Private Equity Analyst

After applying to the role on LinkedIn, I reached out directly to one of the team's Managing Partners expressing an interest in the position. I was contacted a few days later to set up an initial zoom call with the Managing Director (non-partner), which was largely informal. My interviewer talked the company background and the fund's investment philosophy and then asked about my background, what investments I liked and why, and mentioned that the next step would be coming into the office to meet the rest of the team. This call lasted about 30 minutes. After about a week I was invited in to meet with the rest of the team at their office in Soho. Again, the conversation was quite informal and open-ended in nature. I think they wanted me to simply talk a lot to see how much I knew about the business of private equity and gage whether I would be a good personality fit. Ultimately, the offer was made to someone else with a more generalist investing background (mine is specifically RE), which I understand because that is more aligned with their strategy (all alternatives). Overall, it was a good experience, pretty informal, but well-managed and seemed fair.