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About this interview
A technical interview on IB Core Technicals, pitched at the easy level. A voice AI interviewer leads the conversation, adapts its questions to your answers, keeps you on topic, and afterward gives you honest, specific feedback on where you were strong and where to improve. Expect roughly 30 minutes.
What you'll be assessed on
Explain the three financial statements and how they link
Walk through multi-step statement-impact chains (depreciation-style) verbally with correct numbers
Explain working capital, accrual vs cash, D&A, deferred taxes, and inventory/COGS effects
Handle debt/interest impacts and core ratio questions at superday pace
Topics covered
Three Statement LinkagesAccrual vs Cash AccountingFinancial RatiosDepreciation & AmortizationInventory & COGSDebt & InterestWorking CapitalDepreciation ChainDeferred TaxesLease AccountingStock-Based Compensation
A few sample questions
Just examples to set expectations - the real interview has many more and adapts to your responses.
“Give me a quick tour of the three financial statements and how they talk to each other.
“That debt carries a 10% coupon. Walk me through the $1 of interest expense hitting the three statements at a 40% tax rate.
“The balance sheet is a snapshot and the income statement covers a period — why does that distinction matter when you're comparing two balance sheets from different quarters?