Why am I not getting any PE deal team interviews? From MBB

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Don’t think there was a lot of hiring going on in the last few months. PE funds barely did any deals so they might’ve slowed down hiring. The next few months should be better.

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Big maybe there… the economy is not expected to turn around in the next few months

Very hard without additional information.
PE is significantly more competitive than MBB, therefore „just“ because you’re at MBB doesn’t mean you automatically get invites.

Some pointers on factors:
- Do you have CDD experience?
- If yes, how much and on what kind of deals?
- how long have you been at you MBB?
- what is your pre-MBB background?
- did you go via headhunters?

In any case, you will always have an uphill battle from MBB vs BB IB

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Dumb question… how can we know if you provide hardly any detail. Not surprised you arent a fit for PE if this post made sense to you 😂

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Because you’re not providing enough context with your [job] request

I have 2 years of experience with mostly CDDs…i talked to headhunters for months now…no interviews yet…

What level are you - post college or post MBA? What did you do before MBB?

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