Got an Analyst role at a VC fund! AMA

Haha, might or might not be celebrating at Suzy Q tonight

I am going to land up and walk by every table muttering satandaddy, satandaddy till I find you.

Have fun!

Pure networking. Used to research on themes/ sectors a fund was interested in or their portcos and set up coffee chats with associates for discussions (whoever responded). Build a relationship and eventually make the ask for an opening in their team. Background is non-tech undergrad from a tier-1 institute graduated in May, spent 5 months at a boutique management consulting firm.

Open Positions are generally visible or you asked them personally if they are hiring? Would love to connect with you in any other platform if you don’t mind.

Roughly 7 rounds (2 with Associates, 2 with VPs, 3 with partners) over 1.5 months, mix of assignment and interview rounds. Topics ranged from industry analysis, market sizing, financial analysis, deck creation and presentation mostly.

You are talking about interview process or pitching process ?

It's a function of developing the fund's sectoral thesis, evaluating in-bound deals, deep diving on due diligence and evaluation, and depending on the firm where you're at, sourcing deals as well.

sounds too corporaty. explain me like a 5 year old

VC funds usually don't go for campus hiring or take on freshers. Even for this role they were looking for 1-2 years of experience but if you're able to demonstrate understanding of quant and qual skills, they don't really care much for experience then. But yeah, some funds will straight up reject you based on just on-paper experience as well.

Consulting is always a preferred pipeline for them, an operator role is good imo.

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I explored public markets first but gradually shifted interest towards VC/PE. Did my second year internship with a VC fund, third year with a PE firm. Again, all through networking. Always knew around my second year that VC is what I wanted to do and then just remained focused on that entirely. Non-tech education so no relevant research projects, mostly econ research because of my degree.

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