+3 BDT Comp & Culture? 1 3y
0 Dartmouth Partners HH PE Credibility 1 3y
+9 Tech Funds Hiring Freeze? 4 3y
0 Madison Dearborn Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+21 Getting into PE as a 30 year old 3 3y
+7 Chicago Real Estate/ Real Estate PE Scene 3 3y
+16 Annual review advice? 3 3y
+3 Long-term goal being VC / PE - should I go to LBS / INSEAD for a MIM? 1 3y
+31 Thoma Value Creation 17 3y
0 Cinven - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+6 How sweaty is Centerbridge? 21 3y
+45 Cove Hill Partners WLB/Comp? 49 7mo
+5 transfer to the us in pe 4 3y
+21 Long term benefits of a career in PE coming from consulting 15 3y
0 Help Deciding Freshman Summer Internship 7 3y
+4 Tech and software basics one should know for VC/GE/PE 5 3y
+6 5.5 Years in M&A, it is too late to jump to PE? 4 3y
+4 IB/PE Recruiting 2024, 2025 3 3y
+25 Capital Markets on the Buy Side 7 3y
+29 IR folks 9 3y
+3 BX withdrawals and BXPE launch delays 1 3y
+6 Monomoy Capital 5 1y
+5 What fund kicked off 2024 on cycle? 1 3y
+12 Audax PE out of undergrad 4 3y
+16 PE Investment Memo 5 1y
+20 Easier to go to top UMM PE from MBB or MFPC/Distressed? 14 3y
+9 Boutique Private Investments Compensation and Advise 3 3y
+11 How “sweaty” is H&F actually? 13 2y
+31 Most Secretive Firms 22 3y
+8 Unique GPA situation need advice 5 3y
0 Alliance Bernstein Private Credit Investors 1 3y
+20 Work culture at EQT? 29 3mo
+6 Beverly Hills PE Scene 2 3y
+10 Leaving MM for UMM/MF after only a few months? 5 3y
+12 New Analyst - Day One Advice 4 3y
0 Moving-up opportunities from a i-house M&A/corporate development 1 3y
+5 Infrastructure PE - Risk Mitigation Strategies 1 3y
+3 Infrastructure Debt investing. A good opportunity? 1 3y
+3 Placement Agent Interview 2 2y
+6 Elon's Purchase of Twitter 3 3y
+9 Specialty lending > Direct Lending? 1 3y
+19 PE Recruitement and Headhunter Etiquette 7 3y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Boston Millennia Partners - Interview - Investments Data 3y
+17 How much of a difference is there in Special Sits/Distressed between PE vs HF 7 3y
+6 Looking PE Recruiting advice not found online (Ironic) 1 3y
+12 LMM PE or ACN Consulting? 1 3y
+5 Novacap has bad reputation? 8 3y
+4 MM PE interview 5 3y
+4 When to email after final round interview? 1 3y
+9 Upcoming case study - MM PE London 2 3y
+3 Value Creation in LBO with Equity Dilution? 2 3y
+5 IB/PE - GPA for stem major 13 3y
+2 Which PE Firms have the best Co-Investment opportunities? 13 3y
+9 Shore Capital Comp 3 1y
+11 Singapore/HK PE 2 3y
+25 Laid Off 15 3y
+9 Bain Capital's Blue Nile exit: a sign of things to come in PE? 2 3y
+3 Explanation of Flagship Fund Vs Other Funds 2 3y
0 Hercules Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 3y
+7 Prospect Capital 5 3y
+16 Elon Musk’s AI-Enhanced Monkey Stock Pickers 3 3y
+57 Updated view on Carlyle (specifically TMT Group)? 18 2y
+7 HPS Specialty Lending thoughts 3 3y
+26 Blackstone IR Associate Role 17 2y
+9 Transferring to Australia or EU for IB/PE? 5 3y
+3 PE job postings 1 3y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 MM PE IR Pay (Germany and General) 1 3y
+3 PE Training Programs 9 3y
+8 How do I act in my Comp Discussion tomorrow? 5 3y
+7 Work culture at Partners Group? 8 3y
+6 What are the top PE funds you'd most want to work for? 8 3y
+9 Partners Group Client Solutions Team 1 3y
+6 Cold-emailing PE firms for an internship - to email HR directors or Investment team? 1 3y
+6 Thoughts on Brentwood Associates? 5 3y
+15 Is it ever ok to make an LBO without a sources and uses table? 18 3y
0 Headhunters in London 1 3y
+7 I’m due for a large bonus in March, should I ask for a raise now or after bonus? 13 3y
0 Q Investments - Interview - NA Data 3y
+15 Going from PE to VC (Junior level)? 2 3y
+10 Warburg Pincus FT 2024 Recruitment 30 3y
+42 Insights on KKR's HC team 12 3y
+4 Any opinions on Bain Cap in London? 7 3y
+6 Quarterly reports to LPs 5 3y
+25 MF PC vs MF Special Sits 18 3y
0 Firm preferences at top BB/EB 2 3y
+6 Why Growth Equity? 2 3y
+9 WLB in GE 6 3y
+15 Best performing PE funds of all time? 14 3y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - NA Data 3y
0 Alpine Investors - Review - NA Data 3y
+3 Weekend work in PE 5 3y
+11 Modeling tests 6 3y
0 Sixth Street NYC 2022 2 3y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+39 Wellington WLB and Comp Progression vs MF PE 37 3y
+1 Which MFs do true big deals?? 9 3y
+1 Hourly Wage Consolidated Thread 10 3y
+6 BX PE SA 2024 Non-Diversity 3 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%

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August 2026 Investment Banking

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