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What do people in PE ops do?
Any INTP? Y’all doing well in your career?
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Hours of prep:
- Deep understanding of the company, it’s customers, products/services, competitors, challengers
- Write down top 8-10 stories tied to clients, leadership, teams, lessons learned with a focus on results
- Write down fundamentals that I need to bring to the next role (e.g. cloud, IoT)
- Write down top questions I have coming in
But then go with the flow. These things are usually infront of me on a call but I’m focused on the conversation over the script.
That’s my process.
Chief
Funny indeed, I guess you may be able to relate with this dilemma perhaps. Although, I imagine for you it would be a slightly easier choice to deal with given you'd be leaving consulting at the Partner level, but the challenge will be the lack of ability to wear more than one hat at the same time. For the last 3 months I've been going back and forth in my head but the type of role I want to target, one that has a decent balance of tech and non tech accountability.
I mostly try to do due diligence on the company, how it's organized, its current strategy and performance (where available). Also try to sweat my network / second degree connections to meet people in similar functions, roles, so I have inside context.
At most of the jobs I'm applying to now the conversations are less focused on specific skills and more about my relationships / network, my ability to drive / build a business, and my perspective on the capabilities / industries I work in, so it's a bit more conversational than earlier in my career.
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Minimal. I’ll read a bit about the company and a quick LinkedIn scan of the person I’m talking to. I get a goods night of rest so I’m sharp for the interview. As you get more senior, you either know it or you don’t, there’s no faking it.
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I prepare by interviewing as often as I can tolerate, no matter how much you prepare or try to script things, just make sure your thoughts are organized and do the real thing without fear of failing so when you get the big interview for the position you really want, the interviews go smoothly. I second the "do your homework" thing too but also be careful in oversharing the obvious. I interviewed somewhere and mentioned the composition of their board and likely IPO based on the changes being made and the recruiters mind was blown and may have screened me out based on this. LOL 🤷♀️
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I am a fan of this approach — keeps one sharp and always focused on their accomplishments and what they need next