January 2025 Off Cycle PE Master Thread

[START DATE 2026 ONLY]

What firms have you heard are going / have gone?

Only heard of TA Associates interviewing so far. Marlin Equity, Vista, and Carlyle expected to start soon too.

Let’s get a thread going. Please feel free to comment below anything you have heard.

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