Knowing the answer is one thing.Delivering it under pressure is another.

Interviewers want to see if your decisions connect logically and if you are intentionally making decisions. For students: The idea isn't I joined the Investment Banking and Student Investment Fund because all of my friends were joining them and I didn't want to be left behind. It's because in high school you were apart of the finance club or you did DECA or FBLA or something related to Finance that pushed you to pursue these clubs. Not because of anyone else, but because it was your own decision. Even if your path isn't linear, strong answers make it feel like each jump, career change, or movement was intentional. The key is explaining why you moved from one step to the next, not just what you did.

Your story should naturally build towards why this role makes sense in the next progression. Have you learned that everything that this role does is in your interest, and you have proof of prior/personal experiences that you know for sure that this is the direction and the specific team (if applicable) is the one for you? Weak answers simplify their experience in FP&A or Accounting into "I'm passionate about M&A and Investment Banking because of my background." Strong answers force the conclusion that this is the most logical next step and you have the ability to succeed without having to explicitly state the obvious.

Interviewers want to know what you took away from our own experiences. It's less so about what you did, everyone is in the student investment fund, investment banking club, became the president of a club. But it is less about what you did and more about what you took away from this. What did you learn from this experience that only you know and how does this lead you to this position today. It cannot be that because you were in your club you realized you wanted to do Wealth Management, but rather you enjoyed working internally as a VP of Student Development for your club where you worked with hundreds of students weekly on professional development by cultivating relationships with nearby firms to set up company visits, panel events, private on campus recruitment, and would set up private club only internships all in the sake of pursuing a greater environment for students to succeed without weighing down the unfair disadvantages of club recruitment.