Superday checklist

A week outFive to seven days before

Confirm the format in writing: how many interviews, how long each, in person or video, and who you meet if they say.
Rewrite your two minute story for this firm and this group. Say it out loud three times.
Pick two of the firm's recent deals, investments, or research calls from its own site and know each one: parties, size, rationale, your view.
Run one timed mock interview for the stage and drill the weakest topic it shows.
Prepare three answers for why this firm that would not work for its closest competitor.
Write down every person you have spoken to at the firm, what they said, and one thing you would ask them now.
Plan travel with an hour of slack. If the firm books it, confirm the booking.

Lay out clothes: business formal unless told otherwise. Shoes polished, nothing new.
Print three copies of your resume and put them in a folder with a pen and a notepad.
Read your resume line by line and be ready to go two levels deep on every bullet.
Review the core technicals for the path once, then stop. Sleep beats one more hour.
Check the market close: the main index moves, the 10 year yield, and one headline you could discuss.
For video: test the camera, light from the front, a plain background, the link, and a charged laptop on power.

Read the morning's market headlines for ten minutes, not more.
Eat something. Interviews run long and lunches get skipped.
Arrive or log in 15 minutes early. Silence your phone.
Have names of the day's interviewers if you were sent them, and one question ready for each.

Firm handshake or a clear hello on video, then let them lead.
Answer the question asked, in the order asked, then stop. Short beats complete.
On a technical you do not know, say how you would reason it out and do it. Never bluff a number.
If one interview goes badly, reset before the next. Each interviewer scores you separately.
Ask each interviewer a different, real question about their work. Write their names down after.
Be the same person at lunch, in the hallway, and with the recruiter. All of it is seen.

Send a short thank-you to each interviewer the same day, naming one thing they said.
Write down every question you were asked while you remember. Log them in Waddle Street so the bank gets better.
Log the stage on the program page so other students see the typical timing.
If an offer comes with a deadline, ask for the date in writing and use the time honestly.
If there is no news by the date they gave, one polite note to the recruiter, then wait.

Superday checklist by Waddle Street. Standard advice for final rounds, not specific to any firm.

A week outFive to seven days before

Confirm the format in writing: how many interviews, how long each, in person or video, and who you meet if they say.

Rewrite your two minute story for this firm and this group. Say it out loud three times.

Pick two of the firm's recent deals, investments, or research calls from its own site and know each one: parties, size, rationale, your view.

Run one timed mock interview for the stage and drill the weakest topic it shows.

Prepare three answers for why this firm that would not work for its closest competitor.

Write down every person you have spoken to at the firm, what they said, and one thing you would ask them now.

Plan travel with an hour of slack. If the firm books it, confirm the booking.

The night beforeEvening

Lay out clothes: business formal unless told otherwise. Shoes polished, nothing new.

Print three copies of your resume and put them in a folder with a pen and a notepad.

Read your resume line by line and be ready to go two levels deep on every bullet.

Review the core technicals for the path once, then stop. Sleep beats one more hour.

Check the market close: the main index moves, the 10 year yield, and one headline you could discuss.

For video: test the camera, light from the front, a plain background, the link, and a charged laptop on power.

In the roomEach interview

Firm handshake or a clear hello on video, then let them lead.

Answer the question asked, in the order asked, then stop. Short beats complete.

On a technical you do not know, say how you would reason it out and do it. Never bluff a number.

If one interview goes badly, reset before the next. Each interviewer scores you separately.

Ask each interviewer a different, real question about their work. Write their names down after.

Be the same person at lunch, in the hallway, and with the recruiter. All of it is seen.

AfterSame day and the week after

Send a short thank-you to each interviewer the same day, naming one thing they said.

Write down every question you were asked while you remember. Log them in Waddle Street so the bank gets better.

Log the stage on the program page so other students see the typical timing.

If an offer comes with a deadline, ask for the date in writing and use the time honestly.

If there is no news by the date they gave, one polite note to the recruiter, then wait.