+25 Best Laptops for heavy Financial Modelling? 10 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 3y
+3 MBA required for PE promotion in London? 4 3y
+3 Moving from Investor Relations to Investing 1 3y
+16 Wharton & WallStreetPrep: Private Equity Certificate Program thoughts? 12 1y
+15 Why Mega Funds? 12 3y
+6 Vista First Round 2 3y
+9 Distressed IB -> PE or Distressed IB -> MBA -> PE 1 3y
+3 Bain Capital Credit SA 2024 4 3y
+6 Fired from internship - what to do... 2 3y
+3 Ares Naples 1 3y
+7 Mentioning upcoming BB summer internship in CV for PE off-cycle internship application 7 3y
+5 Headhunters for Incoming FT 5 3y
0 Groupe HLD 1 3y
0 Harbor Group International - Review - Asset Management Data 3y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+13 Structured Finance Analyst Looking to do RE IB/PE 2 3y
+3 Doing PE & M&A within a Special Situations and Restructing Group 0 3y
+3 Summer 2023 Opportunities? 1 3y
+1 Barclays West Coast Tech Group PE Exit Ops 2 3y
+32 PE Recruiting as A2A Associate 14 2y
+15 On cycle with zero prior M&A? 4 3y
+15 Keensight Capital 21 9mo
+10 Clarity on Refinancing process 2 3y
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0 Vista Equity Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 3y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 3y
+6 Startup Private Equity Firm is now hiring 1 3y
+3 Transitioning to PE from Risk Management 1 3y
+23 Vista Equity Partners Junior Comp 26 3y
+4 Minority late stage platforms within PE firms 11 3y
+6 Blackstone PE First Rounds? 1 3y
+3 Would DCM team experience be beneficial for a move to PE? 4 3y
+10 Help! Bottoms up SaaS revenue model 3 3y
+2 Carlyle Private Credit Outlook 2 3y
+9 LBO technical question 1 3y
+1 Audax PE SA 2024 13 2y
+14 VP carry at small 200M fund 15 3y
+5 PE Post-MBA Recruiting Question 4 3y
+6 Director-level Performance Improvement / Value Creation technical interviews and case studies 1 3y
+9 No Associate Promo and Want to Get out of IB 1 3y
+3 HH Intro 2 3y
0 Why does everyone exit to PE if IB has higher EV of earnings? 57 2y
+3 Freeman Spogli 2024 Associate 1 3y
+4 From credit to PE 1 3y
+9 Prospective IB/PE, AFM Student 1 3y
+577 Do your associates just not care? 126 2y
+9 Prospective IB/PE, AFM Student 1 3y
0 Not a day I’m not learning 0 3y
+8 xx 8 3y
0 Warburg Pincus - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
+9 Interview Help - 30min Excel Test (What To Expect?) 1 3y
+5 Boston Growth Funds 3 3y
+6 M&A and capitalization of costs 0 3y
+6 Francisco Partners SA 2024 1 3y
+4 Modeling question 2 3y
+5 What banks/groups place into Blackstone/KKR most? 5 3y
+10 Is MBA Worth It for Opportunistic PE VP? 2 3y
+29 Blackstone PE 2024 SA Process 24 3y
+6 How are LPs vetted? 4 3y
+12 ECM EB vs PE FoF 4 3y
+9 Senior Associate / VP Promotion Process 10 2y
+3 Secondaries resources 5 3y
+10 Artificially boosting IRR 3 3y
+3 CVC Investment Director 1 3y
+3 Capital formation salaries 1 3y
+10 Best place to get historical funds 4 3y
+6 AP MOLLER 5 1y
+5 Does PE pay for your MBA? 3 3y
0 McCarthy Capital - Interview - NA Data 3y
+3 Pay at TPG Growth 1 3y
+3 A. 2 3y
+3 Blackstone SA 2024 Applications 1 3y
+3 Re-recruit for PE for 2024 on-cycle -- Will it hurt my chances as a 2nd year analyst? 1 3y
+33 Asked to Co-invest - should I take it? No carry for another 4 years 17 3y
+49 ChatGPT Use Cases in PE 26 1y
+3 PE firms that sponsor bankers not having H1-B 1 3y
+6 Periscope Equity in Chicago 2 3y
+3 A&D Early Growth? 2 3y
+46 Remembering Key Stats 23 2y
+7 GI Partners Data Infra? 1 3y
+6 ECM at EB vs LMM Private Equity vs LMM Private Debt fund 2 3y
+17 Insights on EQT, I Squared, and Antin in NY? 10 1y
+30 Deciding between 2 offers…need help 16 3y
+39 Experienced VP Interviews - Fit Questions 4 1y
+10 Holy Sh*t ... need help ASAP ... PE Associate interview coming up 9 3y
+10 Fund in Greenwich - hearing 1BR apartment pays for itself with tax break? 2 3y
+4 Hoboken / Jersey City 4 3y
+24 LBO Model (pasted values) to (Cells Linked) - anyone want to help me convert a bunch of these? 5 3y
+6 Is this PE job offer sketchy? Should I take the job? 5 3y
0 Serent Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Serent Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+6 Renege SM Offer 2 3y
+13 LMM PE’s in NYC - non traditional candidate 2 3y
+10 I want to make it to American PE from Australia. What's my game plan? 1 3y
+6 B4 M&A vs B4 Strategy --> MM PE 1 3y
+3 Are there still opportunities for Summer 2023 off-cycle? 1 3y
+6 CVC capital USA recruiter 15 2y
+3 Got an Interview invite for investment MBA associate at top EU PE- I have no IB/ PE background , what’s the best prep technical and behaviour process in a short period of time? 1 3y
+4 Insightful PE Recruiting Advice 7 3y

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