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How to Answer “How do you evaluate a management team in a private equity investment?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you evaluate (underwrite) pricing power in a buyout?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What is a management fee offset and how does it work?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What is unitranche debt and why might a sponsor use it?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “What’s the difference between a platform acquisition and an add-on acquisition?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “What is preferred equity, and when would a PE firm use it in a deal?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you think about exit options and exit timing in a private equity investment?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “How do you decide how much leverage a company can support in an LBO?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What characteristics make a company a good LBO candidate?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “In a PE case study, how do you build base/upside/downside operating cases?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “Why do you want to go to private equity after investment banking?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “What is DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) and how is it used in buyouts?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “How do you assess customer concentration risk when diligencing a deal?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “How would you diligence a SaaS business in a private equity interview?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What is a buy-and-build strategy, and why does it work in private equity?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What’s the difference between management fees and carried interest in private equity?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “How do you calculate IRR and MOIC, and when can they disagree?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you run a downside case in a private equity model?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “What makes a good private equity investment thesis?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “How do you model an add-on acquisition in an LBO?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you build the debt schedule in an LBO model?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you analyze a CIM when screening a deal?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “How would you structure the debt package in a buyout and why?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you think about management rollover equity in a buyout?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Intermediate
How to Answer “How would you diligence a potential acquisition in private equity?” (Associate)
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How to Answer “Walk me through sources and uses in an LBO.” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What is a continuation fund, and why would a GP use one?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What are the key value creation levers in a private equity buyout?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “What are the main drivers of returns in an LBO (IRR/MOIC), and how would you sensitize them?” in Private Equity Interviews
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How to Answer “How do you think about entry and exit multiples in a buyout?” in Private Equity Interviews
Technical · Advanced
How to Answer “What is a dividend recap and when would you do one?” in Private Equity Interviews
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