PE recruiting restarted after a months-long pause sparked by pressure from Wall Street banks. The pause meant candidates were sharper and more experienced, insiders said. The process's familiar chaos was back, with interviews starting at 7 a.m. stretching into the night. After a roughly six-month pause, private equity's on-cycle recruiting machine roared back to life last week. The process was just as frenzied, but recruiters said the extra time produced an unexpected upside: sharper, better-prepar ...