+5 Accordian - Private Equity Consulting 2 4y
0 Alvarez & Marsal - Review - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Alvarez & Marsal - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
+9 M&A Associate to PE Recruiting Steps 5 5y
0 Lone Star Funds - Review - Real Estate Data 5y
0 Lone Star Funds - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+49 Seem to always fail at the final / semi-final stage in PE interviews 25 1y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Breaking into hybrid PE / HF funds? 1 5y
0 TPG Industrials, any info? Any mobility within TPG between sectors, geographies? 1 5y
0 What it takes ? Imposter Syndrome 4 5y
0 GS Offer-Rejection Protocol 1 5y
0 IT / Technical DD Providers 2 5y
0 Dmelelektkekdkfbdbebk djfikdkekekfkckviiriffi fugufigugiigkgigigigigifi 1 5y
+7 Capital Dynamics -- Co-Investments 7 4y
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 5y
+53 Q&A: Big 4 Audit -> TAS -> Private Credit 29 1y
+5 Why would someone work for a middle market PE firm? 7 5y
0 Private Equity Introductory Meeting 1 5y
+15 Advice on breaking into Private Equity. 5 5y
0 Asked to improve on speed - what's the best way to demonstrate? 3 5y
0 New York Pwr Authority - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+3 HIG capital London 1 5y
+6 Who Are the Sixth Street Partners? 7 5y
0 Is the grass ever greener on the other side? 2 5y
0 DU Angels - Interview - NA Data 5y
+5 How do private equity companies find opportunities? 1 5y
0 Valuation Analyst exits (Not Big 4) 1 5y
0 DDM vs DCF 1 5y
+7 Would you jump ship from IB to BX GSO? 8 5y
0 What type of case interviews for Portfolio Company Business Operations / value creation are typically given to associates? 1 5y
+5 Thoughts on Advent 5 2y
+24 Pigeonholing yourself in Energy PE 31 5y
+15 Canada MM PE Comp 11 4y
0 GTCR - Review - Financial Services Data 5y
0 GTCR - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+4 TA Associates 5 3y
0 JUMP Investors - Review - Venture Capital Data 5y
0 JUMP Investors - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 5y
+18 PE H1B / green card 21 4y
+57 Learning the theory of an LBO 19 2y
+3 Wynnchurch Headhunter 1 5y
0 Liquor Industry Research 2 2y
+8 Understanding the Actual Structure of an LBO 2 5y
0 PE Case Study Tips 1 5y
0 Alvarez & Marsal - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 5y
+20 Value Based Care 6 5y
+16 Do Asian Females Count as Diversity 15 5y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 bcIMC - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
+23 Lateral 1Y associate to first time fund - comp expectations? 16 5y
0 AEA Investors - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 What percent of funds fail to meet hurdle rate 1 5y
0 GS Friday Superday -- Turnaround time? 3 4y
0 Useful bschool programs for PE 14 5y
+36 Consumer PE - What does the landscape look like? 25 5y
+12 IP Law grad to Compliance Consulting, to possibly HF/PE?! 5 4y
0 Merchant Banking Goldman Sachs - Fund Financing Analyst Interview 2 5y
+3 Any 2021 Firms Still Hiring for Summer 1 5y
+72 Breaking into Private Equity after being a Product Manager for 3 years? 45 5y
+42 Apollo FIG PE 23 2y
+26 Breaking into private equity from consulting 4 5y
0 PE case study help! 1 4y
0 OTPP HK Private Capital Internship 1 5y
0 Alpinvest 6 4y
+4 Solamere Capital 9 5y
+32 Pretending you've modeled in interviews 20 5y
0 PE Ops Recruiters 1 5y
+8 Why can't you LBO a biopharma company 4 5y
0 Ardian - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Credit - Deal Structuring 3 5y
+11 NYC Rent & WFH 20 5y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+3 Using the same Headhunter to move to another PE job? 2 5y
+15 MF (BX, Apollo, Carlyle, KKR, TPG, Oaktree) vs BB (GS, MS, JP) 20 5y
+13 PE Operations? 8 5y
0 Dyal/Owl Rock getting sued by Golub 1 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Investor Relations Interview? 3 5y
0 APV Valuation 1 5y
0 Industry Wide Data 2 5y
+7 Megafund recruitment intake 6 5y
+10 Florida 7 5y
+13 Will the bad days ever end.. 7 5y
0 Corp Dev Internship at a PE Backed Company 4 5y
+10 starting to recruit for PE as an incoming IB analyst 5 5y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Comp Check (Senior Associate) - Does this sound "Market?" 9 3y
+3 Sourcing LBO Targets with access to Cap IQ 4 5y
0 Altamont Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+12 Modeling Tests 2 5y
0 Ask recruiter about comp? 5 5y
0 Current Private Equity Associate Resume Template 2 5y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+8 PE major help 6 5y
0 Portco VP Finance Equity Comp Expectations 1 5y
+10 Approaching PE recruiting from a lesser known bank? 2 4y
+19 Thoughts on Novacap? 13 3y
0 Early employee secondary sold at a discount in follow-on rounds - why? 1 5y

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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

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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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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