+19 Buyside Recruiting Advice 14 2y
+19 Biden Cap Gains Tax 11 5y
+485 What Was Your Biggest Career Setback; How Did You Recover? 79 1y
0 Partners Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Vermilion Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Maranon Capital - Review - Credit Data 5y
0 Maranon Capital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
0 Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS) Liquids FT Interview Process 2 4y
0 Star Mountain Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Star Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Any PE secondary firms in Miami? 2 5y
0 Megafund Infrastructure SA? 1 5y
+15 MF PE in HK / Singapore 11 3y
+4 What are Business Development Bank of Canada salaries like? 2 5y
0 TSG Consumer: Culture / Experience 7 5y
+46 A Real Disscusion about Promotion in PE 22 4y
0 Career Ops from Business Development Analyst to PE/IB/HF? 1 5y
+17 Private Credit to PE 13 3y
0 What to expect in VP Interview? 2 5y
+1 KKR Credit 3 5y
0 Low Multiple Bolt-ons, High Multiple Platforms? 1 5y
+21 Carlyle Group CSP Undergrad Summer London 7 5y
+15 How to evaluate a company's balance sheet in the context of a buyout? 6 5y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 5y
+19 Is joining a SPAC a no-brainer at the ASO / VP level? 8 5y
0 Excel Test & Case Study 1 5y
0 Bonus Pool Structure 5 5y
0 Moving from Europe to US - Can it be done? 1 5y
0 PIMCO MBA Intern, Portfolio Manager 1 5y
0 Sandbox Industries - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 5y
+6 MM/LMM PE Analyst out of Undergrad or IB 1 5y
0 Susquehanna Private Capital Reputation 3 5y
+21 Advice for breaking into a Megafund 8 5y
+2 Softbank's vision fund crushing it 2 5y
0 PE SA - Zoom with the entire team after introduction call with one of the associate 3 5y
+12 Anyone heard of RedBird Capital? (culture, etc.) 15 3y
+23 Feeling confused after my reviews 11 5y
0 New Stack Ventures - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+12 Insights into seniors pay 6 5y
0 Special Situations Exit Opps 1 5y
+115 Q&A: Leaving PE After 2.5 Years for Corporate Finance 50 4y
0 Capital Factory - Interview - Venture Capital Data 5y
0 Coordinator emailed me to meet other colleagues 1 5y
0 PIMCO Real Estate London 1 5y
0 Golub Capital - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 LBO Capital Structure 1 5y
0 Blackstone Psychometric test 1 5y
0 Greenspring Associates - Review - Venture Capital Data 5y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 5y
0 Insight to the Origination Position in PE 1 5y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+1 Debt Funds in T2/3 Cities? 3 5y
0 Using LinkedIn for fundraising 1 5y
0 Commodities PE? 1 5y
+1 LTV for Direct to Consumer Company 1 5y
0 Talking about an early stage deal in interviews? 1 5y
0 New Mountain Capital Interview 6 5y
0 Performance Review - 2nd Year PE Analyst 1 5y
+9 Catch up calculation 1 5y
0 Black Diamond Capital Management - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
+21 Deal Origination Specialist Interview Advice 10 4y
0 Should I go back to banking? 1 5y
0 Informational Interview with the Head of PE 2 5y
0 Colony Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+4 NY Tax Strategy 5 5y
0 Job not working out, is that common? 2 5y
0 Performance Appraisal - 2nd year PE Analyst 1 5y
0 Performance Appraisal - 2nd year PE Analyst 1 5y
0 Approach PE HHs with 1 year of BB internships? (LND) 6 5y
0 Headhunters for credit in Asia 1 5y
+5 What is a better avenue to get into traditional PE: Co-investing or IB? 11 2y
+17 Is WLB a Myth in Direct Lending? 21 5y
0 Preferred Equity Investments & S-Corps Question 1 5y
+6 Lateral from Law 11 5y
0 Seeking advice - Leaving an investing role (PE/Direct Lending) for non-Investment Role 1 5y
0 Are niche strategies the future? 2 4y
0 Buying a Business Out of Undergrad 2 5y
+9 Infra PE recruiting 8 5y
0 Apollo Insurance Solutions Group 6 3y
0 Pathway Capital Management - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Pathway Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+14 Standard Noncompete for Principal? 6 5y
+6 Case Study for PE / am a newb 1 5y
+3 Recruiting from Menlo Park IB 1 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Investor Relations Data 5y
+2 uchicago --> PE 2 5y
0 Is SASG FSA Certification (ESG) helpful for a career in PC / PE firm ? 1 5y
0 Windjammer Capital Investors - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Windjammer Capital Investors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Apollo - Transactional Program Associate 1 5y
0 How and when do you reach out to companies & founders for DD? 1 5y
0 Brookfield PE - New York vs Toronto 2 5y
0 need some associate help.. easy question on cash burn 4 5y
0 PE vs HF questions 1 5y
0 Private equity 1 5y
+6 Anyone heard about Glenfarne Group? 13 2y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • 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 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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