Headhunter intro calls

How do you handle intro calls by headhunters? Have one this week and appreciate some advice on what to say and not to say

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Be super vague and open to everything HF,PE,Credit. Say you're agnostic to fund size and location as well. Then you'll be easiest to work with. /s

 

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