Qatalyst Interviews

currently trying to lateral

What about London? From what I see the group is small. Any clue?

是2022年SA打开？

我采访了学校的两名接受SAoffers there. Interviews were intense and technical and dug deeper on tech and finance knowledge than anywhere else I interviewed (BB or EB). Expect many rounds - I got cut after 7 and the kids who got offers did 10+ each.

因此有2022年SAbegun??

prepare to get buttfucked

I tried lateraling. I did 3-4 interviews and got positive feedback throughout the process, including after the last one. While waiting for next steps (which likely woulda been another interview or perhaps希望是一个超级日子然后，我得到了我想用来加速他们的过程的另一个报价……他们告诉我GFY，所以我接受了其他报价。

So depending on how bad you want them, may need to be patient. You may kill the process if you ask them to accelerate.

Tried to lateral but got ghosted after a few calls (which all went super well) once they realized I'm international. This was shockingly similar to the negative experience I had with Q when recruitingFT。对我来说，这真是显而易见的是，如此多产的科技银行可以通过全球响应迅速的人力资源人员进行如此凌乱，通信的招聘过程。尽管他们的一半来自加拿大的团队，但由于某些不清楚的原因，他们最近停止赞助（猜猜他们从30B美元合并中获得的交易费不足以支付几美元10K fucking H1-B application fees).

If you're not an American citizen, don't waste your time with these guys.

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Bump. A recruitment agency (working for Qatalyst) recently reached out to me apply to theirFTAnalyst position in London.
Submitted my application and within a few days was invited to make their online assessment. I'm guessing I passed (just finished it so I'm not sure yet). But I'm international and live in Continental Europe. So I guess that's an auto-ding?

接受采访SAlast year. Got grilled.

For you personally, I don't know but maybe sharing my experience can be helpful to you as something to learn from as I did not advance in their process. Somehow was invited to interview with them for anSArole in college. Interview was morning after super bowl. I think I spent most of the game prepping but did watch a bit of game/commercials. Interviewer was like a VP and asked me what my favorite commercial was. Nevertheless, seems like the people I know / my friends who work there and/or have worked there were very sharp on the financial technicals. At the time, I don't think I would have been surprised if those guys could have gone on to the topHF/PE/IBjobs basedon qualification/entry knowledge. Also, they seemed to know tech and have a meaningful passion for the sector. The guy who I know who still works there I believe I very passionate about tech. When Frank came to speak forOCR在like 2014 was a very tech heavy crowd (plenty of Wharton engineer types from my memory) who all seemed to love tech. Good luck. I hope this helps

Bump currently trying to lateral and I'm scared to death of the technology technicals they're going to ask

Have heard there's ~10 rounds and they're extremely tough. Only way to prep is to just know everything tbh

I've walked people through this on the phone and it usually takes 45 minutes to cover everything. But my advice put succinctly is to:Obviously know your technicals extremely well. Beyond the guides I would readRosenbaum and Pearlat least twice and outline/take notes the 2nd time. Also brush up on various other sources including YouTube (M&I/BIWS has somesolid content for M&A,LBO, etc.),IBVine Outside the Guide, etc.Familiarize yourself with the industry of tech (main verticals are software, internet, semiconductors, fintech). Industry trends, drivers, outlook, etc. Do not slack here.Be familiar with Tech M&A transactions (especially 1bn+ in TV).Know Qatalyst deals. Seriously, Outline them and study them going a few years back.Know one vertical within tech extremely well and be prepared to devote and entire call to that vertical/a company in that vertical.Perhaps the most important point for once you pass the first 5-7 rounds which cover everything above: nail your behaviorals. Most importantly, you need to have a well-crafted story as to why tech, why M&A, and why Qatalyst specifically.Hope this helps. Don't feel like typing out an entire book rn as that process warrants, but this should get you headed down the right path. If you think you've done enough to study, I would keep studying.

编辑：我的最后一条建议是不要塞满；在您预期开始过程之前，开始研究大约一年