+48 Investment Professional VS Operating Professional 33 5y
0 Does Anyone Have Insights on L'Oreal's BOLD Ventures? 1 5y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Venture Capital Data 5y
+46 Why Do Sponsors Hire Buyside Advisors 32 5y
+23 Turnaround/Distressed Fund Economics 10 4y
0 How tight is the pre-MBA PE experience requirement? 3 5y
0 Landmark Partners - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+18 Value of MBA for PE/GE 6 5y
+11 Messed up the modelling test - what to do 8 5y
+31 Entrepreneurial / Low Scale PE 14 5y
+4 Dartmouth Partners Phone Interview - Tristan Capital Partners 10 5y
+142 Q&A: Associate at MM Private Equity fund 54 5y
+5 Does anyone have insights on Charterhouse Capital Partners? 12 4y
0 How is it possible to raise an extension round at the same valuation as the base round? (e.g., Series D extension off Series D at same valuation) 3 5y
0 Private Equity Ranking (2021) 3 5y
+60 I invest in GP-led secondaries, and it’s awesome. 93 1y
0 How Has WLB in PE Been for Associates in NYC? 3 5y
+3 Want to work for a SPAC 2 5y
0 Private Equity SA Phone Interview Help 1 5y
+7 Future of Industrials and the "Old Economy" 4 5y
+14 Non-Integrated Platform 2 3y
0 Neuberger Berman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+25 [2nd year Asso] Am I getting fked over? 10 5y
0 Forced seller and forced buyer? Moyer book 1 5y
0 Sun Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Sun Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+416 Girlfriend vs PE 86 3y
0 Blackstone US Diverse Leaders 2021 1 5y
+11 Thoughts on PE Strategy / Portfolio roles? 7 5y
+62 Managing your own money 27 4y
0 Interviewing at lower MM PE shops in London 1 5y
0 Acquisition - balance sheet changes 1 5y
+8 Mezzanine Balance | Paper LBO Model 3 3y
0 Beach Point Capital Management - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Beach Point Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Starting at ~$1-3B PE shop with 2-and-out program, should I be worried about staying in PE? 5 5y
+6 How is Blackstone PE structured? 3 5y
0 Vistria Group (Chicago) - Insight? 5 3y
+15 Dividend with negative retained earnings? 6 5y
+17 Fellow PE professionals - what are you looking for out of life and how does your career fit in to that? 6 5y
+34 Mega Funds at the Mid-level 28 5y
0 Sentinel Capital Partners 7 4y
0 Tailwind Capital - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Tailwind Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+13 OceanSound Partners 20 1y
+3 Oaktree Future Leaders Program -Any Updates? 15 4y
0 Investment Banker Contact List - Barter? 6 3y
+13 Best MF Growth Practices? 9 5y
0 Resources for Software M&A/LBO? 1 5y
0 Have HH Been Reaching Out? 1 5y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Partners Group - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Barings PE / Real Asset Fund 1 3y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+12 iBank Recommendations 9 5y
0 Koch Industries - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Koch Industries - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Bradford Allen Realty Services - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Tortoise Investment Management - Review - Energy Data 5y
0 Tortoise Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
0 Evercore - Review - Equity Research Data 5y
+10 Permanent Equity 3 4y
0 Resource for Case Studies 2 5y
0 Preparation for Special Ops/Distressed PE internship interview 3 5y
+15 Email in LinkedIn bio 7 10mo
0 Greenhill - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+43 Private equity straight out of undergrad, Pros & cons? 32 3y
0 Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Capital Group Private Markets 1 5y
+78 Investing jobs with the best comp to lifestyle ratio 53 5y
+3 Moving job location 1 5y
+12 Experience engineer and business operator, seeking advice to break into PE. 1 5y
0 Copley Equity Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Copley Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Bain Capital - Interview - Operations Data 5y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+43 Best/biggest PE firms that focus on software? 36 5y
+11 What do you do with swag from previous funds? 17 1y
+4 What percentage of your PE associate class stayed in PE / finance? 1 5y
0 JUMP Investors - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 New equity value post M&A 1 5y
+12 Thoughts on K1 in LA? 16 3y
+3 Should I Network Now for On-cycle? 3 4y
+33 Private Equity Lawyers 6 4y
0 Want to get into private credit, no relevant experience 7 5y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Review - Real Estate Data 5y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+12 PE IR Compensation after IB 1 5y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Cove Hill Partners Analyst Program 4 2y
0 Non-Modeling group -> M&A/Coverage, When to Recruit? 4 5y
0 Best databases to search for businesses? 2 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
0 Alpha Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 BlackRock - Review - Private Equity Data 5y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y

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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%

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August 2026 Investment Banking

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