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The Technical Interview Guide to Investment Banking + Website
by Paul Pignataro
The Complete, Technical Interview Guide to Investment Banking is the aspiring investment banker's guide to acing the interview and beginning your journey to the top. By merging a 'study guide' to the field with a forecast of the interview, this book helps you prepare for both content and structure; you'll brush up on important topics while getting a preview of the questions your interviewers are likely to ask. Covering financial statements, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts, the discussion provides the answers to common technical questions while refreshing your understanding of the core technical analyses behind core models and analyses. Each chapter includes a list of the questions you will almost certainly be asked--along with the answers that interviewers want to hear--from the basic Q&A to the advanced technical analyses and case studies. This guide will reinforce your knowledge and give you the confidence to handle anything they can throw at you.
You will receive an expert synopsis of the major points you need to know, to ensure your understanding and ability to handle the multitude of questions in each area.
- Double-check your conceptual grasp of core finance topics
- Plan your responses to common technical and analysis questions
- Understand how to analyze and solve technical analyses and cases
- Gain insight into what interviewers want to hear from potential hires
- Become the candidate they can't turn away
You've positioned yourself as a competitive candidate, and the right job right now can chart your entire career's trajectory. Now you just have to win the recruiting race. The Complete, Technical Interview Guide to Investment Banking is the ultimate preparation guide to getting the job you want.
* Model built complete with Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet Balancing Techniques, Depreciation Schedule (complete with accelerating depreciation and deferring taxes), working capital schedule, debt schedule, handling circular references, and automatic debt pay downs. * Illustrative concepts including detailing model flows help aid in conceptual understanding. * Concepts are reiterated and honed, perfect for a novice yet detailed enough for a professional. * Model built direct from Wal-Mart public filings, searching through notes, performing research, and illustrating techniques to formulate projections. * Includes in-depth coverage of valuation techniques commonly used by Wall Street professionals. * Illustrative comparable company analyses - built the right way, direct from historical financials, calculating LTM (Last Twelve Month) data, calendarization, and properly smoothing EBITDA and Net Income.
* Precedent transactions analysis - detailing how to extract proper metrics from relevant proxy statements * Discounted cash flow analysis - simplifying and illustrating how a DCF is utilized, how unlevered free cash flow is derived, and the meaning of weighted average cost of capital (WACC) * Step-by-step we will come up with a valuation on Wal-Mart * Chapter end questions, practice models, additional case studies and common interview questions (found in the companion website) help solidify the techniques honed in the book; ideal for universities or business students looking to break into the investment banking field.
* Provides an in-depth analysis of how to identify a private company, bring such an investment to profitability, and create high returns for the private equity funds * Includes an informative LBO model and case study as well as private company valuation * Written by Paul Pignataro, founder and CEO of the New York School of Finance If you're looking for the best way to hone your skills in this field, look no further than this book.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Other Restructurings
by Paul Pignataro
This text is for finance practitioners who want to explore every corner of the M&A process. * Learn accounting for asset acquisitions, asset divestitures, and corporate mergers * Explore modeling methods including mini-merger modeling and fully consolidated merger modeling * Read case studies demonstrating the practical success of theoretical models * Understand EBITDA, cash flow, capital structure, and their impact on M&A success and value creation This new text from the CEO and founder of the New York School of Finance is key for understanding how restructuring leads to growth and value creation. The importance of M&A shows no signs of slowing, meaning that finance professionals need to be able to accurately analyze the prospects and impacts of restructuring moves. Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Other Restructurings + Website is the authoritative resource for doing just that.
Leveraged Buyouts + Website: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity
by Paul Pignataro