Most interview prep is built for Wall Street. These guides are built for the Dutch PE and M&A market — the funds you'll actually interview at, the questions they actually ask, and the bar they actually set.
The Dutch PE market has its own culture, deal sizes, and interview expectations. Two-round processes, not five. Directness over polish. These guides reflect that reality, not a New York playbook.
We've debriefed hundreds of interviews at Dutch PE funds and M&A boutiques. We know which funds test LBO mechanics in round one, which ones care more about cultural fit, and which ones send a case home.
You don't need a 400-page guide. You need to know what "good" looks like to the person across the table. Our guides focus on what actually gets tested — and what trips candidates up.
Everything you need to prepare for a PE interview in the Netherlands. From how Dutch funds actually select candidates to the technical questions they ask — structured by the person who briefs candidates for these exact processes.
The complete guide to M&A advisory interviews in the Netherlands. Covers the Dutch M&A landscape, motivation & fit, technical knowledge (DCF, multiples, accretion/dilution), practice exercises at three levels, and real case questions — all in one document.
The Dutch PE market works differently. Small teams, fast processes, direct culture. Most candidates over-prepare on technicals and under-prepare on fit — because they're using American prep material for Dutch interviews.
Our PE guide covers the real selection process: what happens in the introductiegesprek, what the verdiepingsgesprek actually tests, and why cultural fit weighs heavier than your LBO model at most Dutch funds.
It includes practical exercises at three levels — from basic financial statements to full LBO models with debt schedules and returns analysis. Plus market sizing frameworks with Dutch examples, not Manhattan rent estimates.
How leverage, EBITDA growth, and multiple expansion drive returns. With Dutch mid-market examples.
The three questions every fund asks: waarom PE, waarom dit fonds, waarom jij. How to answer without sounding like everyone else.
Top-down and bottom-up approaches with real exercises. "How big is the Dutch dental market?" — worked example included.
How to structure a deal evaluation in a case interview: thesis, value creation, risks, exit. What partners actually want to hear.
The guides give you the prep. A call gives you the edge — which funds match your profile, what they're actually looking for, and where you stand.