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Things that raise your chances

• A top banking group

  Firms recruit most from the busiest deal teams at large and elite boutique banks.

• Fast, clean modeling

  Practice LBO (leveraged buyout) tests under time pressure until they feel routine.

• Headhunter relationships

  Recruiting firms run the on-cycle process. Get on their lists early in your analyst years.

• Deals you can talk about in detail

  Interviewers will ask what you would have done differently.