Where should I start?

Start with The Funds to understand how a venture fund is built, raised and paid, because every other answer depends on it. Then Breaking In for the routes, The Interview for what you will actually be asked, and Money & Career for what it pays. If you already have an interview booked, go straight to that fund's guide.

What do these guides cover?

Four topic areas: the funds and one guide per firm, breaking in, the interview itself, and compensation and career path. Each pillar is a complete map of its area and links down to the guides beneath it.

All guides

Every private credit careers guide.

Organised into four topic areas — the funds, breaking in, the interview, and money and career. Start with a pillar for the overview, then go deep with its guides.

The Firms

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Apollo Global Management: The Lateral-Hire Interview and Its Credit Case
Sep 2026 · 17 min readRead
Ares Management: The Interview's Motivation Round and Assessment Day
Sep 2026 · 19 min readRead
Blackstone Credit Interview: Pymetrics, a Video Round, Then a Superday
Sep 2026 · 15 min readRead
Blue Owl Capital Interview: Three Platforms, and Which One Hires You
Sep 2026 · 19 min readRead
HPS Investment Partners: What the BlackRock Deal Means for the Interview
Sep 2026 · 19 min readRead
ICG plc: The Structured-Capital Interview, and Why the Report Matters
Sep 2026 · 15 min readRead
Oaktree Capital: The Interview Weighs Distressed Credit Over Lending
Sep 2026 · 16 min readRead
Sixth Street Interview: Nine Platforms, and Which One You Apply To
Sep 2026 · 19 min readRead

Strategies

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Breaking In

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The Interview

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Money & Career

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FAQ

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Where should I start?: Start with The Funds to understand how a venture fund is built, raised and paid, because every other answer depends on it. Then Breaking In for the routes, The Interview for what you will actually be asked, and Money & Career for what it pays. If you already have an interview booked, go straight to that fund's guide.
What do these guides cover?: Four topic areas: the funds and one guide per firm, breaking in, the interview itself, and compensation and career path. Each pillar is a complete map of its area and links down to the guides beneath it.

Every private credit careers guide.

The Firms

Apollo Global Management: The Lateral-Hire Interview and Its Credit Case

Ares Management: The Interview's Motivation Round and Assessment Day

Blackstone Credit Interview: Pymetrics, a Video Round, Then a Superday

Blue Owl Capital Interview: Three Platforms, and Which One Hires You

HPS Investment Partners: What the BlackRock Deal Means for the Interview

ICG plc: The Structured-Capital Interview, and Why the Report Matters

Oaktree Capital: The Interview Weighs Distressed Credit Over Lending

Sixth Street Interview: Nine Platforms, and Which One You Apply To

Strategies

Asset-Based Finance Explained: The Pool, Not the Company

Direct Lending Against Broadly Syndicated Loans: Who Holds the Paper

Unitranche Against Senior Plus Mezzanine: What a Sponsor Buys

Breaking In

From Leveraged Finance to Private Credit: The Gap That Isn't Technical

The Private Credit CV and Cover Letter: Selling the Decision, Not the Deal

From Restructuring to Private Credit: The Gap Runs the Other Way

The Interview

The Private Credit Case Study: The Same Company, The Opposite Question

Private Credit Covenants: The Ratios, the Headroom and the Breach

The Private Credit Modelling Test: What You Actually Build

Why Private Credit? The Question Every Process Opens With

Money & Career

The Private Credit Career Path: The Origination Pivot Nobody Sees Coming

How Carried Interest Actually Works in Private Credit

Private Credit Pay vs. Private Equity Pay: A Distribution, Not a Number

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