0 Main Street Capital - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 5y
+6 Does anyone know anything about, BlackFin Capital Partners? 2 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+9 LMM/MM PE Comp/Hours 6 4y
+12 Enterprise Value and Debt question 3 5y
+18 Redesign Health - Up and Coming Fund? 28 2y
+5 Senior in High School 9 3y
+8 How much of a pay cut would you take for work life balance? 5 4y
+19 S&U & Goodwill in LBO paying off Off-BS Debt 1 5y
+129 best job for work life balance? 92 4y
+3 what is the private equity playbook for workers in portfolio companies? 1 5y
+8 Is it an auto rejection if my BS doesn’t balance on an LBO modeling test? 4 4y
+3 State Farm Public and Private Equity? 1 3y
+9 Rollup funding strategy 2 5y
0 General Atlantic - Interview - Growth Equity Data 5y
+159 Finance and the Destruction of Human Capital 32 5y
+7 Niche PE firm or more reputable shop? 2 5y
+7 Working with same headhunter when lateraling? 5 5y
+1 Comp Increase per Year? 2 5y
+18 Case Study question 3 5y
0 Audax Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 How important is MBA? 1 5y
+3 M33 Growth? 5 7mo
+14 2023 On-Cycle Recruiting 7 5y
0 LP to Venture 1 5y
0 K1 Investment Management Salaries 5 5y
+11 Ok hot shots, calculate the correct fully-diluted conversion price for these Convertible Promissory Notes 9 4y
+6 Niche PE Investment Strategies 1 5y
+3 Apax - Case study 9 3y
+344 Q&A: PE Secondaries Principal 287 1y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+3 HarbourVest Internship Questions 1 3y
+10 What Are Some Overlooked Diligence Questions From LPs? 2 4y
0 HIG OnCycle 1 5y
+6 Walk me through how to prep for on-cycle 7 5y
+4 Mega Fund Credit Interview Questions 12 5y
+6 Who will do a podcast with me on PE recruiting and the on-cycle madness? 1 5y
+12 Headhunters Ghosting at the Worst Possible Times... 1 5y
+3 Buyout to Growth / Venture Investing 1 5y
0 Greenlight Capital - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+35 Slightly Underpaid - Should I leave? 18 5y
0 General Atlantic - Review - Growth Equity Data 5y
0 General Atlantic - Salary & Bonus - Growth Equity Data 5y
0 Anyone know Fund of Funds FoF Partners make? 1M Comp? No INFO Online 1 5y
+10 How important is networking for on-cycle recruiting? 6 5y
+12 PE Professionals: What do you look for in a networking call with college students? 2 4y
+4 UMM/MF Analyst recruiting to different firm for associate? 3 4y
0 Black Diamond Capital Management 1 5y
+7 Advent International - Culture / Hours? 6 5y
0 Centerbridge Founders Fellowship 2021-2022 3 5y
+1 Sixth Street 6 5y
+28 Has On Cycle 2023 kicked off? 29 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+40 Fund of Funds (FOF) vs Placement Agent (PA) ? 40 2y
+15 1st round PE interview (1h w/ Partner) - questions they might ask? 6 5y
+3 Internationals Interviewing On-Cycle without H1B 10 5y
+7 Jumping from Corporate Banking to Private Credit? 2 3y
0 MSD Partners Info 1 5y
+16 My PE fund doesn't have a VP title - how to position senior associate position for VP lateral recruiting? 6 5y
0 Searchlight Capital 2021? 3 3y
0 Search Fund / Doing Own Deals 1 5y
0 Drug test at PE firms 1 5y
0 Anyone hear back from Blackstone Insurance Solutions Group for Associate? 1 5y
+7 Bluffing about other job offers / other interviews to push a firm to give me decision earlier? 4 5y
+3 Entering PE with only 1 year of IB experience 2 5y
+43 Buyside Comp 82 4y
0 Anyone heard of Red Wagon? 1 3y
0 Megathread Fund of Funds 2021 Compensation 20 4y
+13 UMM/MF PE vs. MM PE Offer 4 5y
+14 Do headhunters reach out to all top IBs? 13 3y
0 Audax Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+14 Long term career--PE vs AM 5 5y
+12 I was basically told I could expect an offer by the weekend but then I didn't end up getting one as the firm wants to finish interview process with other candidates now. 2 5y
+11 How To Think About CAC For Business With Low S&M, Acquiring Customers Thru M&A? 5 4y
0 Audax Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+24 Moving from FoF / Next Steps 10 5y
0 Any infra modeling test practice? 3 5y
+9 How do you prepare for tech funds interviews ? 1 5y
+8 OMERS Summer 2022 6 5y
0 Carry Terms 6 5y
0 The Burgiss Group - Review - Operations Data 5y
+19 Secondaries PE / PCA outlook/insight? 13 5y
0 Questions in a Case Study Interview 1 5y
0 M3 capital - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+13 PE exit ops in DC 12 3y
+1 PE bonuses? 1 5y
+3 Equity for medline buyout 9 5y
+10 Rolling off for PE job (bonus issues) 7 5y
0 bcIMC - Review - Infrastructure Data 5y
+376 Prestige Rankings Thread - PE firms 123 1y
0 Northleaf - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
+10 Size vs Quantity & Quality of Deals for PE recruiting 4 5y
+93 On Cycle 2022 Debrief - My Experience 45 5y
0 bcIMC - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
+11 What macro factors affect multiples the most? 2 5y
+3 JPM vs PJT for PE exit (London) 8 4y

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