Meet Sophiya Khan (Investor at Accel - world's leading VC firm), in a conversation with Aseem Mehra on Buyside Hippies podcast! On the podcast, Sophiya talks about what it takes to crack the Venture Capital interviews. Further, she also shares some interesting insights on the Indian VC landscape along with talking about her dynamic day-to-day job.  

Sophiya's profile: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiya-k...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiyak/ 

Recommended preparation material for VC interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0E3... https://www.piventures.in/blog/pi-fel... 

Recommended headhunters for Venture Capital hiring: 1. Michael Page 2. Native  

Time codes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:17 - Sophiya's journey to investing 2:14 - What exactly is Venture Capital? 7:02 - Interesting switch to VC from strategy consulting 10:00 - VC interview hiring process decoded 13:30 - Conventional Venture Capital profiles 16:06 - Which headhunter in India runs the hiring process 16:52 - What is Accel's investment job like? 23:45 - Profiles not suitable for VC jobs 25:55 - Types of pre-MBA roles 27:53 - How to prepare for the interviews? 30:35 - Readings on Buyside 32:50 - Investing in Crypto 34:11 - Perspective on Accel investor's life