Warburg Pincus Analyst vs Top EB

Hey guys, I'm gonna be at a CVP/EVR/PJT M&A Summer Analyst and was considering recruiting for WP's Analyst program. Was curious about the tradeoffs between the two, especially for someone who wants to do public equities/crossover investing long term and plans on taking the 2 year analyst + 2 year associate + 2 years MBA path to hedge fund. Specifically, curious about:

- How big is WP's analyst class size? Will I miss out on the network/social aspect of a larger banking class?

- How difficult are WP's interviews and will they take too much time to prepare for, especially during my internship (when I want to be locking down the return offer)?

- I heard WP tech analysts don't do as much modeling, much more sourcing and qualitative due diligence/cutting SaaS data rooms. Would it be better to get the banking skillset and then join as associate?

- Do other groups besides tech do extensive modeling as analyst? How does group placement work?

- Since WP does a lot of minority deals, how is the experience different than say an Insight or Silver Lake?

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OP if you do end up getting Warburg, STFU and go to warburg. No question, more interesting work, you are less likely to be working with clowns and better culture/hours. Yes finding financing might be a little tougher as the doomsday clock ticks but really u will be better situated with buy side experience to boot. There is really no further thinking required on that front.

 

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