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Private Equity

A buyout is a bet on cash flow carrying debt. You learn how an LBO is structured, and how the return splits between multiple expansion, deleveraging and operations.

Private Equity careers are found across firms like
  • BlackstoneBlackstone
  • KKRKKR
  • ApolloApollo
  • CarlyleCarlyle
  • Bain CapitalBain Capital

Company names are shown as industry examples only; no partnership or affiliation is implied.

Practise the questions firms actually asked

100 real Private Equity interview questions from 40 firms, each with a model answer and the mistakes to avoid.

Asked at Advent International, Apollo Global Management and 38 more firms
Practise interview questions

Crack the puzzles interviewers love

100 Private Equity brainteasers, from probability to mental maths. Try each one first, then read the worked solution.

  • 22 traced to firms
  • 12 topics
  • 30 hard ones
Solve the puzzles

Work the cases like a real round

100 Private Equity case studies: a business, its numbers and a task. Work it on paper, then open the solution one step at a time.

  • 59 traced to firms
  • 12 topics
  • 30 hard ones
Work the cases

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