+3 RE Tax Modelling 1 3y
+11 Thoughts on going to a relatively new PE firm out of undergrad over banking? 4 3y
+3 Blackstone Corporate Finance Test 1 3y
+3 Senior associate / VP lateraling process 1 3y
0 Citigroup - Review - Venture Capital Data 3y
+9 Is there a feasible path to LMM or MM PE post-MBA without IB experience? 1 3y
+32 MBB vs. MF/UMM PE 6 3y
0 Best Chicago BBs / EBs to exit to MF Chicago PE or NYC PE? 5 3y
+3 Is growth equity easier to get into than MF PE 1 3y
+24 Mf PE out of undergrad 47 3y
+12 Valuation question 1 3y
0 Veritas Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+7 LBO Model Question - Debt Schedule Cash Sweep 4 3y
+6 Secondaries Case Study 3 2y
+3 RE Model - Cash Sweep 1 3y
+18 MM / UMM PE Shops with Good Culture 40 1y
0 Veritas Capital - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 3y
0 Veritas Capital - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 3y
0 Veritas Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Veritas Capital - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 3y
+8 Experienced Associate / Senior Associate Interview Questions 3 3y
+8 Private Equity LBO vs Real Estate LBO 9 3y
+3 Debt Schedule in RE 1 3y
+9 “Private Equity” Principal Investing? 2 3y
+3 Hotel LBO Model 3 1y
+40 Off the record references 19 3y
0 CHATGPT use cases 2 3y
+4 Cinven insights 1 3y
0 Generate Capital - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 3y
+3 MPH+CFA for HC PE/VC 1 3y
+22 London - MBB PE Groups 8 3y
+29 Best Industrials MM / UMM PE Firms? 32 3y
0 2023 GROWTH EQUITY PRESTIGE RANKINGS - OFFICIAL 13 2y
+4 CS LA vs LAZ SF Tech vs EVR MP Tech - MF/UMM PE Exits 3 3y
+227 Point 72 vs Blackstone 96 1y
+13 Are PE 3 Statements Really That Complex? 4 3y
+37 Advice on Whether to Leave 12 3y
+3 Modeling Mezzanine Debt 1 3y
+6 PE vs Private credit comp NPV and ceiling in the UK 5 3y
+5 Why are junior positions posted but senior positions aren't? 3 3y
0 Where do PE bros hang out? - Boston and NYC 8 3y
0 How do Private Transactions work? 1 3y
+7 Coinvest Loan Interest Deductibility 2 3y
+3 How to become a financial professional 1 3y
+3 Chimera Capital - Abu Dhabi 2 2y
0 Bain Capital - Interview - Private Equity Data 3y
0 Generational Transfer Entrepreneurs - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Generational Transfer Entrepreneurs - Review - NA Data 3y
+3 Corp Dev vs REPE? 1 3y
+13 PE Associate Staffing 5 3y
+12 Calling all PE Professionals…Is this legitimate? Paulson Investments LLC 1 3y
+6 SVB collapse: Are firms also pulling out of FRB, PacWest? How is this going to impact fund lines? 3 3y
+13 H&F recent funds? 3 3y
+60 Is Apollo not that bad anymore? 29 1mo
+10 VP/Principal Resume - 1 Page or 2? 10 3y
+3 What is BUNAC? (non-British OP) 4 3y
+7 Hg Hiring? 12 2y
+35 IB or PE has easier upward mobility? Compensation? 11 3y
+166 For seniors who have spent your career in private equity, do you regret it? 73 1y
+7 Barclays groups for MF/UMM PE Placement 9 3y
+6 Question about Private Equity MD Compensation 1 3y
+3 Audax Private Debt SA 3 2y
+12 HF -> PE 5 3y
+3 How to get internship at small PE firm? 1 3y
0 The Riverside Company - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+3 Updated thoughts on Sumeru? 1 3y
+7 Starwood Capital Summer Analyst SA 2024 21 3y
+4 Former bankers working as head hunters? 3 3y
+9 Thoughts on Firmament Group? 1 3y
+11 dealing with doing a bad deal 2 3y
+6 Opportunistic Credit Comp Expectations 1 3y
+12 MM Associate to UMM/MF? 2 3y
+9 MM Associate to UMM/MF? 1 3y
+8 GIC Special Opportunities 6 5mo
+13 Late associate / early VP in MM IB trouble getting into PE 6 3y
+19 Corp Dev to PE 9 1y
+3 What's the deal with PE recruiting 1 3y
+6 Corporate Finance to PE? 2 3y
+21 Solar Energy - Modeling test (Moving from RE) 3 2y
+11 PE Fund of Fund to MBA to Direct PE? 18 3y
0 London - MBB PE Group Exit Opportunities 1 3y
+2 TSG Consumer 9 2y
+7 OTPP pays their PE interns sub-$50k annualized?? 15 3y
+6 How likely is MF/UMM PE from a BB in London if you ONLY speak English? 8 3y
+13 Does your fund WFH at all? 36 2y
+6 $2B Private Credit Shop - Associate Comp Expectations 1 3y
+13 Anyone barely work? 12 3y
+3 Target IRR LBO Template 1 3y
+5 Target IRR LBO Template 7 3y
+20 Oxford or Private Equity? 15 3y
+17 Real Estate Private Equity Associate Recruiting 2 3y
0 2024 summer analyst 1 3y
+3 Lexington / HarborVest secondaries case study 5 1y
0 any insight on BMO Capital Partners? 4 1y
+1 IQ Test Score / Mensa membership on PE / HF CV? 8 3y
0 Carlyle London & Spain 1 3y
+11 AlphaWave Global - Previously Falcon Edge 13 3y
+13 Warburg Pincus - Tech Team London 22 5mo
+10 Division Carveout in LBO 1 3y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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