Received over 500 applications for the associate role I was hiring for earlier this year. The person I hired mostly hired himself. Here is what he did for those trying to land an Associate role in VC:
-He reached out to several mutual contacts to make sure I even saw his application and took a call / made it impossible to ignore
-Came prepared with an airtable of deals I might like that fit the thesis that were actively raising
-Was prepared with examples of deals he sourced, how he manages companies from a CRM perspective, memos written, etc.
-Thoroughly researched most of my portfolio and had tangible questions on each
-Had his own opinions on market opportunities and some investments that were probably terrible/great ideas
-When I mentioned that I didn't have payroll setup he offered to set it up entirely before even being hired (as well as a better CRM)
tldr: Act like you already have the job and outwork everyone
-He reached out to several mutual contacts to make sure I even saw his application and took a call / made it impossible to ignore
-Came prepared with an airtable of deals I might like that fit the thesis that were actively raising
-Was prepared with examples of deals he sourced, how he manages companies from a CRM perspective, memos written, etc.
-Thoroughly researched most of my portfolio and had tangible questions on each
-Had his own opinions on market opportunities and some investments that were probably terrible/great ideas
-When I mentioned that I didn't have payroll setup he offered to set it up entirely before even being hired (as well as a better CRM)
tldr: Act like you already have the job and outwork everyone
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