Experienced PE associate interview guide

Any guides out there for experienced PE associates? I.e. recruiting for Senior Associate or even Post-MBA roles (called VP at some firms)? At this level interview process is till fairly structured e.g. CIM + 3/4 hour case with model and write up followed by discussion. Technicals can be far deeper and paper LBO questions far more complex.

Should we just use the existing guides and focus on getting even the advanced questions down? Would be great to see sample cases where you do a model + write up and then you can compare to a suggested write up to see if you hit all the key diligence items...

 

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Great high-level overview of what the process is like. I've heard that some HFs (Bridgewater particularly) have had interviews with multiple candidates at once and asked things like "Why do you deserve this job over this other candidate?" In general it seems like PE interviews are much more structured like IBD (typical 1-2 on 1 interviews in rounds) or is this not the case (other than potentially meeting the partners as I've heard is custom at some shops)?

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The PE firm I'm interning at had some interviews. The guys stressed that at that level (assuming you come from an IB back ground) it's more fit than anything. But since you're non-traditional, I'm not so sure.

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