+12 Recruiting from IB to PE in your 1st yr versus your 2nd year 8 4y
+15 Intensity of everyone's days 3 4y
0 5AM Ventures - Interview - Consulting Data 4y
+3 Partners Group - Financial Analyst Program (EU) 1 4y
+24 UMM Funds 25 4y
+6 PE IR to FP&A at a Port Co? Possible? 2 4y
+6 Late PE case study turn in 5 2y
+10 How to improve returns in an LBO? 5 3y
0 Partners Group - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+4 Is Digital+ Partners a good fund to work for? 1 4y
+12 PE Analyst Programs, Thoughts? 1 4y
+6 What happens to PE associates that don't make VP? 9 4y
+7 MF PE Culture 7 4y
+11 Not full time offer for MBB internship, how can I still break into PE long term? 10 4y
+3 JMI Equity San Diego Analyst Program 1 4y
+3 Preparing for Private Debt SA? 1 4y
+54 Warburg Pincus 41 1y
+298 VC in LatAm is wild 69 4y
+13 Lack of deal reps mid-career - issue? 4 4y
0 Insight Venture Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Wilshire Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Shore Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+12 IB Vs. Equities Vs. PE 2 4y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+21 Non MF/UMM PE exit opps: Growth Equity / VC / CorpDev / LMM PE / Private Credit / PE FoF / IB A2A 2 2y
+1 Non ESG Deal 5 4y
+5 Brookfield Renewable Partners 5 3y
+3 PE Recruiting If Starting In December 1 4y
+9 Feedback on Landmark Properties and Student Housing 1 4y
+6 Prep for a 4-to-5-hour case study (with built-from-scratch model and memo output) 1 4y
+3 BX SA 2023 1 4y
+3 Implementing Management Systems at Portfolio Companies 2 4y
0 Apollo Global Management - Review - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
+89 I love the LMM 48 4y
+3 VP-1 Carry 1 4y
+24 Why do banks, consulting firms, and PE firms sponsor visas? 6 4y
+7 PE Lateral? 2 4y
+19 MM PE Comp/WLB 5 4y
0 PSP Investments - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
0 United Bank - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 4y
+25 Is due diligence (PE) a good career path? 4 4y
+3 BayPine Insight 1 4y
0 2022 MF PE Return Offer Rates? 3 4y
+55 Best Tech PE Firms (2022-2023) 33 3y
+1 GIP 2023 FT Analyst 26 4y
0 BC Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Lower Middle Market PE Associate Comp 2 4y
+9 LMM PE -> Public Equities 1 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
0 TorQuest Full-Time Process 4 4y
+168 Personally Buying a Small Business - Quitting the Rat Race 91 3y
+2 Solum Partners 1 4y
0 Preqin Pull - Natural Resources/Mining 1 4y
+3 How do your weekly meetings look? BDPs? 1 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+11 How to go back on a PE offer? 7 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+17 An ROA/ROE related interview question 5 4y
+7 Levered Co-invest 11 2y
+6 PE SA FT IB Recruiting 1 4y
+11 TPG Secondaries - trouble raising money? 1 4y
+67 2022/23 Associate Compensation (All) 123 2y
+82 Use this one simple trick to find out how boss your fund is: 4 4y
+19 Buyout Debt Levels? 11 4y
+17 Apollo entering the secondary market - thoughts? 20 3y
+6 London vs Zurich opportunities 1 4y
+21 Chaces of moving from operations to Front end PE role 10 2y
+10 LMM PE London 5 4y
+13 Tech Growth/Buyout Offices in southeastern US 14 4y
+10 MBA or JD for Private Equity Career Track 2 4y
+3 PE analyst from undergrad or IB -> PE? 1 4y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Stellex Capital Management - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
+139 Actually Realizing Carry 55 6mo
+35 What’s the most big brained area of non-quant finance? 17 4y
+3 Pay in Growth Equity vs. Private Equity? 1 4y
+3 PE Analyst Process 1 4y
+19 LA PE Scene Update 22 3y
0 TPG Sixth Street Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 4y
+3 Current PE Recruiting Timeline 1 4y
+16 Tired of being a generalist 6 4y
+15 NEED ADVICE: PE Recruiting (HH reaching out, but not interested in recruiting this year) 10 4y
+4 Tech PE Shops HQ in NYC 6 4y
+17 PE recruitment from MBB (fall 2022) 8 4y
+4 Fintech PE 2 4y
+40 VP Compensation 47 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 4y
+5 Lateraling as an Associate - On-Cycle? 1 4y
+4 Haven't Yet Been Staffed 4 4y
+13 Cap table issue 10 4y
+15 PE recruiting difficult question 5 4y
+58 Managed Out - Resume Gap & Recruiting 20 3y
+22 On-Cycle Class of 2024 33 4y
+9 Summit Partners SA 2023 1 4y
0 PSP Investments - Review - Natural Resources Data 4y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 4y
+8 Sellside Models - Useful? 17 4y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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