+10 Thoughts on Centerbridge? 5 3y
+8 Onex Oncycle Recruiting 3 3y
+22 LBO Waterfall Help 7 3y
+5 Is anyone still WFH? 7 3y
+54 Best sector to be in 41 3y
+15 REPE vs Infra PE, which one has brighter career prospects? 9 1y
0 Huron Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+19 Q&A: PE Associate - Investments 6 3y
+9 PE vs FP&A ? 1 3y
+13 Breaking into PE-VC/Consulting after tier-1 masters programs 1 3y
+10 Breaking into PE-VC/Consulting after tier-1 masters programs 1 3y
+39 CD&R vs. Berkshire 40 3y
+6 Deerpath Capital Comp??? 2 3y
+6 9 Figure Carry? 2 3y
+9 Thayer Street Partners 1 3y
+9 Berkshire Partners vs. Bain Capital 9 3y
+3 Blackstone Strategy Partners 1 3y
0 Monomoy Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 3y
+15 OCR: It’s going to be ok 1 3y
+9 BX Tac Ops from RE Background 4 2y
+11 Removed 16 3y
+6 Clean fund size ranking 2 3y
+3 Is on-cycle already over? 1 3y
+4 Is On-Cycle already over? 2 3y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Warrants & Management Hurdle Rate 1 3y
+3 Thoughts on Charlesbank? 1 3y
+3 Interviewing MM PE - what comp should I expect? 1 3y
+6 Management Incentive Plan 1 3y
+8 Debt Prepayment Penalty in LBO 11 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 DigitalBridge 3 3y
+34 Becoming better at asking questions. 6 3y
+12 Houston boutique/mm PE exit opps 2022 3 3y
+3 Blackstone Strategic Partners Interview 1 3y
+19 PE B-School Overachievers 15 3y
+9 An LBO interview question 4 3y
+3 Innovatus capital? 2 2y
+6 So for those that skipped oncycle - what are next steps? 1 3y
+3 Ares PE LA 2 3y
+4 Off Cycle 2 3y
+3 Summer '24 Starting Comp? 1 3y
+14 How to Go About Possibly Reneging 2 3y
+3 2024 associate comp? 1 3y
+31 Is Advent newly "discovered" or newly successful? 34 2y
+6 What’s the longest you’ve gone without hearing after a successful interview? 4 3y
+19 This is dumb asf 1 3y
0 AE Industrial Partners 3 1y
0 H&F process 0 3y
+11 Negotiating MM PE salary 10 3y
+3 Vista NYC 1 3y
+8 CPPIB - Paper LBO Test 3 3y
+6 Decline of Bain Capital 17 3y
0 Providence Strategic Growth - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Newbury Partners - Secondaries Private Equity 1 3y
+11 Thank You Email After Interview? 4 3y
+4 What is it like working for the sovereign wealth funds? 5 3y
+5 Is Apollo interview? 1 3y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - Credit Data 3y
0 Worst MF rankings? 1 3y
+15 Is it normal for a company to be valued at the same $ as its revenues? 11 3y
+38 Debt pay down of $1 or EBITDA increase of $1? 14 3y
+3 Has Berkshire started giving offers yet? 1 3y
+3 Berkshire interview status 10 3y
+5 No Interview Invites? 7 3y
+6 (deleted) 1 3y
+6 How to prepare for a credit summer analyst interview? 6 8mo
+7 MM NYC PE Comp 3 3y
+3 Interview type for more consultant-friendly funds 1 3y
+12 Which Firms Have Started Recruiting for On Cycle? 30 3y
+3 Carrick Capital FT 2023 3 3y
+3 . 1 3y
+99 Silver Lake skipping on cycle 30 3y
+9 On-cycle PE recruiting for new mbb consultant 1 3y
+2 Interviews for MBB candidates (2024 on-cycle) 10 3y
+6 KVLR Fall Analyst Internship 1 3y
+73 Boycotting On-Cycle 24 3y
+13 On-Cycle has started…holy shit 8 3y
+3 International Recruiting Firm Names? 1 3y
+56 Trive Capital and other Dallas funds 64 4mo
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 3y
+5 KKR and Carlyle coffee chats 2 3y
+4 SSG/Distressed PE Analyst Programs 3 3y
+19 Getting an internship in PE 5 3y
+6 Importance of information Sessions/Happy Hours 4 3y
+3 Building Real Estate Private Equity Financial Model From Scratch 1 3y
+8 Thoughts on Apollo / Lumileds ? 4 3y
+16 Chapter 11 section 363 valuation 4 3y
+9 Thinking of potentially reneging 2023 oncycle offer and talking to a few firms during 2024 cycle 1 3y
+6 Cash runway without additional capital injection 1 3y
+6 Will on cycle have both 2024 and 2023 opps? 5 3y
+6 IB associate to PE recruiting 6 3y
+3 On cycle GE comp 1 3y
0 Apax Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 WSO help 1 3y
+6 2nd Year IB Associate 5 3y
+3 Mid/Senior Level Comp in Growth vs Buyouts? 1 3y
+12 How to respond to coffee chat requests given I plan to skip on-cycle? 7 3y
0 What's A Good SAT/ACT score? 13 3y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 3y

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July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
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