Business Career Success Podcast by Elevate Career Network

Private Equity & MBA Recruiting & Careers: 500+ Attendees & 6 Speakers from: Carlyle, General Atlantic, Permira, GI Partners, Shore Capital, Partners Group & More

Elevate Lab Season 3 Episode 1

Elevate's Fall 2021 Private Equity Recruiting x MBA Training, featured 500+ Attendees from Top 15+ MBA Universities, and all-star speakers:

- Tim Lee, Vice President, GI Partners
- Diego Novoa, Carlyle Group Private Equity
- Matt Brown, Vice President, Shore Capital
- Harshit Sohu, General Atlantic
- Sharon Seh, Partners Group
- Felix Bening, North Castle 

0:02:28 Speaker Introductions
0:07:10 Elevate Overview
0:08:30 Overall PE Recruiting Process
0:11:00 PE Recruiting without prior PE Background
0:18:30 International Candidate Challenges
0:22:00 Networking Process
0:24:11 How to structure your networking lists?
0:28:08 Pitching an Investment Idea in a networking conversation
0:29:30 Pitching a Sector / Sub-sector Idea in a networking conversation
0:34:00 How to structure initial outreach emails
0:39:00 Private Equity Interview Process
0:42:00 Case Study Interviews & Prior Deal Interviews
0:44:00 How firms assess a cultural fit in interviews?
0:47:01 Operationally Focused Firms & Roles
0:49:20 Global & International Roles
0:52:00 Taking International Experiences and applying to US Firms
0:53:10 Sector expertise
0:57:30 Getting valuable in-School internships
0:59:40 Operationally Focused Interviews
1:02:13 Key Mistakes to Avoid
1:04:50 Most under-rated advice
1:06:33 Most important advice

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