How a VC found his first job by speaking Gaelic...Luck can get you to the door - at the interview room, the show is yours.

Should you get an opportunity to sit down with a partner in a venture fund,  here is a list of points for any interview  - as they say, Success = Opportunity + A Prepared Mind. 

It's too complex and trying to use any classical / logical frameworks are inadequate. It boils down to the ability to pick "good" investments. 

When Bill Gurley graduated, he wanted to be a venture capitalist. He went to New York for the first time in his life -- to beg for meetings with venture capitalists and was told “Don’t even think about it kid. Go work for 20 years, and then come back.” Gurley did not follow this advise. And there is no straight career path into venture capital.  

Steve Jobs of Apple fame does not seem to be impressed by venture capitalists and once said VC "sounds like a bullshit job to me."