Hi!
Congrats on making it past the first round, that’s already a strong sign. For round two, the key is to recognize that you’ll be speaking with different teams who each have slightly different lenses, so your prep should balance technical fluency with commercial thinking. On the valuation and due diligence side, be ready to talk through how you’d approach analyzing a company’s financials, assessing key value drivers, and spotting risks in deals.
For divestments and transactions, you should show awareness of how businesses prepare assets for sale and how strategic buyers think about synergies and deal rationale.
For the strategy side, your focus should shift more toward market analysis, competitive dynamics, and how you’d structure recommendations for clients. Practicing mini-cases, staying sharp on finance fundamentals, and having a few thoughtful commercial insights on current market trends will help you stand out.
Above all, make sure you can explain your thinking clearly and tailor your responses to the team’s focus area while keeping a consistent narrative about your skills and motivations.
