+17 How would you go about estimating market size for a horizontal saas company? 4 5y
+8 Secondary Private Equity Firms 2 5y
0 Roles in PE 0 5y
+22 BlackRock to PE/HF? 6 5y
0 Interview with PE firm that was a buyer on one of my resume deals 1 5y
0 Am I being realistic with MM PE hours? 4 5y
+6 BB FT 2022 Recruiting Process 7 5y
0 How to internally transfer: 0 5y
0 Khazanah Nasional Berhad - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Thinking through new buyside options. Get extremely deep into companies, what's a good fit? 1 5y
0 KingSett Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+13 Blackstone Future Women Leaders Program 2021 25 4y
0 MF PE Path 5 5y
0 Mill Creek Residential Trust - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Pomona Farms/Agri PE 1 5y
+35 Get Free Access To Our Private Equity Interview Course ($297 Value) 9 5y
+20 Monday @Mentions April 21, 2014 4 5y
+24 Buyout to Earlier Stage Investing 14 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Special Situations Group Data 5y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 delete 0 5y
0 EIG Global Energy Partners - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 5y
0 EQT Partners - Interview - Technology Data 5y
+6 Difference between primary fund of funds and secondary fund of funds? 0 5y
0 Questions about PE/HF 3 5y
+8 Growth to Buyout Transition 5 2y
0 Operationally Focussed Funds - LDN 1 5y
+9 What would you consider a typical variability in IRR between base and optimistic? 0 5y
+3 Reaching out to Firms Directly? 2 5y
+7 Harbourvest - Thoughts 2 3y
0 Board and Investor Management systems 0 5y
+19 Updated info on Oaktree Internships? 54 3y
+2 Bonus Payout from New Buyside Job 1 5y
0 The headhunter that got me my current job also represents the firm to which I would like to lateral 4 5y
+10 Put Right in Debt-Like Pref 6 5y
+18 MF Growth Teams Comp 21 5y
0 Can TEV be less than book value of assets? What does this mean? 0 5y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 5y
+11 Financial modeling for ports investment decision 2 5y
+12 LBO - Carve-Out/Divesture Math 0 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+9 LBO Modeling from 10K-- can I exclude items from B/S in model to simplify? 4 5y
+119 First Year PE Associates - How Have You Been? 73 4y
0 Partners Group - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+15 Transaction role vs Asset Management role in Infra PE 1 5y
0 How to negotiate comp: moving from non-profit to PE 0 5y
0 CBRE - Review - NA Data 5y
0 CBRE - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Seeking partner for PE Case prep 0 5y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Water Street Search - are they credible? 5 5y
0 Portfolio Management / Restructuring Direct Lending Interview 0 5y
+12 Private Equity professionals in the gig economy 2 5y
0 Should I leave PE for corporate? Paycut and lower title most likely 0 5y
0 Left IB early - asking to repay signing bonus 9 5y
+12 Bain Capital Path Into Private Equity Summer 2021 3 5y
0 PwC - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+22 TORONTO 2020 1st-Year PE Associate Compensation 16 5y
0 Private Equity Interview Guide 2 5y
+18 PE Analyst Programs 18 5y
0 UPE Analyst Programs 0 5y
0 Cash out / cash in - how to treat? 0 5y
+13 Temasek Investment Group (IG) NYC 48 4y
0 Barings - Review - Secondaries Data 5y
0 Barings - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 5y
0 K1 Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Business Development Data 5y
+11 KKR Industry Groups 8 5y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 5y
+8 Pitch me an LBO candidate - idea generation 4 5mo
+12 Solving for purchase price of private company 3 5y
+21 UMM+Bain Cap - can I make it with my profile? 10 5y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+15 Yoo Credit Dawgs, How're You Making Money? 16 5y
+52 Does it ever get better? 18 5y
+24 Smaller fund or Mega Fund? 26 5y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+12 Chances at PE Recruiting with low GPA 22 5y
+17 Atalaya, Beach Point, Victory Park? 14 5y
+11 Private credit firm with 25%+ unlevered IRR?! 11 5y
0 Star Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+7 Picking up the TECHNICALS 1 5y
0 Questions for headhunters? 2 5y
0 Accel-KKR - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Accel-KKR - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+32 What's the definition of 'good hours' in PE? 35 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt and or High Yield Data 5y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+333 Q&A: Non-target → Top Bucket SSG Private Credit/Direct Lending 66 3y
+6 Stone Point Capital FT Analyst? 3 3y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+3 From Consulting to PE (no DD exp) 0 5y
0 Rosewood Private Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 StepStone Group SA 2021 7 3y
0 Requesting Funding Help wanted 0 5y
0 Budgeting 1 5y
0 Lateraling after a couple months 3 5y
0 Energy trader to Energy PE? 3 5y
+2 BB Equity Research to PE? 2 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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