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what do you want to do long term, PE or HF?
probably PE but still trying to learn more about everything
dunno why people dont understand this. it's extremely tough to get a PE job post mba if you dont have any PE experience pre-MBA. hell, it's tough for people even if they DO have pre-mba PE experience.
+1 The people who generally break in without pre-MBA experience have transaction experience of some sort. They either were bankers in M&A or something where they had transaction experience or if they came from consulting (less likely) they had experience conducting due diligence assignments. I think many of the people who interviewed you for PE post-MBA would be confused about why you did HF instead of trying to get some PE experience.
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