Buyside / PE recruiting

To give background, I come from a non target and a MM FTO in a tier 1 city. Does anyone have any information on how the PE recruitment cycle works? I have had mentors tell me stay in banking until at least associate and others tell me GTFO asap. Just wanna be aware of the timelines.

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