The key here is to emphasize your interest not only in investing, but also in learning more about business strategy and being more hands on with the direction of portfolio companies. As the owner of a company as opposed to a minority investor, you have almost complete control and can help determine ...

For this answer, you should combine some subjective reasons about the team and people as well as more objective reasons about the track record and focus of the private equity firm. For example, you should mention any subjective reasons about the team, and it helps tremendously if you’ve had a chan...

There are two or three ways you can answer this question. You can tell a story about how you became interested in private equity, or you can list a number of reasons you’re interested in private equity, and back them up with examples from work or even school. You can also combine these two methods...