Your Growth Equity Interview Guide
Finally, interview prep resources to help you get a job in growth investing
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How we help
The definitive online course to ace your growth equity interviews
Why Growth Equity?
Learn how to avoid falling flat pitching your story
Interview Questions
In-depth discussion on must-nail questions and ways to answer
Financial modeling
Learn modeling fundamentals and how models differ in growth equity
Case Studies
Learn what to expect in growth equity cases and how to ace them
Networking
Learn how to get more interviews by reaching out to firms
Resume Review
Maximize your chances by optimizing your resume for growth equity
TESTIMONIALS
Success Stories
BANKING –> GROWTH
BUYOUT –> GROWTH
CONSULTING –> GROWTH
UNDERGRAD –> GROWTH
Target Funds Across the Growth Landscape
I’ve studied the interview process at the top firms, so I can cover exactly what you need to know.
Pure-Play Growth
Firms focusing exclusively on growth stage investments
- General Atlantic
- Summit Partners
- TA Associates
- TCV
- Insight Partners
- Bond Growth
- Norwest Venture Partners
- And many others ...
Asset Manager
Private equity, hedge funds, and other investors focused on growth
- TPG Growth
- KKR Growth
- Blackstone Growth
- Tiger Global
- Coatue Management
- Softbank
- Sovereign wealth funds
- And many others ...
Venture Capital
Early stage firms raising dedicated, late stage growth funds
- Sequoia Capital
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- Redpoint Ventures
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
- Capital G (Google Ventures)
- General Catalyst
- And many others ...
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INTRODUCING
The Premier Growth Equity Interview Guide
I’ll be upfront – this course may NOT be for you. It’s a premium course, but it’s not for everyone.
To get the results you want, you have to put in the work. This guide is only for those people take their Growth and Private Equity interviews extremely seriously and are willing to do the work.
Here’s the GOOD NEWS though.
If you’re the kind of person who wants to do the work and invest in your future, this guide will give you the best possible chance of landing your Growth Equity and Private Equity dream job.
Your first couple jobs in your career can really set your career trajectory. Growth equity is an incredible career experience, one that provides a multitude of exit options afterward.
Are you the kind of person who is willing to invest time to set your career trajectory? If so, let’s work together.
Self-Paced Videos
Learn at your own speed
Immediate Access
Prep quickly before interviews
Save Time
Focus your prep on key areas
Expert Instructor
Focused on growth stage
Money back guarantee
Fully refundable for 30 days
About YOUR Instructor
Mike Hinckley Is a Growth Stage Expert, Based in San Francisco
Mike has 10+ years of growth stage experience. He’s been an investor at one of the top growth funds, General Atlantic, and an operator inside a growth stage portfolio company, Airbnb
He’s helped numerous students to reduce interview prep and make the jump into growth equity investing!
Experience
10+ years of growth stage experience
General Atlantic
Investor at leading growth firm with $86b in assets
Airbnb
Operator at General Atlantic's portfolio company
Wharton MBA
Graduate of top business school
Through exhaustive preparation, Mike received an offer from General Atlantic, one of the pre-eminent global Growth Equity funds, and multiple other top growth and private equity funds, despite graduating with a liberal arts degree, and working at a non-premier investment bank.
Mike worked as an investment associate at General Atlantic, a premier growth equity fund managing nearly $80 billion in capital with 10+ offices globally. While there, he helped source and complete new investments totaling $600 million, including some of the firm’s first deals in the retail and energy services industries. Prior to General Atlantic, Mike worked in the Financial Sponsors investment banking group at Deutsche Bank, where he provided strategic and financial advisory to private and growth equity clients.
Following General Atlantic, Mike was recruited to join a selective policy advisory team within the Obama Administration to advise on policy issues related to financial markets. Most recently, he worked as an operator at Airbnb, a General Atlantic portfolio company, where he launched new products related to financial services.
Mike earned his MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, his BA in Economics from Amherst College. He is co-author of “Microfinance: The Grassroots of Finance,” published by Wingate Books in 2009.
IN HIS OWN WORDS
I didn’t graduate from undergrad with a business degree, and I didn’t get a job at the very best investment bank afterward. And yet, I ended up with offers from my top choice growth equity fund (General Atlantic) and multiple other top growth and private equity funds.
I’ve certainly had luck along the way, but the primary reason I got these offers was my unique preparation for interviews. I spent countless nights dissecting everything I needed to know and doing whatever I could to prepare.
After having worked in the industry, I’ve now seen both sides of the interview table (giving and receiving), and I’m uniquely qualified to help candidates prepare for growth investing interviews.
PRICING
Course Options
The course is comprised of easy-to-follow video tutorials that dive deep into each topic. Each section includes supplemental templates, spreadsheets, and PDFs for download.
Basic
14 on-demand video lessons, with 7 supplemental files for download
$219
- Recruiting Process: Engaging Firms/Recruiters and Getting Prepared
- Your Story: Key Areas To Focus On And How It Differs From Private Equity
- Interview Questions: What Are The Top Questions And How To Nail Them
- Your Deals: How To Talk About Them and What To Memorize
- Acing the Modeling Test: Practice DCF, LBO, and Growth Modeling
- Pitching A Stock: What You Should Prepare Ahead of Time
- Paper LBO: How To Ace the Model Test With Pen & Paper
- Networking: Do's, Don'ts, and Email Templates
Ace Your Growth Equity Interviews
with Mike Hinckley
Basic package
- Expert instructor
- Immediate access; self-paced lessons
- 100% refund guarantee for 30 days
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Register for course
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Standard
18 on-demand video lessons, with 10 supplemental files for download
$269
- Recruiting Process: Engaging Firms/Recruiters and Getting Prepared
- Your Story: Key Areas To Focus On And How It Differs From Private Equity
- Interview Questions: What Are The Top Questions And How To Nail Them
- Your Deals: How To Talk About Them and What To Memorize
- Acing the Modeling Test: Practice DCF, LBO, and Growth Modeling
- Pitching A Stock: What You Should Prepare Ahead of Time
- Paper LBO: How To Ace the Model Test With Pen & Paper
- Networking: Do's, Don'ts, and Email Templates
Ace Your Growth Equity Interviews
with Mike Hinckley
Standard package
- Expert instructor
- Immediate access; self-paced lessons
- 100% refund guarantee for 30 days
STEP 1 OF 2
Register for course
After checkout, you will receive course login instructions at this email
Fully refundable for 30 days
Elite
21 on-demand video lessons, with 13 supplemental files for download
$329
- Recruiting Process: Engaging Firms/Recruiters and Getting Prepared
- Your Story: Key Areas To Focus On And How It Differs From Private Equity
- Interview Questions: What Are The Top Questions And How To Nail Them
- Your Deals: How To Talk About Them and What To Memorize
- Acing the Modeling Test: Practice DCF, LBO, and Growth Modeling
- Pitching A Stock: What You Should Prepare Ahead of Time
- Paper LBO: How To Ace the Model Test With Pen & Paper
- Networking: Do's, Don'ts, and Email Templates
Ace Your Growth Equity Interviews
with Mike Hinckley
Elite package
- Expert instructor
- Immediate access; self-paced lessons
- 100% refund guarantee for 30 days
STEP 1 OF 2
Register for course
After checkout, you will receive course login instructions at this email
Fully refundable for 30 days
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