Feb 05, 2025

Direct Lending Investor Relations

I have an IR interview with a MF Direct Lender this week. What type of interview questions should I expect?

For background, I’m at a BB and have some decent experience arranging HY bonds and loans for MM infrastructure companies. I’ve never interviewed for an IR role and am unsure on how to prepare.

Thanks!

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Not familiar with a direct-lending specific IR role but assuming it’s for an Associate role you’ll likely face more of the qualitative type questions (e.g. why IR, why direct lending, why a MF vs MM/LMM). Wouldn’t expect anything too technically challenging given that you already have DL experience and can probably speak intelligently about that asset class.

You might see a short (~1 hour) case study that has you analyze anonymized portfolio company data and give some high-level overview on trends/what you see.

 

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