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Really the benefits to going on-cycle is getting more and more limited as it gets earlier and more firms stop going/save spots for off-cycle. So I would say no point in having the conversation until your ready, but would definitley not ghoast them/not respond. The worst thing you could do for yourself PE recruiting wise is mess up an interview with a headhunter b/c you don't know what you want, why you want it, etc. 
But also I had one of these calls during my senior year and it was more so a 1:1 info session with the headhunter rather than an interview, then I had the traditional intro call later on.

 

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