Associate

Recruiter submitted my resume to firm.

Assistant at firm reached out to me the next day to schedule an interview the same week. Held a 30 minute call with an associate, which covered my background and interest in the firm.

The firm followed up early the next week to schedule another phone interview later in the same week. This interview again went over my background before discussing specifics about the firm and position. The next phase of the interview focused on why I was interested in a fund of funds.

The firm reached out to me a day or two after the second phone interview to say they were pursuing other candidates.

Best advice: be very clear that private equity fund of fund investment is what you want to do both today and in the long-run. They were turned off by my interest in other related fields (direct private equity and co-investing).