Private Equity
Private equity professionals evaluate, buy, and help run private companies — building the financial model that underwrites a deal, then working with portfolio-company management to grow value before an eventual sale.
Deal math, valuation intuition, and the estimation and logic questions PE interviews lean on.
Games for this track
60 seconds, four operators, zero calculator.
Mental Math Sprint
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide against the clock. Every problem sits at the same intermediate difficulty, so your score reflects speed, not luck of the draw.
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Take it, or pass?
Expected Value Challenge
You're offered a bet with a win amount, a loss amount, and a probability. Decide fast whether the expected value says take it.
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Which bet actually pays more?
Optimization Challenge
Two bets, one choice. Compute the expected value of each and pick the one that actually maximizes it.
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How many piano tuners are in Chicago?
Fermi Estimation
Order-of-magnitude estimation questions. You don't need to be exact — you need to be in the right ballpark, fast.
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Follow the clues to one answer.
Logic Deduction
Short constraint puzzles — three or four clues, one valid conclusion. Interview-style logic, not LSAT-length.
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