Clever questions to ask to PE Partner

Hi,

What would be clever and interesting questions to ask a PE partner in the final round of a recruitment process? This is for UK / Continental Europe

Appreciate it! Thank you

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Associate 1 in PE - LBOs

5y

What is the most interesting deal you've ever worked on?
If you were [your age here], what would you tell yourself as you entered a career in PE?
What is the framework / heuristic that you most rely upon in investing (e.g., for example I think Marks' opinion that you should never feel bad if your investment fails because of a risk you identified but decided to invest anyway, but if your investment fails because you did not properly identify all risks, you're a shit investor)
- This might be a harder question to communicate but I think maybe the most interesting

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Analyst 2 in IB - Cov

5y

this is great, thank you so much!

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Analyst 3+ in PE - Other

5y

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