"Tell me about one of our portfolio companies"

All,

I have a few first round associate-level interviews with PEs coming up over the next couple of weeks, and I know at least one of these will involve a mini case study on one of their portfolio companies. What do you think the types of questions I should be prepping for are? I currently have...

  • General understanding of the business and revenue model
  • Understanding of the transaction (as much as I can find online)
  • Reasons why it was a good/bad investment
  • What were the risks?
  • What the PE has done with the business since purchase and reasoning behind these decisions
  • What would you do to prep for exit? (they've held the business for 6 years)

What other questions would you be prepping for?

Thanks in advance!

 

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