Firms Unsupportive of PE Recruiting

I thought centerview doesn’t mind as long as you stay for 3 yrs

Traitors at PWP?

I don't think this is true, PWP is pretty supportive of recruiting.

Have spoken to a few analysts at PWP who have said seniors were very supportive of recruiting

RBC's location makes it hard to meet w HH and interview w PE firms

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Can confirm this does happen, although certainly not as frequently as Partners/MDs like to make it seem. I was at an EB and fortunate to be working in a group with a Partner who was very supportive - all we basically had to do as 1y analysts was get deep-enough with a fund that we had a realistic shot (i.e. get past the first few rounds to the super day), let him know our top 1-2 funds, and he made some calls. We all exited to the exact type of funds we were targeting, largely because of his influence. I am forever grateful he did that, not just for me, but for a couple other folks in my class. 

That said, this is not the norm. He was unequivocally the most supportive person at the firm, and there were others who would help, but the most likely scenario was it wouldn't be during first year on-cycle recruiting - i.e., if you had been a good analyst in the group for a year+, had gone through a couple interviews but hadn't yet been successful for whatever reason, they might call the next couple places you were interviewing and put in a good word (which did definitely help some candidates convert). There were also a couple partners who had really good relationships with a handful of firms and would recommend the analysts in their groups, regardless of analyst preference/interest, but wouldn't necessarily call whoever you wanted them to around the street. All in all, it's definitely not unheard of, but it's rarely as straightforward as the first example above.