Tips on corp dev interview at a big bank. (Background: 1yr in the middle office, masters in finance, 1 ib internship)

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What level of position? Your background doesn't immediately jump out as a great fit for CorpDev so curious what you're aiming for

Fair enough - I'd focus on making sure your technicals are solid - your competition is likely to be IB analysts and people who model day in day out so you need to be on par with them (even if they're advertising as a graduate role you'll still need a good level). At associate level they likely won't be looking for much more than that, but anything you can bring to the table in terms of industry knowledge or expertise from your middle office work would help as well. Can't help on the comp front I'm afraid - different country and sector.

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