Networking - What to Talk about ?

Pretty simple question, what to talk about when trying to lateral to different a bank / private equity firm ? (Assuming they haven't mentioned a deal they worked on in their linkedin). 

The SA networking is straightforward where we ask about the bank, the culture, etc -- all basic questions. We can't be asking these dumb questions after having built up experience. 

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