About
- An Associate at a private equity firm focused primarily on consumer and retail products
- Generalist M&A full-time role at a bulge bracket bank
- Throughout my journey, I've also sat across the table several times, playing the role of interviewer and resume reviewer
- Went to a non-target university and graduated with a Finance & Economics double-major
WSO Mentors
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WSO Podcast:
Part 1
Member @km190 gets into the details of what made him stand out from his peers in order to make it to IB and eventually PE from a complete non-target. This is a 2 part series since we go in depth. In part 1, we cover his serendipitous meeting at an info session and his path to IB from undergrad.
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Part 2
In this segment, we cover his struggle to make the transition from investment banking to private equity as well as his jump from his first PE fund to the one where he currently works. Find out how he eventually broke in and why he left his first PE fund.
Happy to help. You have to have a certain level of awareness and humility, and that needs to show in your conversations with networking contacts and interviewers. I briefly touched on this in the podcast, but make sure you are coming off as i) knowledgeable, ii) capable, and most importantly, iii) natural. It can't be said enough - the people you are chatting with are normal and expect you to be the same. Most of the time, I argue that people will pick the semi-capable, social guy over the very introverted, overly capable guy. Cultural fit is critical.
This was my primary focus throughout my processes and I believe it helped set me apart.
I ended up in PE through standard recruiting channels. We'll touch on that and other related topics in the second part of the podcast.