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Summer Sprint: Jumpstart Your PE Recruiting Prep [6/11/2026] (Recording)

In this session, you will leave knowing how to structure your PE recruiting timeline before fall cycles accelerate, what sourcing and deal experience interviewers actually weight when screening candidates, and how to position your background for firms at different stages and strategies. These are the patterns that consistently separate candidates who get to final rounds from those who stall early. Attending live means you can ask directly about your specific profile and hear how those details change the advice, context a recording cannot give you. The coach works with PE candidates daily and will share the same frameworks they use when evaluating where a candidate actually stands and what needs to move first.

PE Week Kickoff: How to 3x Your Chances at Landing an Offer [9/21/2026] (Recording)

Breaking into private equity is highly competitive, and knowing where to focus your time can make a meaningful difference in how you approach recruiting. This panel is designed for aspiring private equity professionals who want to understand what it takes to build a strong candidacy and navigate the recruiting process effectively. You’ll hear experts discuss how to position your background, approach networking and recruiting, prepare for interviews, and avoid common mistakes that can hold candidates back. Attending live gives you the opportunity to hear multiple perspectives from professionals with experience in private equity recruiting and ask questions about your own goals in real time. Our panelists will share practical strategies and best practices for approaching the PE recruiting process, including what they see successful candidates doing differently. If you want to start PE Week with a clearer strategy for pursuing an offer, it’s worth joining live.

Finance Recruiting in the Age of AI [8/3/2026] (Recording)

Investment banking and private equity are changing in the age of AI adoption. Landing the job is changing, too. How should you present your skills, experience, and capabilities to be competitive in such an ever-evolving landscape? We tackle that question and more in this livestream. We'll walk through what matters now for technicals and how to modify your behavioral answers to be competitive in interviews. I have experience in investment banking, private equity, an AI startup, and Harvard Business School. I also worked heavily on our junior recruiting efforts in investment banking and private equity.