NextGen Growth Partners: MBA Associate Internship
The Position
Internships. Work beside a chief executive in residence on the deals the firm is looking at and the ones it has done.
Cycle: Posted by semester on the firm's careers page. It is not among the roles posted there now.
Applications are shut, and the firm has published no reopening date.
At a Glance
- Location
- Chicago, with the option to work remotely or hybrid.
- Pay
- Unpaid
- Compensation
- Unpaid, or for course credit where a school allows it.
- What You Do
- Part time at fifteen to twenty hours a week for ten weeks, as the go-to team for one CEO-in-Residence.
- Recruits On
- It recruits on campus, through schools rather than from operating experience.
- Who Can Apply
- MBA students committed to entrepreneurship through acquisition.
The Company
NextGen Growth Partners is reviewed in full in the directory, with its model, pricing, and the searcher case for and against it. It also backs searches, so the same page carries its fit as a backer and how to approach it. Read the NextGen Growth Partners review.
Interview Prep
These programs do not publish their interview scripts, so this is the shape a internships program hires on, what it is really weighing, and how to arrive ready.
The Typical Arc
- A resume and interest screen.
- A skills check: light financial modeling and a sourcing or diligence task.
- A conversation with the searcher or team you would support.
What It Is Assessing
- Modeling and diligence fundamentals.
- Sourcing hustle and how you organize a target list.
- Genuine interest in the search model, not just a summer seat.
How to Prepare
- Have the acquisition math down: build a projection and underwrite a deal. Underwrite a Deal
- Show you can source: a target list built from a screen. Deal Screener
- Learn the model end to end so you speak the language. the Roadmap