Thought would start a thread so we can discuss 1) interview prep, 2) firms coming to market / hiring, 3) current process status update.
Know that a few firms have kicked off already including Bain and Providence. Advent due to kick off end of month. Any other?
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Brookfield: postponed
Providence: first rounds out
L Catterton: ongoing
Bregal milestones: to come
Advent: due end of sep, tests are out
CVC: not recruiting
WP: not recruiting
best PE firms on the list not recruiting, folks gotta settle
Who is the HH for L catterton and Bain?
I know Permira is also starting (consumer)
HH for Bain is Walker Hamill. L Catterton is KEA.
Which HH is taking care of Permira??
Blackwood for Permira
Who is the HH for Advent?
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Current 1st year analyst at MBB. A little confused because I hadn't had any HH inbound, so I reached out to a couple. Have been blanked. Any thoughts about why/ what I've done wrong?
They’re still sipping rose in France. Think a lot of them on leave…
Good to know; I was so scared I was being ghosted haha.
Following. Kea also doing AKKR.
Does anybody know who else Kea are working with? And is Bain really recruiting again?
is AKKR 1-2 years work experience or lateral?
Do you have to do AC's for all PE recruiting in the UK? Asking as a Canadian
Has anyone received feedback after the test for Advent?
Did you receive the test through a HH?
Any lateral processes?
Anyone got selected for interview for Advent?
Answers to come later today
Did the HH reach out to you guys directly?
Did you get contacted by the HH?
Who is the headhunter for advent?
Did you get an answer?
Still no response - have you heard yet?
Bridgepoint Middle market also hiring
Who si the HH?
Darmouth
Bump - who is the HH?
Darmouth
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Any update for anyone ?
Anyone have any updates on ongoing processes? Thanks!
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Any update on Blackstone 2024 PE analyst role?
TA apparently hiring (Tech Team).
KKR postponed.
KKR analyst or associate?
Associate
Any ongoing lateral processes??
Is kkr recruiting analyst this year in London / Paris?
I would say given current state of markets, unlikely. Plus they are mainly (only) recruiting from their intern classes.
Do KKR London hire interns?
When are the planned starting dates (ballpark) for the ongoing recruitment? Will this be for summer/fall 2024? Anyone with any insight?
Firms which are recruiting now are mainly for summer 2024 start, or January sometimes
We are absolutely fucked guys. Market is frozen
Definitely looking relatively bleak across the market atm.
For the funds that are hiring, focuses seem to be centred around sector-specific expertise (Life Sciences, Climate Tech) and/or languages (Nordics, German, French).
What "sector expertise" do funds ask for/want? Ime. Do they want advanced degrees for life sciences etc
Is it confirmed that none of CVC EU teams are hiring ? They closed their biggest fund this year
They are not
Any update on ongoing / coming up processes ?
Is anyone aware of any real processes at all..
Bain Cap PE is in full swing
Do you know how far along it is? Is it safe to say if you are not involved you have missed the chance? Thanks for the input
Anyone heard back from Advent ?
Still waiting have you or others heard?
Still nothing, guess it’s a rejection given final round is on Saturday
Pretty sure Dartmouth will never send rejections, they never provide feedback
Are rounds finished? Did they give offers?
Yes
Any insights on EIG?
Heard from KEA that KKR and Apollo would launch soon
PER is currently running HarbourVest, CGE, Quilvest
Think Dartmouth had Hg and PAI a couple weeks ago
Apollo had a breakfast event for women last Friday for all funds
is it possible to find info on similar future events somewhere online, or are they restricted to some specific audience (like target unis grads)?
Anyone particular in KEA you recommend reaching out to about these processes? Or does reaching out to anyone there work?
I personally don’t reach out to HHs but for KEA, they reached out to me and also did an interview that lasted over an hour. Haven’t had that experience with other HHs, including top ones like Edgeworth and Walker Hamill. Maybe KEA is more selective / have mandates with very specific criteria? Also seems that others in my class haven’t had inbounds from them either.
Would reach out to them via linkedin - if you have a good profile they will be interested in having a conversation.
Do headhunters introduce candidates simultaniously in multiple processes they are running? Have the feeling they only give a couple to spread it among candidates.
You can definitely be pushed into multiple processes. However, a lot of funds have very targeted searches, where they are looking for language skills, sector focus, prior PE experience, target schools or gender. Hence, majority of times, you won't have much overlap in processes ran by the same HH
What classes as prior PE experience? Working at a different PE fund?
Any other processes starting for MM / MF?
