+7 Bain capital life Sciences pay 6 3y
0 Accel-KKR - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 3y
0 Accel-KKR - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 3y
+3 Networking event on cycle 1 3y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Review - NA Data 3y
+3 Cinven - Interview process 2 3y
+11 Growth Equity or Top GP Stakes Firm? 14 3y
+3 Crestview Partners 4 3y
+3 Looking for PE modelling with stub adjustments 1 3y
+10 Lateral between MF / UMM 9 3y
+37 PE is NOT paradise 33 3y
+9 Pros and Cons of PE "Two and Out? 9 3y
+3 MF / LargeCap Infra PE - Modelling Tests [Trading] 2 3y
+10 Is co-investment analyst role at a reputable fund out of undergrad a good idea if ultimate goal is MF/UMM/MM PE 11 3y
+25 Well-rounded MBA applicant from PE? 5 3y
+39 Apax Partners 2022? 21 3y
+5 What to do with your money? 2 3y
+11 GP Stakes? 19 3y
+6 Fair comp small MM fund? 3 3y
+5 PE/IB/M&A Analysts: ‘how’ skillful are you (or do you have to be) with Excel in order to excel in the role? 2 3y
+19 Discussing your “why finance” and to what degree is bullshit expected? (IB, PE, ER, M&A, CF) 6 3y
+54 PE Partner vs IB MD Comp Ceiling 69 2y
+11 CVC Growth vs KKR NGT vs Permira Growth 10 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Golub Capital - Review - Credit Data 3y
0 Golub Capital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 3y
+5 LMM/MM Healthcare PE in NYC 11 3y
+6 Worth switching from consulting to investment banking, to exit into PE? 1 3y
+1 Chicago MF/UMM firms 15 3y
+9 [closed] 1 3y
+16 Impact / Climate Investing? 6 3y
+3 Blackstone SA Return Rates (Any group) 7 3y
+17 How do I negotiate time off between banking and PE? 21 3y
+1 What's a reasonable target MOIC for the LBO of a $100m Rev SaaS company? 9 3y
+17 Lindsay Goldberg 19 1y
+6 Genstar vs HIG vs Golden Gate 5 3y
0 Clearlake? 1 3y
0 Blackstone 2024 Recruiting 1 3y
+13 How do you all sneak in an ask (for job/internship, pass on resume, introduction, etc) at the end of an informational interview? 1 3y
+11 Accel-KKR? 13 3y
+12 Advent vs. CD&R 5 1y
0 Blackstone 2023 summer internship Private Equity division 1 3y
0 British International Investment / CDC Group 1 3y
+8 Francisco Partners 2022 Reputation 13 3y
0 Partners Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 3y
+22 Distressed PE / PC Associates: Help 8 3y
+13 THLee vs Advent vs Genstar 14 1y
+221 Filtering out “check the box” associates 65 3y
+4 GI Partners vs Francisco Partners Vs Crestview 4 3y
0 Matrix Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 3y
+9 Consultant advice for Private Equity interviews? 2 3y
+3 Adding Training The Street on resume after doing a PE internship 1 3y
+12 RX Consulting with Search Fund > PE - Positioning? 6 3y
+3 Questions to interviewers during an interview 1 3y
+6 Public repository of PE deal memos? 1 3y
+7 MF PE Sophomore Summer 7 3y
+3 Need Help for Oncycle Special Sits Interviews 1 3y
+43 Respectable, not necessarily tippy-top firms 44 2y
+9 Delete 1 3y
0 Credicorp Capital - Review - Venture Capital Data 3y
0 Credicorp Capital - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 3y
0 Stepstone PE Interview London 1 3y
0 PE Prestige Rankings 1 3y
+7 GI Partners: Worth it? 11 2y
+25 Jump to PE from Non finance? 7 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - NA Data 3y
+3 Stuck waiting for formal offer letter for buyside SA? 3 3y
+6 The worst part about PE is literally never being able to off 1 3y
+4 SKKY Partners - Kim Kardashians PE Firm 1 3y
0 Neuberger Berman - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
0 Neuberger Berman - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+24 How hard to syndicate a $100k allocation into a series A/B investment (eg market research, would you be interested?) 5 3y
+84 Kim Kardashian is the new Steve Schwartzman 42 2y
+16 The new KKR, Blackstone, and Apollo…SKKY 4 3y
+6 Kardashian Kapital 1 3y
0 vasdfvdfvazd - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 3y
+11 Recruiting for PE with a break between MBB and potential start date 11 3y
+3 Five Arrows Tech Team in SF 2 3y
+5 How common is co-invest / carry at Associate level? 2 3y
+3 BX PE Off-Cycle Intern 3 3y
+13 Fund interviewing me also asking me for a favor 5 3y
+21 Growth equity technicals 13 1y
+3 Growth Equity Partner Rounds 1 3y
+9 Corp Dev --> PE, via a Part-Time MBA (Australia)? 4 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+9 How important is GPA for On-Cycle Recruiting? 18 3y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+4 MM vs MF exit options 3 3y
+8 Would you do a dividend recap or pay down debt with excess FCF? 3 3y
+65 Moved to Different City for PE 22 3y
+41 Would you prefer to increase prices by $10 or cut cost by $10? 31 3y
+6 PE Interview Questions - some help 1 3y
+5 How much can I make from a career in MM PE London? 20 3y
+3 Morgan Stanley Capital Partners 4 1y
+3 advent 9 2y
+4 PE firms focused on media/communications? 2 3y
0 Balbec Capital LP - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Infrastructure Data 3y
+26 MM HF IR analyst looking to lateral to MF PE IR, need career advice 2 3y

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