+28 Deferring start date - poorly reflected? 12 8mo
+28 PE Offer Accepted - How to Autopilot 13 6mo
+28 UK Exit Opps 23 2mo
+28 Is London still worth it? 15 4mo
+28 Midlevels - how is your fund shaking out for 2023/4 Comp? 15 4mo
+28 Most Desirable Buyside Seats in London/Continental Europe 15 4mo
+28 Canada Carried Interest Taxation 11 3mo
+28 Didn't Receive Return Offer from Top MM/LMM PE firm (Headcount) and No Luck in Full time Recruiting 10 2mo
+28 Feeling disillusioned 15 2mo
+28 PE recruiting with dyed hair? 16 1mo
+28 Sweaty funds - how do VPs work most weekends? 12 4d
+28 Leave MBB to to join PE-backed Portco? 11 4d
+27 Associate looking for career advice 16 11mo
+27 Networking as an Analyst 7 11mo
+27 How to be a better PE Analyst 19 11mo
+27 Distressed PE case study 4 6mo
+27 Private Equity Interview Bootcamp OPEN NOW 1 9mo
+27 When to recruit for PE coming from MBB? (can I kick the stone down the road?) 11 9mo
+27 N/A 11 6mo
+27 Another what role to take... 17 8mo
+27 Technical due diligence of solar acquisitions 4 2mo
+27 ChatGPT Script for the Best Private Equity Associate Candidate 4 8mo
+27 How do you make PE more bearable? 4 8mo
+27 Buy and build…need your thoughts 9 7mo
+27 SaaS Modeling- ARR to Revenue 7 7mo
+27 PE Internship Experience? 2 7mo
+27 Work is slow? 14 6mo
+27 Med school to PE 12 6mo
+27 GP led vs LP led secondaries market trend - which one is a better strategy? 9 6mo
+27 Someone Talk Me Out of (or Into) Buying a Small Business 18 5mo
+27 For Active PE Professionals: Day-to-Day Questions on Execution 6 4mo
+27 Relevance of co-investments / secondaries deal experience to private equity 13 4mo
+27 Can I break into PE post MBA? 20 2mo
+27 MM PE Associate 2 not making promo 7 4mo
+27 From Search Fund back to PE 5 3mo
+27 Recruiting in spring of first MBA year for post-MBA? 6 3mo
+27 PE Exit to Slower Paced Investment Role out of NYC 4 1mo
+27 F500 Corp Dev (Manager), Or PE Portco Corp Dev (Mid-Level) 10 1mo
+27 Partners Group Long Term 9 2w
+26 Completely Blindsided and Let Go (6 months on the job) 15 11mo
+26 Did I make the biggest mistake ever (Please Help) 19 11mo
+26 Laid Off and Looking for Insight 8 11mo
+26 Updated Thoughts on Banneker Partners? 9 10mo
+26 Case Study Walkthrough Script (VP Interviews) 5 10mo
+26 Buying Down Multiples 6 10mo
+26 Exit Timing and Comp 5 10mo
+26 Is Ares a MF 27 1mo
+26 Should I leave my cushy PE job for a role at a mega fund? 16 9mo
+26 Sitting Out of On-Cycle 4 9mo
+26 Toughest On/Off-Cycle Interviews 23 5mo
+26 Quant Trading vs. PE Career Progression? 13 3mo
+26 Tikehau sucks 13 3mo
+26 Landing a Growth Buyout Role - Frustrated 5 8mo
+26 Lateral Associate Recruiting - Struggling 13 2mo
+26 Primaries & secondaries analyst comp + exit opps? 13 6mo
+26 Infrastructure secondaries? 4 5mo
+26 How to Tell a PE Firm is the Right Fit 11 5mo
+26 Oncycle From Outside NYC 9 4mo
+26 Deferring lateral by a year - possible? 4 3mo
+26 Industrials Sector 10 2mo
+26 Is MBA the only solution for me to get into Infra PE? 13 2d
+26 What’s a day in the life look like in BD in PE / Growth Equity? 17 2mo
+26 PE with the most difficult model tests 119 1d
+26 Why is European / UK PE firm recruiting the way it is? Aptitude tests... 20 1mo
+26 Which Infrastructure Specialization (Renewables, Digital, Transport, etc.) 13 1mo
+26 How is your life in PE? 26 2w
+25 Barclays PE exits 30 2mo
+25 Tech Tech Tech - Why is everyone in PE & GE so obsessed with Tech? 16 11mo
+25 PE vs REPE Pay (at a Megafund) 9 11mo
+25 Ratio Advisors Partners List 2023 16 2mo
+25 Southeast Asia Emerging Markets PE out of undergrad 8 6mo
+25 Best Practices - Outlook & Deal Management 6 10mo
+25 Search Fund Interview 7 10mo
+25 Spoiled Banana Interview 4 10mo
+25 Collateral in an LBO for software companies? 15 10mo
+25 Where / How can I learn more about funds? 3 10mo
+25 Partners Group London 19 9mo
+25 MBA Associate/military vet looking for PE advice 1 9mo
+25 RE: Most useful languages to learn (for IB/PE)? 11 8mo
+25 Laptops for Investors/Investment Professionals/Bankers? (2023) 16 2mo
+25 Mid Level Comp - Secondaries or Co-invest 26 8mo
+25 Interviewing / succeeding as CXO at PE-backed portco? 10 8mo
+25 AEA Investors - London 8 7mo
+25 Lateral Moves within Private Equity 7 7mo
+25 Title downgrade to break into PE worth it? 9 7mo
+25 PE Secondariees 7 7mo
+25 Leaving Banking: Now or Never? 8 7mo
+25 how do you estimate market size for vertical software 8 6mo
+25 How does “range” make you a better investor? 6 5mo
+25 MBB -> PE vs IB -> PE 21 4mo
+25 Whose status is higher in society - MF PE Partner or an A-list celebrity (Kanye/Drake/Beyonce)?  20 4mo
+25 Should I list m7 MBA admission offer on resume for PE recruiting 7 3mo
+25 True LMM / MM firms? 18 2w
+25 Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions 21 2w
+25 Principal level recruiting 16 1mo
+25 Am I being played here? Ridiculously long case study 24 1w
+25 Firms with the best near-term fundraising track record / trajectory 10 1mo
+25 What is the business model of recruiters (e.g., CPI, Henkel)? What's stopping me from establishing my own shop? 9 2mo
+25 Placement agent? 5 2mo
+25 Feasability of Switching into PE post MBA 4 1mo

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