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Venture Capital Interview Prep

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Every venture capital careers guide.

The four pillars follow how the job actually works: the funds themselves, how you get in with no on-cycle process to time it against, what the interview actually puts in front of you, and what changes once you are inside. Start with a pillar for the lay of the land, then go deep on the guide you need.

The Funds

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Breaking In

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The Interview

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Money & Career

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Where should I start?
Start with The Funds — everything else here assumes you already understand how a venture fund raises its money, calls it down over roughly ten years, and gets paid on the way. From there, Breaking In covers how people actually get hired with no on-cycle process to lean on, The Interview covers what you will actually be asked to do, and Money & Career covers what changes once you have the seat. If you already have an interview lined up, skip straight to that firm's guide.
What do these guides cover?
How a venture career actually works, in order: how a fund is built and who runs the firms worth knowing, how people break in without a fixed recruiting calendar to follow, what a real interview puts in front of you — a deck to react to, a memo to write, a market to size out loud — and what the job is worth once you're in it, from base pay to carry. Each pillar maps its own piece of that and links down to every guide underneath it.