IB Case Study
Hello,
I was invited to do a case study interview as part of the next stage of the process.
I was told I'd be given 2 hours to build a DCF and fill out PPT template slides.
Materials provided will be a few qualitative pages on the company (24 hours in advance so I have time to read through them), and an income statement and balance sheet on the day of.
I've done a DCF of course but the 2 hour time limit is making me question:
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will a quick and dirty wacc , making assumptions instead of pulling betas be okay here if they don't supply one?
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any thoughts on high level pages I should be prepared to create for the qualitative portion of the case study?
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does anyone have similar case study examples I can study with?
thank you!
Comments ( 6 )
You said you worked at an EB before getting laid off in your previous post. If you don't know how to make a DCF in your sleep after working in IB I don't know what to tell you.
Was your comment necessary? Pretty sure I didn't ask for a tutorial - my questions were specific to prepare for a situation where I'm under time pressure and have limited info. If you work in banking I'm sure you know you rarely have 1 hour to put together a dcf from scratch without knowing what assumptions you'll have already, so apologies for trying to over prepare
Why are you booing him, he's right
I asked about best practices for a wacc - not building a dcf . To build waccs we often leverage third party platforms like Bloomberg for betas , have a list of comps we can use, and have a template already. This is a timed interview - I was not told I'd be given any of this, I'm expecting to have to do it from scratch and the wacc is one of the most important factors in a dcf . Why is my question stupid?
Why would they be giving you an impossible task? To giggle about watching you struggle?
Use your brain for one minute and think about what is required to complete the WACC analysis and how you might obtain that information.
If you don't have access to outside sources, then they will need to provide that information in the financial package that you mention you will receive. If it's not in there, maybe they'll just give you a discount rate .
So, due to a serious lack of thinking through the implications of your question, it is a dumb question.
Good luck though, wish you the best.
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