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I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 

1) What are secondaries?

2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 

3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 

4) What is the J curve? 

5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 

6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 

Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 

If you would like, I can also PM you some information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 

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Hey man, I'm currently interviewing for a private capital and secondary advisory roles as well. Couldnt find much online so would really appreciate a PM from you on the secondaries guide. Thank you in advance!!

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Analyst 1 in PE - LBOs

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 

1) What are secondaries?

2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 

3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 

4) What is the J curve? 

5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 

6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 

Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 

If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 

Oh please PM me too! Very interested in learning. Thanks.

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Analyst 1 in PE - LBOs

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 

1) What are secondaries?

2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 

3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 

4) What is the J curve? 

5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 

6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 

Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 

If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 

Oh please PM me too! Very interested in learning. Thanks.

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I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 

1) What are secondaries?

2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 

3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 

4) What is the J curve? 

5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 

6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 

Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 

If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 

Could you please pm me those guides? Thank you so much for your time!!

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Anonymous Monkey:

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 

1) What are secondaries?

2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 

3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 

4) What is the J curve? 

5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 

6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 

Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 

If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 

Hello, please PM for my upcoming PCA interviews. Thanks!

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Anonymous Monkey:

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 



1) What are secondaries?



2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 



3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 



4) What is the J curve? 



5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 



6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 





Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 





If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 


Anyway you could PM this guide? Thanks in advance!

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Anonymous Monkey:

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 



1) What are secondaries?



2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 



3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 



4) What is the J curve? 



5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 



6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 





Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 





If you would like, I can also PM you some guides/information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 


Anyway you could PM this guide? Thanks in advance!

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Hi bro, please can you pm the guide you used to prepare for secondaries interviews also? Also what case study would it be? 
 

Many thanks

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Hey, thanks for sharing your knowledge on your secondaries' interview.

Could you perhaps share a few resources that helped with your secondaries' recruitment? Thanks!

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Anonymous Monkey:

I interviewed for secondaries but ultimately ended up in traditional PE so my view may be limited. The technical Questions I received were my standard IB technical questions, however, be prepared to talk about these. 



1) What are secondaries?



2) What is the difference between LP and GP led secondaries. 



3) why would an investor want to invest in secondaries? 



4) What is the J curve? 



5) Why do secondaries occur, both on the LP and GP side. 



6) Talk about secondaries deal you have seen or followed, and what was the rationale behind it. 





Ultimately, I might be missing something technical. However, this was my experience with Glendower, GCM Grosvener, as well as LGT Capital Partners. 





If you would like, I can also PM you some information I utilized when I was considering going into the Secondaries Space. 


Could you PM me the guide? Thank you so much!

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I interviewed at a top PCA firm (EVR/PJT). They asked me standard IB questions and they put a lot of emphasis on GP Leds. They asked me what a continuation fund and what kind of other exits a GP would have other than continuation funds. They also asked about why an LP and a GP might be inclined to do secondary transactions.

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