For recent college graduates interested in finance, the place to be these days—assuming you are not an entrepreneur or tech-oriented—is private equity, writes WilliamCohan
The content of the interview itself is secondary to the pedigree of the bank that has already done the vetting. “You are taking into account what you think they are going to experience based on the investment banking group that they are part of,” the former analyst continues. “People think it’s ridiculous.”
The conversations used to be about deal experience, but now they are more about whether you are articulate and presentable. “They are the gatekeepers, right?” says another former analyst who has been through the process recently. “So they can’t send bad candidates to their clients. It makes them look bad. So really, it’s like a résumé screen.” Out of these interviews, the headhunters send a book of résumés to their private-equity clients.
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