Kohlberg, Tinicum, Harvest

Hi All - Can anyone shed any recent insight to the above 3 firms (Particularly the latter two)? Just trying to gauge in terms of fund reputation/returns.

Is there one firm that is head and shoulders above the rest for an associate/senior associate position?

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