I am an incoming IB analyst (start this summer), and I was wondering if anyone had any insight into PE recruiting that would be relevant to my timeline. I know some firms are going earlier and earlier, but did covid change anything timeline wise? A little unclear on timeline overall since it is less structured that IB recruiting.
Also, when should I start reaching out to people for networking, and when would be a good time to start the early stages of studying for interviews? Or is networking less of a thing and people instead rely on headhunters? In which case, not sure of how that process comes about either. Anything is appreciated, thanks
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Plan on on-cycle kicking off by mid-August '21 and work backwards from there. Focus more on prep, then getting your HH meetings done, rather than networking.
To clarify, how exactly do these HH meetings come about?
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HH meetings happen the first few weeks you're on the desk. They'll email you looking to introduce themselves. Be prepped for this because if you screw these up you won't get many looks from that HH clients.
we don't even know when our year's is going to happen, so would wait on that
Don't know what you did but I'm slingling MS at you because the other guys did it too. You must have said some horrible shit - so you deserve monkey shit.
Dang ur post history is wild. Seems like you did S&T right last summer right? What type of firm are you at now? BB/EB? MM?
Make sure your HH relationships are solid by July/early Aug. You'll need to be plugged in almost as soon as you start for on-cycle. Depending on what firm you're at some will reach out to you preemptively but otherwise you should reach out proactively and secure those relationships
How would you recommend going about reaching out to HH's? Do you have a list of HH's covering the funds you are interested in and then introduce yourself and your interest in PE via email?
Good question. I would like to know too.
Also curious
Main ones to reach out to would be: Amity, Henkel, Oxbridge, CPI, SG, Glocap etc. Your approach is right, I'd just introduce myself and express interest in PE / work to set up a time to have a zoom meeting.
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