+16 Private Equity Case Study: Dell Technologies 6 1w
+26 PE with the most difficult model tests 146 5m
+17 Work Life Balance in European PE 19 13m
+203 I should have been a marketing girly (a rant) 77 24m
+9 WORST/UGLY sides of a career in PE??? 6 31m
+3 HSP Client Coverage? 3 34m
+5 On Cycle 2026 Starting? 15 42m
0 As a broker: inform other interested parties of LOI received? 1 1h
0 Blackstone Carry Structure 4 1h
+6 Structured fund and asset-backed financing solutions for PE 3 1h
+9 From MBB consulting PE practice to PE (top, tier-2) 1 2h
+20 Sold two Software Companies, PE possible? 5 2h
+31 Is HBS / Wharton MBA / Stanford GSB worth it? 10 2h
+7 Stonepeak Model Test? 2 3h
+9 The Vistria Group - 2024 Updates 2 4h
+8 TA London Culture 11 5h
+2 PE interview - how to prep for "investor acumen" questions? 3 6h
+5 HH Interview "Diagnostic" 6 6h
+6 How to land a private equity internship from a "non-traget" school 1 7h
+25 Warburg Pincus 2025 FT Analyst Process 55 7h
0 MM/UMM Infra PE Comp 3 8h
+3 Thoughts on Aterian? 0 8h
+127 Sr Asso / VP Unemployment Check-in 79 8h
+7 SK Capital 10 8h
+6 Can one take a public company "private" without needing to delist the firm? 1 9h
+21 unsolicited advice for where to make a lot of money 9 9h
+6 PE Portfolio Strategy Case Study 1 9h
+12 PE Pay Across Canada 37 9h
+44 Sharpest MM investors 46 9h
0 BXPE 1 10h
+20 Canada Pension Fund Recruiting 6 10h
0 Updated list of MFPEs? 2 11h
+6 How to Prep for PE Analyst FT Interviews? 1 11h
+93 Best Book(s) / Playbook(s) on PE Due Diligence / Value Creation 31 14h
+12 Origination - How to take it forward? Seeking advice 2 14h
+9 What to expect (learnings + exits) from an off-cycle internship as an M&A analyst intern within a Private Equity Team ? 1 15h
+9 BX TacOpps Breakup 9 15h
+19 Leaving PE to work in Family Business 2 15h
0 European IB/PE - Restructuring (recruitment process Q) 1 15h
+9 What to expect (learnings + exits) from an off-cycle internship as an M&A analyst intern within the Private Equity Team ? 2 15h
+6 How to best prepare for Commercial case studies as an IB Analyst? 1 16h
+59 Starting own PE fund as a student 19 17h
+5 What is your highest yielding investment ? Realized and / or non realized 6 18h
+3 Comp Variations by Region? 1 19h
+3 STG info? 2 19h
0 Case Studies 1 20h
+1 Carry at CPP? 3 20h
+13 PE IR interview prep/process 6 20h
+1 HH asking for SAT/ACT in PE Recruiting 1 21h
+6 PE firm verifying GPA 4 22h
+16 Updated Views on Ribbit Capital? 4 22h
+16 Where to invest - restrictions in IBD/PE 1 23h
+68 Thoughts on Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)? 30 1d
+51 Framed at work on purpose to fire me 37 1d
+25 STG Partners 12 1d
0 Renewables to buyout 1 1d
+48 Urgent: Partners Group vs MMPE 14 1d
+31 Sourced company -- now what? 20 1d
+28 Burnt Out 2nd Year Analyst Dreading Move to PE 1 1d
0 McKinsey Consultant Looking to Prep for IR Interviews 3 1d
+27 The Morality of PE 6 1d
+3 Hayes & Partners (Headhunter) 1 1d
+33 Prep On Cycle or Travel 36 1d
0 How does PE Associate Co-Invest Work? 1 1d
+14 Silversmith Capital Partners Reputation? 10 1d
+43 Blackstone in NYC: Culture/Comp/Perks 42 1d
0 Private Capital Advisory / PE secondaries case study 1 1d
+8 Insights into Tikehau 13 1d
+10 Canadian Pension Rankings 14 1d
0 JPM Infrastructure Investment Fund (IIF) 2 2d
0 New Headhunter for Ardian 1 2d
+74 Associates who have realized PE is not the promised land, what's next? 48 2d
0 Marc Lipshultz 2 2d
+10 Reasonable NYC rent for 32 y.o. single male in PE 19 2d
+75 How to break into Real Estate Private Equity (w/ 0 RE Knowledge) 7 2d
+22 PE interview - technical and “commercial case” interview (second round). What to expect? Truly appreciate some advice gents. 7 2d
+4 Any color on Meritage Group? 3 2d
+7 MLT PE Accelerator 11 2d
+12 MLT PE Accelerator 8 2d
+40 LBO Question - How is purchase price determined? 25 2d
0 Warburg Pincus Industrials Culture? 2024 1 2d
+9 Joining LMM/MM Strategy within Larger Platform 2 2d
+9 Breaking into Infra PE | Incoming GSB MBA Candidate | Civil Engineer 2 2d
+1 AIMCO Private Equity 2 2d
+18 CIA Freshman Year Internship for Finance 10 2d
+3 Placement Agent Interview 2 2d
+3 GSAM vs MSIM 3 2d
+7 FDD --> MM IB --> MM PE? 3 2d
+11 M&A add-ons modelling 6 2d
0 European PE Recruitment Process in Asia + Case Study and/or Model Test 2 2d
+3 Paper LBO short cuts? 3 2d
+17 Investing in Sustainable Infra / Renewables (Interview Questions) 3 2d
+7 Dalmore Capital 5 2d
+26 Leaving PE Firm 8 2d
0 How to make the “jump”? 1 2d
+9 Blueprint to approach PE firms 3 2d
+5 REGL IB to Infra PE 8 2d
+160 Q&A: Returning to PE After a Year and a Half at a Series C Startup 42 2d
+7 Firms That Aren't 2 and Out 15 2d
+9 Media & Comm Investing 9 2d

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