Hi! Would love some advice… I’ve been in a private equity analyst position for 3 years (but don’t see any more growth at this firm and have received limited training) and have the opportunity to get a BD associate position for about a year before going into an MBA. Would this move to BD hurt my chances of getting back into a private equity associate position after an MBA?

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We can help more with some clarifying questions:

Why not go straight to MBA now?

Why not go straight to a PE associate position at another fund?

What specifically would you be doing in this “BD” role?

What have you done as an analyst? Is it analogous to what the associates do or is it more limited?

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My honest feedback would be to still try to get an associate gig now. Or lateral to an analyst program that is more of a feeder to associate if you really can’t succeed.

If your goal is to go to PE investment team, and your obstacle is that you don’t have the technical skillset, then doing BD or MBA isn’t going to solve that problem.

Is this a sourcing / IR role? If so be mindful of the fact that (a) the work will be different from what you are doing now and possibly less interesting depending on what you enjoy (I.e. modeling component is gone and a lot more cold emailing) and (b) yes PE firms can suss out this shift

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Thanks.. yes it will be more sourcing.. and Investment thesis generation

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Not sure why you'd want an MBA - you're already in the industry. Different if they're paying

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True.. it is something I considered. I am still working through whether an mba is the right next step

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