Comments on: The Private Equity Resume: How to Write Your Way into Interviews and Job Offers at the Mega-Funds

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:11:35 +0000

In reply to Lucas. You can use either one, but if you have an actual IB internship, either this template or the IB Associate one (with just 1 page and no separate deal sheet) might be better. But if you only worked on a data room and a few RFPs, you don't want to spin the experience too much because it will be very difficult to explain the details of the entire deal processes.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:47 +0000

In reply to M&I – Brian.

Hi Brian! I’m now finishing a 6 month investment banking internship and wish to pursue other internships/grad positions still in IB. Does it make sense to use this template and spin pitches into deals or would the standard undergrad template you have here at M&I be more adequate? I was a part of an execution that’s about to close but I entered at a late stage so I ended up just working on data room stuff and helping out on some management presentation slides. I’m also a bit reluctant to put it as it might raise some interview questions that would be tough to answer since I wasn’t a part of the deal from the start and don’t know that much about it honestly. Aside from that, worked on a few RFPs where I made more relevant contributions which I could talk about in more detail but I’m not sure what’s expected from a CV given my type of experience.

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:31:30 +0000

In reply to Imo. You can list some of your experience before PE, but try to summarize it and keep it to maybe 1-2 bullet points per role at most because none of that older experience matters much on a relative basis.

By: Imo

Imo — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:08:43 +0000

Super helpful, quick question 5 years PE experience in Emerging African markets, looking to break into M/E 5 years PE with 3 years as an IA, prior experience in Credit, Consulting and Market Risk at an IB, should i list my pervious professional experience prior to working in PE? if so How much detail do I have to go into? I would very much appreciate it if you let me know. Thanks!

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:35:16 +0000

In reply to Bob. No. 1-page resume unless they ask for a separate page with just deal experience or extended deal experience. 2-page resumes are for actual senior people such as Managing Directors or Partners with 20+ years of experience.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:34:15 +0000

Brian – do you think the 2-page experienced resume is ok to use for someone applying for MBA internships at a more senior level (i.e., senior PE associate or manager at a normal company)? Assuming 4 years of work experience in IB / PE (2 + 2) pre-MBA.

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 10 May 2023 18:42:43 +0000

In reply to Jonathan. Thanks. I would try to spin your internship and early-on-the-job deals and pitches into sounding more substantial, even if it is a huge stretch to do so.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 05 May 2023 19:37:25 +0000

Very helpful Brian. With on-cycle starting so early nowadays (right after training). Would you consider using the PE resume for undergrads where there is less focus on the deals or try to spin deals from your internship experience into a majority of your resume. This would be for a current senior planning to do on-cycle when it starts in a few months. Thanks!

By: M&I - Brian

M&I - Brian — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:40:29 +0000

In reply to Christian. We don't have anything more specific, so the "Experienced Banker" template is the closest match. But you could potentially use this one and put your current degree at the top.

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 04 May 2022 21:14:33 +0000

Hi Brian,

Do you have anything in particular for those recruiting from full-time MBA programs, with deal experience? Or will the experienced banker one work? I did the following career path Consulting -> IB -> Corp Dev -> MBA