Are these processes all for 2-3 years banking? or any lateral processes?
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Kea just confirmed me they don’t have any KKR mandate. Bridgepoint is only calling Associates only, and Permira is on Hold
Any insights on EQT
Do you know which recruitment firm Bridgepoint is using? Thank you
Prospect intruding here, apologies. I'm confused - how are PE firms requiring >=1yr PE experience for Associate roles? Is this basically a filter for PE->PE lateral hires? Or people with off-cycle experience? I don't see how anyone who isn't continental European with gap years and/or Masters degrees could achieve 1yr of PE experience before joining IB.
Yeah they want people with previous full-time PE experience. Nobody cares about internships. Is it that surprising?
Correct. They are looking for already promoted associates in IB, and sometimes with OC/other stints in PE before.
In case you haven't figured this out already, multilingual Europeans with >18 months of OC internships have a huge advantage in PE recruiting in LDN.
Heard from HU that KKR is extremely selective and they have in mind exactly the candidate they want… any idea what are the criteria?
Female from GS, to a lesser extent JPM / lots of Italian speakers generally. 1.5 - 3 years experience max
Yes. In general there’s a strong preference for hiring women across all firms.
It's honestly become such a big emphasis. Heard one large fund last year waited 12 months to recruit a female and turned down all the male candidates in that time...
Yeah that was Francisco Partners (big L on them), the info is on WSO
The girl they hired (I think) was an analyst at Silver Lake. If a firm does not need an associate asap, it is a logical choice to take your time with recruiting and be very selective based on requirements such as gender.
Yeah but it's not logical to recruit based on gender so your argument proves void.
It’s what LPs want so it is logical
LPs want returns
Ok thanks for the insight Analyst 1
Not quite right. LPs want to fundraise their own funds in particular I assume many of which are from government piles. So they want total marketability which is returns + marketing
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Does anybody have any detail on the Bridgeport process? Happy to trade info on others if private
What do you need?
Thanks for responding. Just wondering who the recruiter firm is and how far along it is? thank you
Is cd&r running a process right now?
Yes, looking for candidates with 2-4 years of experience. Historically, they have been focussed on bankers with all their junior team member coming from banking.
Ok thank you! Honestly it annoys me, I fit directly in this profile from a top bank in london and the HH irgnores me despite me actively asking
They just hired a German candidate, with Consumer background from BoA
Which HHs is Carlyle and Oaktree using?
Really hope the market recovers for Jan recruiting or soon, the market is quite dead right now from what is in market / reading on this thread
Any updates on current processes (KKR/Apollo etc)? Most HHs being very quiet..
Apollo Hybrid Value in full swing, R1 expected to be finalised by Nov-3
So guessing if KEA hasn’t put you in the process (or even replied to outreach emails..) you’re out of luck?
Anyone heard back on the Apax Digital opportunity?
Sorry unrelated, but does anyone know if Apax are recruiting for buyout ?
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are there any whatsapp chats for PE recruiting in London?
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Which of the US / EU MFs and UMM Funds do Walker Hamill recruit for? Thanks
HF baincap BC mainly
Whose got any updates on BainCap?
They filled the first batch for the 2024 associates, and are now interviewing the second batch of people to fill the remaining slots.
it still feels very quiet!
Any detail on TPG Capital running a process or what it consists of?
Funny how we all have different answers. Would be smarter to list your source
Infos I got from HH: Advent to start Q1'24. WP just ended. PAI ongoing and SL (Analyst) done as well
Who’s the HH for Advent? DP?
Do you know the HH for PAI?
DP
Advent only looking for female candidates
PAI is about to start Q1
General Atlantic - looking for a fintech guy
WP - still ongoing?
What’s your source for Advent plz? I am female, 2nd year analyst at BB, target school and didn’t get a call… why does it have to be so difficult lol
Who’s the HH for WP?
Do you know who's recruiting for PAI and GA?
WP is on hold I think
I thought SL cancelled their AN program?
No sorry, I went through the process in November
Any processes started?
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Anyone involved in the Goldman process? Is it advanced?
Triton ongoing. Didn’t hear from MF
HH?
DP
Anyone interviewing with Bain Cap?
Who's your HH? They have different timelines for both of the HHs
Arkseden - what’s the timeline for both?
Heard KKR is recruiting as well; can anybody confirm which HH?
Credit only
Do you know which headhunters cover KKR credit?
any news on the Apollo progress?
Who’s got an update on the Bain Cap process? Has it re-started and what is timeline?
my intel: looking at a UK hire.
who’s the HH?
Do you know the HH?
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