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Harder than at a top tier bank in an average group.
But seriously, there's already lots of helpful stuff on this website about buyside recruiting. Use the search function.
Depends on what you want to move into. If your goal is BX's PE group, I'd say it's impossible. If you want to go to a LMM PE firm, then I'd say 70% likely assuming you've actually worked on deals and can interview well. There's also HF/Corp Dev M&A/AM/etc. that are options that are considered "buy-side" in the fact that you're making investment decisions. IB is only attractive because it gives you optionality after and part of those options are investment roles. There are thousands of PE/HF/CorpDev teams out there and not just BB IBers get those jobs. Just keep your head down and open to opportunities while also reaching out to headhunters and network.
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