The only course you need to break into Investment Banking

Recruiting | Behaviorals | Accounting | Enterprise Value / Comparables | DCF | M&A | LBO| Market questions | Brain teasers

Crack the Investment Banking
Recruitment Process

I’m Josh Jia of Finance Interview Coach. Over the past 8 years I’ve helped over 390 students and career switchers break into bulge brackets, elite boutiques, and top middle market IB Positions though one-on-one personalized training. 

About Josh

Josh lectures at the Dardern School of Business (University of Virginia) on investment banking. 

He has also taught lectures at Princeton, Wharton, UCLA, Queen’s University, Ivey, Rotman, Schulich, Waterloo, and Laurier. Josh has coached clients in 40+ countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Latin America. Through his efforts, he has placed 300+ candidates in finance roles.

  • Private Equity Analyst at Imperial Capital
  • Investment Banking Analyst at BMO, Diversified Group
  • Industry experience in headhunting, VC, HF, and ER
  • Founded Limestone Capital
  • Placed 100+ candidates into IB and PE roles

During his time in investment banking (BMO) and private equity (Imperial Capital), Josh has accumulated significant transaction experience, including the C$300M IPO of Sleep Country, the US$156M acquisition of Atlas Paper by Resolute Forest Products, and an extensive private equity roll-up of food testing labs in the U.S. Having worked closely with the sell side and buy side alike.

 

 

 

Josh Jia has taught IB lectures at Princeton, Wharton, UCLA, Queen’s University, Ivey, Rotman, Schulich, Waterloo, and Laurier. Josh has coached clients all over the world, including the US, Canada, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, India, Australia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Kenya. Through his efforts, he has placed 100+ candidates in finance roles.

During his time in investment banking (BMO) and private equity (Imperial Capital), Josh has accumulated significant transaction experience, including the C$300M IPO of Sleep Country, the US$156M acquisition of Atlas Paper by Resolute Forest Products, and an extensive private equity roll-up of food testing labs in the U.S. Having worked closely with the sell side and buy side alike, Josh knows exactly how to position candidates for success both for the short term and the long term, and is eager to provide coaching and share his resources in the areas of investment banking, private equity, corporate development, and other subsectors of finance.

Course Outline

8 Progressive Modules that build up Investment Banking Step-by-Step

Module 1: Recruiting

Module 1: Recruiting

The course starts with the most important topic in landing an IB job – recruiting. Before a candidate has any chance at landing an job in banking it’s imperative they understand the in’s and out’s of the recruiting cycle, timelines, pipelines, interview process, resume, coverletter, and networking.

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Module 2: Behaviorals

Module 2: Behaviorals

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Module3: Accounting

Module3: Accounting

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Module 4: Enterprise Value / Comparables

Module 4: Enterprise Value / Comparables

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Module 5: DCF

Module 5: DCF

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Module 6: M&A

Module 6: M&A

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Module 7: LBO

Module 7: LBO

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Module 8: Market questions and brain teasers

Module 8: Market questions and brain teasers

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Course Outline​

8 Progressive Modules that build up Investment Banking Step-by-Step

Module 1: Recruiting​

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Module 2: Behaviorals​

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Module 3: Accounting​

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Module 4: Enterprise Value / Comparables​

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Module 5: DCF

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Module 6: M&A

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Module 7: LBO​

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Module 8: Market Questions and Brain Teasers ​

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