+5 Unfunded growth : valuation 2 5y
0 Audax Group - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+15 Software modeling? 14 4y
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? 15 2mo
+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 5y
+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 10mo
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
+9 Investir 0 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+7 OTPP Global Strategic Relationships 12 5y
+8 Freshman Internship -> PE 11 5y
0 Taxes and diversity in PE 1 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+9 What Is The Best Path To Private Equity For Me? 2 5y
0 Neuberger Berman - Review - Private Banking Data 5y
0 Global Infrastructure Partners - Interview - Power Data 5y
+4 PE --> HF --> PE? 5 5y
+9 Learn secret to eternal happiness in 30 seconds 1 5y
0 American Infrastructure MLP Funds - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
+15 Should I go into private credit out of undergrad? 11 4y
+10 Is Low tier BB IBD > Top tier REPE > Corporate PE possible? 4 5y
0 Bintang Capital Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Temasek - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 GS Special Situations Asia 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+11 BDT Capital Partners 16 3y
+14 Tips for catching careless errors 10 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+9 Lateraling from MBB to PE 1 5y
0 UBS Infrastructure Investing 4 5y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+19 Consultant Lateral to IB -> PE 4 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 5y
+198 COVID driving 'high finance' professionals into career 180s? 65 4y
+6 NPL / distressed credit case study 1 5y
+34 Private equity IRR fund accounting? 12 5y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 5y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 5y
0 Determining capital structure in LBO case 1 5y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+11 Difference between Infra PE vs traditional pe modelling 5 2y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y

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November 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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November 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101
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