+3 On-cycle coffe chats 1 3y
+9 On Cycle 2025 coffee chats 55 3y
+3 Recent application - CPPIB Senior Associate 1 3y
+4 M3 Capital Partners - thoughts? 3 2y
+14 Undergrad straight to buy side - am I fucked? 2 3y
+8 Undergrad straight to buy side - am I fucked? 3 3y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 3y
+14 How much does location for PE matter? 5 3y
+9 (Urgent) Thoughts on the Services Vertical for Private Equity 6 3y
+3 2024 PE positions 3 3y
+3 Parthenon Capital Partners 3 3y
+40 What job to take if you best want to ride the generative AI wave over the next couple of decades. Serious question. 11 3y
+6 What next? 1 3y
+9 Asset managment to Private equity 1 3y
+9 I'm an intern, and maybe I will be effected at the end of the year, but I want to go away for private equity. 0 3y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+6 KKR PE Group Locations 1 3y
+12 Tiger Infrastructure Partners 11 5mo
0 Experian - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+3 Laid off from PE 1 3y
+9 Headhunter Intro Calls - how to state what we want? 1 3y
+26 Should I leave my cushy PE job for a role at a mega fund? 16 3y
+6 On cycle 2025 as second year analyst 7 3y
+3 List of turnaround/value or distressed PE funds 2 3y
+3 Firm Events for oncycle 3 3y
+2 When will on cycle kick? 10 3y
+3 DC Based PE Funds 4 3y
+3 Franchise Equity Partners 1 3y
+12 Outsourced modelling consultant for portco - suggestions 2 2y
+3 Help evaluating MM funds 1 3y
+9 Career / Recruiting Advice Need - Strategic Development to PE? 4 3y
+10 Work Visa (TN) Process with Job Offer 4 3y
+3 Houston / Texas PE Comp 4 3y
+6 Getting Software on the Radar of Value Creation teams 1 3y
+8 LBO Assumptions 5 3y
+15 Firms that use Word Memos vs. PPT's for IC Memos 17 3y
+24 Lateralling at VP level 5 3y
+9 Digital Asset/USDT Recovery!!! 1 3y
+92 Current PE Recruiting Environment London 68 2y
+15 WTF will OCR expectations for incoming A1s be???? #thisisabsurd #crisis 3 3y
+6 Warburg Pincus Insight Series 10 3y
+8 On-cycle what do you need 5 3y
+3 Leaving Firm to Pursue A Company We Passed On 1 3y
+19 MBB to PE - How to navigate prep, timeline, HHs? 4 3y
+14 Brand Name MF/UMM Fund vs Up & Coming Fund 15 3y
+6 Possible to transition from Big 4 Transaction Advisory / Valuation to Private Equity? 5 3y
+61 Tell Partner about VP 19 3y
+84 Headhunter Calls On Cycle 2025 124 3y
+5 Lateral for senior associate? 2 3y
+4 Student looking to start out in brokerage then transition into PE 2 3y
+11 2023 best growing PE firms? 5 3y
+12 Headhunter intro calls 9 2y
+3 Reset/Redo Blackstone Pymetrics Test 1 3y
+3 updated opinions on alpine? Just raised a new fund 1 3y
+3 Satori Capital 1 3y
+3 2024 PE FT Analyst Programs List (USA) 2 3y
+25 Partners Group London 19 3y
+20 Update on Canadian Pension Funds in London 9 2y
+3 Apollo Climate Business Strategy Associate 1 3y
+3 Valuation 1 3y
+13 Will I be fine skipping on cycle PE recruitment? How to approach 3 3y
+3 Downside protection 1 3y
+8 How do you find a Good LBO to pitch? 2 3y
+3 Blackstone PE London SA 24 Tests 1 3y
+3 Two Choices 1 3y
+3 HH Inbounds 2 3y
+3 BX Tech 1 3y
+37 Debating MF PE vs Staying in IB 12 3y
+3 Why do PE firms have (macro) econ divisions 1 3y
+56 Private equity in healthcare services adversely affecting patient outcomes 33 1y
+3 REGAL Coverage group to PE 4 2y
+1 Total Comp for UAE SWFs / Family offices for Sr Associate PE 6 3y
+10 Low GPA on cycle 11 2y
+24 Viking Global's PE Team 10 1y
+55 Am I Soft? 14 3y
+6 Stats on receiving carry 3 3y
+49 Sharpest MM investors 47 1y
+3 What's the latest on L Catterton London? 8 1y
+225 Large Cap PE is Institutionalized Slavery 51 3y
+4 Pomona Capital 2023 Thoughts? 3 3y
0 K1 Investment Management - Review - Due Diligence Data 3y
+6 Good software LBO candidate? 13 3y
0 LP Analyst - Interview - Capital Markets Data 3y
0 L Catterton - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
0 L Catterton - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+12 PE - Recruiting with weak experience 1 3y
+11 Struggling with PE behaviorals 4 3y
+35 Distressed Industrials PE 22 2y
+127 PE Firms With Good Work Cultures 81 1y
+123 Lower Middle Market Private Equity is Paradise 15 3y
+3 Renewable energy private equity in MENA vs. Project Finance in Paris/London 3 3y
+3 Salary for an investor role in a VC 1 3y
+3 Growth equity to private equity? 2 3y
+3 PE Real Estate Investments Internship Interview 1 3y
+9 Clearlake 2023 Update 4 2y
+3 Interview advice 3 3y
+16 On cycle recruiting from non-target bank (HL CF)?? 4 3y
+8 MM Private Credit Exits 10 2y
0 BX PE Analyst (3 year) vs PJT RSSG (2 year) + Apollo PE Associate (2 year) 3 3y
+12 LBO Modeling Test qs 4 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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