Search Fund Accelerator: MBA Summer Internship
The Position
Internships. Summer weeks working directly with a portfolio company's chief executive on operations, sales and finance.
Cycle: Recruited each spring for summer.
Applications are open.
At a Glance
- Location
- New Orleans and Denver.
- Pay
- Salaried
- Compensation
- A paid summer internship. The program page says 10 to 12 weeks and the firm's own posting says 8 to 10, so the length is a question for the interview.
- What You Do
- Ten to twelve weeks over one summer, inside a single portfolio company rather than across the fund.
- Recruits On
- It recruits on campus, through schools rather than from operating experience.
- Who Can Apply
- Current MBA students, and recent graduates of one, by its own posting.
The Company
Search Fund Accelerator 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 Search Fund Accelerator 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These programs do not publish their interview scripts, so this is the shape a internships program hires on, what it is really weighing, and how to arrive ready.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