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How to practice for a real estate private equity interview

Introduction This article focuses on how you should personally prepare for real estate private equity interview questions. Most students will just download a guide and memorize responses to questions. But this practice does not develop a strong mental model. In fact, interviews exist to probe your understanding. Your interviewer’s job is to hit you from every angle to expose your weaknesses. If your only defense is a rote understanding of common interview questions, then you will not hold up against a seasoned interviewer. So, what can you do to best develop true understanding ahead of your interview? Always practice for interviews by speaking out loud When preparing for real estate private equity interview questions , it’s all too easy to allow your brain to go on auto-pilot. Thus, I always make my mentees practice their interview questions out loud. Yes, it probably feels uncomfortable to speak out loud when you are alone. But get over it. Preparing for interviews by speaki