About

CapTableClash is a free, browser-based practice tool for finance interviews. Instead of a static flashcard deck, it turns the drill into a head-to-head duel: two players see the same question at the same time, both race the clock, and the faster correct answer deals the damage. Fifty health each. First to zero loses.

Who it's for

Students and early-career finance professionals prepping for interviews, whether that's investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or venture capital. If you've sat through a technical round and frozen on an EV bridge or a WACC calculation, or fumbled a keyboard shortcut in a modeling test, this is built to fix that specific kind of rustiness through repetition under real time pressure, not through more reading.

The mechanic, in one sentence

Every question is timed, noticeably tighter for Excel Shortcut than for Technical Interview since a shortcut is either known or it isn't, fifty health each, and the first player to zero loses the round, exactly the way it feels to be put on the clock across a real interview table.

Under the hood it's the same engine whether you're facing a bot on the campaign ladder, a stranger in a live 1v1, or just yourself against the day's Daily Challenge: one question bank, one set of rules, no separate "easy mode" content. See the FAQ for how each mode and clock works.

Who writes the guides and questions

The written guides at /learn and /blog are published by the CapTableClash Editorial Team, the same people who build and maintain the question bank the duels draw from. That overlap is the point: a guide exists because the question bank already tests that concept, so what you read and what you get asked under the clock are written against each other rather than assembled separately.

How the material is checked

Everything here covers standard, canonical interview material, the formulas and walkthroughs that appear consistently across finance curricula and interview preparation, rather than proprietary methods or house views. Concretely, that means:

• Every formula on a guide page is worked through with real numbers, so the arithmetic can be checked rather than taken on faith.
• Claims that are technically dense or jurisdiction-specific are flagged for review rather than stated flatly. Guides that could not be stated confidently have been removed rather than published with hedges.
• Each guide carries a visible published date and, where it has been revised, a last-updated date. Those are real revision dates, not timestamps refreshed on every deploy.
• Corrections are made at the source. If you find an error, email us and the guide or question gets fixed, not annotated.

We would rather say plainly what this is: a well-built, carefully checked study aid written by people who work on this material daily. It is not peer-reviewed academic content, and it is not a substitute for a finance course, a textbook, or a mentor who knows your situation.

A study tool, not financial advice

Every question, explanation, and scenario here exists for interview preparation and educational practice only. Nothing on this site is, or should be read as, financial, investment, accounting, tax, legal, or career advice, and none of it is a substitute for a real class, textbook, or mentor. Any firms or characters that appear are fictional and don't describe or endorse any real company or investment.

Get in touch

Found a wrong answer, a broken shortcut, or something that just doesn't add up? Email support@captableclash.com, or use the "Report a problem" link that appears after any question in a duel. See Contact for details.