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Most private credit interview material is written by people who have never sat on a deal team. Private Credit Prep is different. It's written by a private credit analyst who has worked on the deal team of a leading global private markets firm in direct lending — screening sponsor-backed deals from CIMs and bank memos, building first-pass credit cases, coordinating due diligence with sponsors and advisors, and drafting the investment notes and slides that go to the Investment Committee.
That followed earlier credit analysis experience at a €3.5bn European private debt manager, covering mid-market leveraged loans across direct lending and fund investments (senior, unitranche, mezzanine) — including monitoring a live portfolio through annual reviews and waiver requests. Academic background: an MSc in Corporate Finance.
Most candidates prepare for a private credit interview like it's a private equity interview — and get exposed the moment the room turns to downside, structure, covenants, and documentation. Every question, model answer, and cheat sheet here is built around how lenders actually evaluate a deal: downside first, does the cash show up, what breaks, and does the structure protect the lender.
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