If a headhunter puts you on a "shortlist" for a PE fund (aka the headhunter asks you "are you interested in entering the process with this PE fund"), do you still have to go through the resume screen from the fund? How does the interview selection process work? Any color would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Ehh hard to know from that terminology exactly what goes on in the background. From a fund perspective, here's the flow:
makes sense. thanks!
it's hard for me to understand how headhunters would know if a candidate is a "cultural fit" with a firm, after only having a 10 min intro call with said candidate.
Of the resume package that you get from the headhunters, what % of people would you say you actually end up interviewing? is it like 90%? Do you also look for pedigree as well when looking through the resume package or does the headhunter already screen for that? (GPA, School, Bank, etc.)
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