Goblins,
Excited to announce that our #1 user has just received offers from Centerview, Evercore, and JPM. Our platform was their primary tool for study and they pulled the most questions of any user.
Don’t interview before you’ve gotten your reps in.
Below we have an absolutely incredible article on behaviorals.
Goblin Topic Pick: “Returns”
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☞ If a PE firm buys a company for $1MM and then sells the company for $1MM, is it possible for the company to achieve a return? Let's assume the purchase multiple and exit multiple are the same. -PWP
☞ You have a bank with an ROE of 10% and a Price/Book of 1.5. What is their P/E? -Moelis
☞ Where do returns come from in an LBO? -Harris Williams
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Weekly Exploits
This Week: Behavioral Questions Guide
Pass the gate, win the room—technicals grant entry, but the "Airport Test" helps secures the offer; prove you are a resilient colleague rather than just a competent calculator.
Land the punchline—context is irrelevant without the closer; end every STAR narrative with a hard insight that links your past experience directly to the job’s demands.
Select versatile stories—curate 4-5 core anecdotes that flex across multiple prompts; use the "Trojan Horse" method to embed technical wins within behavioral answers.
Apply the timeline—judgment is tested in two phases; solve the immediate crisis (Short Term), then fix the process to protect the firm (Long Term).
→ Read the full article here.
This Week: God-Tier Mock Interviews
Withhold the validation—seeking approval is a weakness; force the candidate to rely on internal conviction by maintaining a neutral poker face, mimicking the actual indifference of a senior banker.
Audit the performance—"good job" is empty calories; track every technical slip and filler word in a spreadsheet to provide a forensic, line-by-line review that actually corrects behavior.
Break the script—memorization fails under pressure; accelerate rapidly from behaviorals to complex modeling, changing variables mid-flight to test for true conceptual agility rather than rote recitation.
Reframe the kindness—comfort is a disservice during prep; true help is rigorous, uncomfortable feedback that exposes cracks now so they don't collapse during the real interview.
→ Read the full article here.
Punch it through, baby!
Ever yours,
The Offer Goblin
AND ONE MORE THING …. They thought they could stop a demon. I'm back