+3 Getting Fired in PE 2 4y
+5 Waud Capital Partners - Investment Summer Internship (Chicago) 10 3y
+3 PAI Partners 17 3y
+6 Resources for College Student Going Into PE 2 4y
0 Voyager Capital - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 What's the EBITDA Add Back Situation These Days? 1 4y
+7 Structuring a Transaction 1 4y
0 How much does GA/Insight/Summit pay at analyst level? 1 4y
+4 Credit Superday Prep 4 4y
0 How much do MDs make in MFPE? 1 4y
+3 ECM within Private Equity Shops 4 4y
+3 JLL Partners? 1 3y
+13 Average MM PE VP Comp 13 4y
0 Interview question: asset vs equity side DCF 1 4y
+4 PE Opportunities After MBA? 1 4y
+4 Best Tier 2 Cities for IB exit op into PE/VC 7 4y
0 Aterian Investment Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
+2 KKR A1 Comp 14 2y
+1 Software recommendations? 1 4y
+3 Pension Liabilities? 1 4y
+19 Asking for a raise in a virtual environment 1 4y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Restructuring Data 4y
+3 PE / PC Firms With Strong Entertainment / Media Vertical? 7 4y
0 LBO Model Help 3 4y
+13 London Private Equity Compensation 24 3y
0 PE 2 3y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Castle Harlan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+17 Typical PE Culture 8 4y
0 Development Finance Options - LIHTC, PE or Hard Money 1 4y
+37 Tips on critical thinking when looking at a CIM 23 4y
+7 How long to build a full operational model? 3 4y
0 Bain Capital Credit - Case Study help 5 4y
+3 Treeline Capital 1 4y
+18 Compensation Reports (Mid-Level) 10 3y
+3 a16z go-to-market team 0 4y
+9 Seeking Lower MM Senior PE or Corporate Dev Professionals 1 4y
+46 Weekend Work in PE 52 1y
+6 Insight Partners SA 2023 1 4y
+15 Ares/Bx/Bain Cap Credit vs. Aeris/DBO/Shea 4 4y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Analytics Data 4y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Analytics Data 4y
+17 Eldridge Industries Vs. IB 7 4mo
0 The Riverside Company - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+8 What % of PE Associates actually make at least senior VP? 1 4y
+17 West Coast UMM/MF B-School placement and compensation 2 4y
+3 PE SA 2023 Pay 1 4y
+3 Special opportunities comp? 1 4y
+12 KPS Union Playbook? 2 4y
+1 Deal Success Fees (New Platform) 5 4y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Where is the censoring coming from on WSO?? 5 4y
+43 Goldman Sachs AIMS Private Equity 33 1y
+3 Qualitative Analysis and Business Strategy Books/Readings to become a better analyst? 2 4y
0 Tengram Capital Partners/Seawall Capital 1 4y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 4y
0 2023 SA PE recruiting 1 4y
+3 Debtwire Fund Profiles - Anything Similar? 2 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 4y
+23 Does MM bizdev within PE suck? Going from the investment to the bizdev side... Anyone done it before? 7 4y
+6 Help - Modelling Test? 3 4y
+1 CD&R WLB / comp 5 4y
+27 Which is more important in PE: IQ or EQ? 23 4y
+12 Asterion Industrial Partners 22 11mo
0 B-School Placement across PE Firms (2022) 3 4y
+3 Growth Equity Associate at BB (GS, MS)? 5 2y
+11 Energy Infra Roles 2 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 JF Lehman & Co? 1 4y
+3 ares landmark quant pe role? 1 4y
0 Striking out On-Cycle and Recruiting Next Years On-Cycle 1 4y
+10 Deal experience for PE recruiting - can you fake it till you make it? 8 4y
0 LLR Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
+3 Trive Capital 1 4y
0 1 3y
+23 MM/UMM PE over MF ? 4 4y
+28 Advice for Breaking Into Secondaries 29 2y
+6 Operational / Value Oriented MM Funds? 3 4y
+11 DL vs RX 11 4y
0 EYP- strategy and transactions - private equity 1 4y
+34 PE to HF paycut? 19 4y
+79 Reasons why one should not go into PE in 2022? 32 4y
+6 Selected Transaction Experience for PE resume 1 3y
+9 Possible for post-MBA IBD associates to make the jump to buyside? 11 4y
+4 I Squared 16 2y
+77 Losing the drive 32 4y
+4 The Halifax Group 8 2y
+8 Why would anyone in their right mind make the switch to PE? 11 4y
+3 Shumway Capital 1 4y
0 AlphaSights LTD - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 AlphaSights LTD - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 K1 Investment Management - Interview - Software Data 4y
+12 Best resources for understanding consumer/retail industry? 4 4y
+50 Centerbridge WLB / Comp 31 9mo
+6 PE recruiting 2 4y
+6 AEA Growth - SF 2 3y
+3 Susquehanna - Private Equity Group (SPC) 1 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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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

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

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July 2026 Investment Banking

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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 (79) $150
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