Private Equity Associate

Status
Student / Prospective Monkey at
Group/Division/Type
Private Equity
City
New York
Interviewed
December 2025
Overall experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult

General Interview Information

Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Two 1:1 interviews with two VPs on the team. Questions on prior deal experience, sectors of interest, some technicals along the lines of walking through yield calc on a deal I'd worked on and breakdown of their growth components (what % was driven by M&A, how much of that flowed into returns). Then a case study that was ranking 4 businesses from best to worst investment, showing some quick math to back up rationale and presenting in front of 3 people. All virtual
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