Blackstone Interview Prep Graded A+

Blackstone Interview Prep Graded A+ Walk me through your resume.️I currently attend the University of Virginia and am majoring in Foreign Affairs with a minor in French. Carlyle Group -drafted press releases on case studies of the firm's investments -edited/proofread internal as well as external communications (from presentations from investor conference in Asia, to speeches given by sustainability director) -wrote summaries on various topics, such as senate finance hearings Significance? began my interest in communications and private equity US Senate -working the front desk, honed ability to communicate professionally with visitors, constituents, etc. -compiled daily press clips pertaining to homeland security, to be circulated throughout office -Edited and proofread transcripts from senate hearings Significance? An increase understanding of how the public sector creates change, as well as a lot of writing, ranging from memos, to report summaries Political Campaign Director of First Year Outreach -Strategized about how to best ensure first year voter turnout (ultimately exceeding the numbers set by past years) -Ultimately more than doubled the goal of first year outreach -Through events, classes, social media and clubs we registered over 3,000 students to vote -Helped deliver UVA and Virginia for Clinton Significance? Was a great leadership experience, social media experience, as well as communications - Would love to combine my interest of policy, creativity, and communications in the role of summer analyst Blackstone this summer What are your strengths?️A leader and a valued team member -WLDP = networking tips, professionalism, behaviors to advance women in leadership positions in the workplace -Director of First Year Outreach Excellent writing skills Drafting correspondence to most prominent investors (Carlyle) Wrote report summaries and momos, as well as edited presentations (Carlyle and Senate) What are your weaknesses?️Task delegation - Campaign example. My canvassing partner wasn't very good at it, so instead of teaching him how to improve, I took on a disproportionate share of the houses. But I realized this was inefficient and didn't benefit him at all. So next time we went out I advised him on how to improve his own canvassing abilities, and he not only did a much better job at it, the same amount of houses ended up taking us half of the time. Hate confrontation - Campaign example. People weren't dong their tasks effectively or efficiently and had to give them a stern talking to about why they needed to step things up. At first I was apprehensive about confronting them, but I realized after the first time that it needed to be done and the team was better off as a result. What writers and columnists do you follow in the news?️Aaron Blake (Washington Post) political opinion pieces Nicholas Kristof (NYT) op ed columnist Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal) op ed columnist Where will you be in 5 years?️- Transitioning from government to private sector, ideally the finance industry. Working in a role pertaining to public policy or corporate citizenship (or both!) Why Blackstone?️Blackstone charitable foundation apples to me because and investment in entrepreneurship is a way of creating sustainable change. By creating jobs and stimulating economic growth, the impacts of Blackstone are widespread and concrete. Blackstone is an extraordinary successful company. But Blackstone realizes that with success comes a certain level of responsibility. They view themselves as being beholden to paying that forward. I have dealt with some personal health issues myself, more specifically epilepsy (thankfully due to surgery I am now epilepsy free) but because of my experience I wanted to pay that forward. Last summer I remember hearing about George Gaines, a U of M student with an idea to combine sustainability with skiing, and create exquisite quality hand crafted skis. Thanks to the LaunchPad program, he did it. Growing up in Missoula, I know so many Georges. And they are all so deserving of opportunities like the one he received. If I can play even a small role in providing those opportunities, I would consider it an honor. Blackstone Facts️Founded in 1985 Its IPO was in 2007 Based in NYC Founded by Mr. Peter Peterson and Mr. Stephen Schwarzmann Fifth largest private equity firm in the world, with offices spanning from NY to Hong Kong Has over 360 billion dollars in asset management Blackstone Foundation Facts️Has created: over 15,000 ventures over 8,000 companies over 20,000 jobs What was the most difficult thing you had to work on, and how did you get through it?️Writing a summary and analysis of a senate hearing on debt versus equity and corporate integrations. Was not familiar with a lot of the specific terminology etc but by being resourceful etc I was able to lear a