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The Fund of Funds Interview Guide
Master the top 10 questions asked in every PE fund of funds, secondaries, and co-investment interview — with structured answer frameworks you can adapt to your own experience.
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What's Inside the Guide
Ten interview questions, each with a structured answer framework, key points to hit, common mistakes to avoid, and real example answers.
Q1. Walk me through your resume
Q2. Why fund of funds / secondaries?
Q3. Why this bank / firm?
Q4. Walk me through the three financial statements
Q5. How do you value a company? (3 methodologies)
Q6. Walk me through a DCF
Q7. Behavioural questions (STAR method)
Q8. Primary fund due diligence framework
Q9. Continuation vehicle evaluation
Q10. Recent deals & market trends
Why This Guide Is Different
- Structured answer frameworks — not scripts to memorise
- Practical for any experience level (banking, direct PE, or corporate)
- Covers technical, behavioural, and FoF-specific questions
- Includes real example answers you can adapt to your background
- Written by a fund of funds professional with deal experience
Preparing for a PE Fund of Funds Interview
Fund of funds (FoF) interviews are distinct from direct private equity interviews. Rather than evaluating individual companies, you are assessing GPs, fund strategies, and portfolio construction. Interviewers want to know whether you can think like an LP — evaluating risk, return, and manager quality across a diversified portfolio of funds.
The most common PE fund of funds interview questions cover GP evaluation frameworks, primary versus secondary investing, continuation vehicle structures, fund economics (management fees, carry, hurdle rates), and current market trends such as dry powder dynamics and the growth of GP-led secondaries.
This free fund of funds interview guide gives you a practical framework for each question — not a script to memorise, but a structure you can adapt to your own experience, whether you are coming from investment banking, direct PE, or corporate finance.
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