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Follow This Guide to Crush Private Equity Paper LBO
If you’re recruiting for the pre-MBA private equity associate role , you will probably be asked to complete a paper LBO in the interview process. This is an industry standard and it’s usually asked early in the process to weed out candidates.
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What It Means to “Think Like an Investor”
So how’s it different and how do you show that you can “think like an investor” during a PE/HF interview? There are 2 complexities here that investment professionals spend significant time on that bankers don’t and these are the qualities that you need to convey
8 minute read
How Does PE Multiple Change When a Company Increase Debt?
Let’s start with the most common response. When a company takes on more debt, it incurs additional interest expense so it has lower earnings.
6 minute read
How to Walk through a Deal in Private Equity Interviews (and HF)
Deal discussion is probably the most important part of any private equity interview and the conversation usually starts with the interviewer asking you to walk him through the deal.
10 minute read
How to Answer Why Goldman Sachs for Investment Banking Candidates
Brought to you by former Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Analysts, this article is the first of a 2-part series on reasons that you can use for your “Why Goldman Sachs” interview answer to stand out from the crowd.
9 minute read
The Pre-MBA Private Equity Recruiting Process to Make $300K a Year
We’ll walk you through how the North America pre-MBA private equity associate recruiting process works for candidates who just graduated from college and currently working in an investment banking, management consulting or other related role.
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How to Answer “Why Private Equity” and Not Get Dinged
In this article, we’ll list out some reasons that you can use for your answer. Let’s go over the importance of “why private equity” and why interviewers want to ask it.