have an interview for FDD associate/consultant level position. any tips/insight to how to prepare for interviews will be helpful!

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What company? If big 4 generally behavioral interview if mid market ..may ask more technical questions

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Big 4 at the level tend to be much more behavioral in nature and trying to gauge your competency based on your background. Did you work in audit / financial accounting before? Would share any experiences on that because for FDD you generally need to have a strong financial accounting background.

When junior folks are coming in ...the key things I look for are a) Is this person hungry/driven? b) What kind of financial accounting/audit background do they have? c) Is this somebody who is going to be okay under high pressure scenarios?

C is very critical as depending of whether your office does more PE vs. Corp. Deals...FDD WLB can be day and night. I generally only do PE deals and they are very demanding. Working late on Fridays for a deliverable was quite frequent last year throughout nthe year. If I work with a junior/associate who is used to working chill hours I get concerned about how they will adapt to demanding deadlines. It is also quite frequent for us to get a call from a client with a request during the day that they need asap (by end of day or earlier). I.e. spontaneous fire drills.

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