thoma Bravo
SBVA
Atinum Investment

Top MBA Banking/PE/VC club materials

Based on interview prep materials compiled by the Banking/PE/VC clubs at Wharton, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Kellogg, Booth, Columbia, Yale, Tuck, and more.

Wharton
Harvard
Stanford
MIT Sloan
Kellogg
Booth
Columbia
Yale
Tuck

Pick your division

Pick your division, get its interview

Six per division (3 core + 3 advanced) - interview sets with complementary coverage, built for repeat practice.

M&A / IBD

  • 3-Statement Linkage
  • Valuation: DCF, Trading & Transaction Comps
  • Accretion / Dilution
  • Deal Process & Defense Strategy

ECM

  • IPO Process & Bookbuilding
  • Greenshoe Mechanics
  • Rights Offering(TERP), Block Trades
  • Convertible Bonds & Equity Story

DCM

  • Bond Math: Price, YTM, Duration
  • Credit Analysis & Covenants
  • Issuance Process & Benchmark Spreads
  • Rates Environment & Refinancing

Sales & Trading

  • Market Making & Bid-Ask Spread
  • Options & Derivatives Payoffs
  • Hedging & Trade Ideas
  • Mental Math Under Pressure

Private Equity

  • LBO Mechanics & Paper LBO (MOIC, IRR)
  • Investment Judgment & Due Diligence
  • Fund Economics & Deal Structures

Venture Capital

  • Cap Table, Dilution & Liquidation Preference
  • Unit Economics: CAC/LTV, Burn & Runway
  • Investment Judgment & Power Law
  • Fund Economics & Portfolio Construction

See it live

What a live interview looks like

The clock runs, the interviewer digs in, and you walk through every calculation yourself.

M&A, Accretion/Dilution23:14
Interviewer
Acquirer trades at 15x P/E, target at 10x, 100% stock deal. Accretive or dilutive? Conclusion first.
Me
Accretive. The acquirer is paying with relatively expensive stock for cheaper earnings, so EPS goes up.
Interviewer
Good. Now run the same deal all-cash, fully debt-funded - under what condition does the answer flip? Walk me through the numbers.
Me
The moment the after-tax cost of debt exceeds the target's 10% earnings yield, it turns dilutive. Converted to a borrowing rate…
PE, Paper LBO31:40
Interviewer
You buy at 8x EV/EBITDA on 100 of EBITDA, using 5x of debt. Five years out EBITDA is 130 and you exit at the same multiple - what's the MOIC? Mental math.
Me
Entry EV 800, debt 500, so equity is 300. Exit EV is 1,040, and assuming 200 of debt paydown, remaining debt is 300, equity 740…
Interviewer
Hold on. Where does that 200 of paydown come from? Justify it with year-by-year FCF.
Me
EBITDA less interest, taxes, and capex gives roughly 40 of FCF a year - 200 cumulative over five years. On that assumption, MOIC is about 2.5x.
VC, Fund Returns18:05
Interviewer
You're deploying a $50M fund across 25 seed deals. Given the power law, how big does the exit need to be on the one deal that returns the fund? Assume 10% ownership.
Me
To return $50M on a 10% stake, you need a $500M exit.
Interviewer
What about dilution? By Series C, is that 10% still intact?
Me
Three rounds of 20% dilution leaves about 5.1%. So you actually need roughly a $1B exit - which is why you reserve to defend your pro-rata…

How it works

The same proven engine behind our Consulting Case Interview

Live Q&A, a real-time clock, staged hints, an instant scorecard - held to real-interview standards.

1

Pick a division → 60 minutes live

Questions flow like a real technical interview. On calculation questions, you walk through the math yourself.

2

Challenge & Hint

Unsupported answers don't get through. When you're stuck, staged hints pull the answer out of you - it's never handed over.

3

Scorecard + retry comparison

Scored on five dimensions: technical knowledge, quant, market judgment, communication, coachability. Retry and see exactly what changed.

Your first interview is free

Pick a division and take on a full 60-minute technical interview. A scorecard is waiting at the end.

1 Free InterviewNo payment needed