+9 Career Trajectory to PE 1 3y
+15 Interview Question: Disagreeing With A Fund's Investment 1 5y
0 Has anyone heard anything about Asia Pacific Land (APL)? 1 5y
0 Private Equity Origination - UMM 1 5y
+12 2 Headhunters offered me the same role. How to behave 6 5y
+3 Hg - headhunter in London 1 5y
+3 HH for Ares Alternative Credit 2 3y
0 Novacap - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+14 How does your "perfect LBO candidate" checklist look like ? 9 5y
+63 Comp Breakdown for MF PE Partner? 20 4y
+4 What kinds of funds do endowments write checks to? 3 5y
+5 Valuing PE Mgmt Companies 2 5y
0 Raine Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 PSA: Comp Data 1 5y
+13 Future of distressed debt/special situations investing? 11 4mo
0 Warburg Pincus - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
0 Providence Strategic Growth 1 5y
0 PE to Activist HF 4 5y
+12 Lateral to MF vs Stay at Current MM? 8 4y
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Trivest Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Trivest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+29 Pursuing a MBA while being in PE 19 5y
0 Ares 2022 SA 1 5y
+10 Latest views on Golden Gate Capital? 6 5y
0 TPG Sixth Street Partners - Interview - Special Situations Group Data 5y
+66 36 5y
+4 KKR Diversity Program 2022 20 4y
+19 How to review CIMs efficiently for the most important information? 5 5y
0 DW Healthcare Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+21 Growth Associate Comp 16 5y
0 Alpine Investors - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Starting a job in a private equity fund that buys european non performing loans. What do I need to know? 1 5y
+2 If you’re at a good bank, do you still need a good GPA to get PE interviews? 2 5y
+11 Any buy-side firms recruit at Duke or UMich Ross? 14 5y
0 Experiences working for an independent sponsor / LMM shop? 1 5y
+8 Dumb Question - What is the Point of Debt Amortization from a Returns Perspective? 4 5y
+5 Unfunded growth : valuation 2 5y
0 Audax Group - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+15 Software modeling? 14 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
0 KKR 2022 1 5y
0 HPS Investment Partners - Review - Special Situations Group Data 5y
0 HPS Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 5y
+3 PE Recruiting | Lateral 3 5y
0 PE Recruiting Timeline 1 5y
0 Blue Collective??? 6 4y
0 Landmark Partners - Review - Secondaries Data 5y
+6 Continuing Education 1 5y
+3 What is "market" comp for post-MBA VPs / Senior Associates? 1 5y
+7 Rule of 40 Deferred Revenues 8 5y
+12 Emerging Manager in Emerging Markets 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+7 Thoughts on BC Partners Credit? 14 1y
+53 The Gores brothers 34 5y
+4 Retention Cohort Analysis Examples 5 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+6 PE straight out of college 20 5y
+20 What do you do at a search fund 11 3y
0 PE Case Study Buy/Pass Recommendation 1 5y
+94 Ridiculous Job Postings 32 4y
+5 Fair compensation for Aso 1 17 5y
+4 Does Warburg have a Credit arm? 6 5y
+32 Tiger's Pace of Investing 26 5y
0 WithumSmithBrown - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 WithumSmithBrown - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 M&A law to buy side? 3 5y
0 Bain Capital: PIPE Summer Analyst 2022 1 3y
+6 Private Equity CRM 11 3y
0 Junior Pay - Base salaries 2 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+24 [Compensation discussion] Is there much benefit to joining a first time fund at the Associate level? 12 4y
+7 Private Equity 1 5y
+12 Warburg Pincus increased junior TC by +30% 13 5y
+36 Lateral PE Recruiting 36 1y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+5 Gryphon Investors (SF Office) 10 7mo
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+6 Possibility to accelerate process post-decision round interview? 1 5y
+1 Credit to PE 3 5y
+11 What would you prefer for the post-COVID working setup? 5 5y
0 Warburg Pincus - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+14 SaaS Interview Question: Bring on a multi-billion dollar enterprise client on at $1M / year or $300K / year? 4 5y
0 Restructuring Advisory to Distressed or Ordinary PE? 1 5y
0 Sophomore Student Advice 1 5y
+15 Big Four TAS > Lateral IB Analyst - When to Recruit for PE 7 5y
+9 Career Advice 1 5y
+9 Is an MBA the best way to break in to PE from a pension fund? 1 5y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Credit Data 5y
0 Symphony Technology Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
+18 Employment letter does not specify value for target bonus, and does not specify carry allocation (carry offered verbally, not in letter)? Either of these normal? 14 5y
0 Thoughts on Beehouse? 1 5y
+9 PE firms in Nashville/Brentwood and moving from IB Ops 6 5y
+8 Permira London - Thoughts? 7 5y
+9 LBO exercise question 2 5y
+17 Work Ethic 8 5y
0 Ironwood Capital 1 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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