Summer Analyst GPCA Interview - Secondaries
Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed:
October
2025
Date Submitted:
May 27, 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The summer analyst recruiting intake is run by Dartmouth Partners. So in the beginning of the recruiting process, Dartmouth Partners does a 15 minute phone call, then if they like you, they schedule a 30 minute video interview. It's usually the same Dartmouth recruiter that was in the phone call that does the video interview.
From there, those in the top of the Dartmouth shortlist move on to the "first" round with the actual Campbell Lutyens team. For me, this first round was with an analyst and an associate back to back interviews with about a 15 minute break in between interviews. One interview was more about culture/market understanding where you get asked basic culture questions along with questions regarding the actual GP landscape (i.e. who are the leaders in secondary investing, what do you know about dry powder currently, what do you think are the sectors getting the most investment currently). The other interview was pure technicals. Both lasted 45 minutes.
Then, those that perform well have another set of interviews, for me it was with an analyst and an MD and the interviews were also scheduled for the same day with 15 minutes in between. This is basically the "final" round. In both of these interviews they only really check for culture fit as by now you would have already passed the technicals and the market understanding portion.
From here, about 1-2 weeks later and you get your offer.
From there, those in the top of the Dartmouth shortlist move on to the "first" round with the actual Campbell Lutyens team. For me, this first round was with an analyst and an associate back to back interviews with about a 15 minute break in between interviews. One interview was more about culture/market understanding where you get asked basic culture questions along with questions regarding the actual GP landscape (i.e. who are the leaders in secondary investing, what do you know about dry powder currently, what do you think are the sectors getting the most investment currently). The other interview was pure technicals. Both lasted 45 minutes.
Then, those that perform well have another set of interviews, for me it was with an analyst and an MD and the interviews were also scheduled for the same day with 15 minutes in between. This is basically the "final" round. In both of these interviews they only really check for culture fit as by now you would have already passed the technicals and the market understanding portion.
From here, about 1-2 weeks later and you get your offer.
Interview Questions
The question that caught me off guard the most was in the market portion of the first round interview where an associate asked me who the market leaders in secondaries investing were and if they were public or private.
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