+13 FIG to generalist PE? 4 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 KPMG - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+8 I Want to Start My Own PE Fund in 15 Years... 1 6y
+40 PE Associate Not Closing a Deal 28 3y
+38 Would you leave in this situation? 8 6y
+3 What is recruiting out of pre-MBA PE Associate positions like? 1 6y
+16 What's easier to raise AUM (PE/credit)? 11 6y
0 Search Fund Accelerator - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+3 TSG Consumer 1 6y
0 Search Fund Accelerator - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+15 Investment Idea Preparation - Feasibility 3 6y
+7 How / when did you know you would make it? 3 6y
+92 Arctos Sports Partners / Sports Private Equity 21 2mo
+16 M&A and LBO model 5 4y
+1 What's the difference between Credit lending/investments and Equity investments 1 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Review - Natural Resources Data 6y
+20 Working at Preqin - Research Associate 6 6y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 6y
+3 South Branch Capital Partners? 1 6y
+19 CD&R Fund XI - $10bn Already Raised / $13bn Target 12 4y
+12 Funds with a flexible investment mandate? Ie; where IPs can invest in both debt and equity opportunities. 2 6y
+5 PE background check questions 3 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Sales Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Sales Data 6y
+3 How’re you prioritizing your portfolio? 1 6y
0 Greenspring Associates - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+1 Tiger Global - Any info? 1 6y
+3 PE recruiting during MBA - what does it look like? 1 6y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+18 Sources and uses help!! 6 6y
+31 Management Option Pool LBO Question 21 3y
+4 Things to look at in a Real Estate Company 2 6y
+23 Paper LBO mistake - fatal?? 10 6y
+3 Need help with case study 1 6y
+16 Parthenon cCapital Analyst Program 18 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Golden Gate Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 Sentinel Real Estate - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Cambridge Associates - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Cambridge Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+19 Veritas Capital? 10 5y
+48 Anyone willing to share a PE interview case study? 51 3y
+41 Private Equity in South Florida 10 6y
0 Insight Venture Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+61 DIP Financing as a Strategy to Ownership 46 6y
+9 Best IB Groups in London for PE Exits 6 5y
+22 GS MBD Working Hours 13 5y
0 Battery Ventures - Interview - Venture Capital Data 6y
+35 MBB -> PE Operating Group 16 6y
+12 PE Portfolio Risk Mgmt / Diversification 1 6y
0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+5 Is PE networking similar to IB networking? 3 6y
+5 PE exit difference between Chicago and NYC 4 4y
+3 Is it game over if you don’t finish the modelling test? 4 6y
+38 Which investing strategy will be most challenged this decade (‘20 through ‘29)? 7 6y
+15 How viable is middle market PE long-term? 3 6y
+12 PE Operating Role 2 6y
+66 LA PE Firms Rep / Culture - LGP, Ares, Platinum Equity, Marlin Equity 93 4y
+38 Private Credit Questions 26 4y
+3 Anyone I’viewed wt Brookfield Toronto? 1 6y
+33 Coding in Private Equity 16 6y
0 Platinum Equity - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+10 Energy Transition PE/GE Firms 1 6y
+9 PIPEs - Capped Call Options 1 6y
+9 Best books to read for an associate job in Tech PE? 5 6y
+33 PE: MF vs start up 8 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Asset Management Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 6y
0 CVCapital - Review - Credit Data 6y
0 CVCapital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 6y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 6y
+3 PIK Notes with OID? 1 6y
+27 PE folks: What's your initial dilligence framework / workflow? 7 5y
+2 Evercore Exit Ops 5 6y
+81 MM pe vs MF 29 2y
+39 Silver Point vs. MF PE Analyst 18 6y
0 Copley Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+12 LBO - Calculating Impl. Entry given Target IRR 2 6y
+12 How to Make Assumptions for Paper LBO 0 6y
+3 Consumer & Retail UMM / MM PE shops 1 6y
+23 Culture at UMM / MM PE shops 16 6y
+3 How do debt prepayment penalties flow through an LBO? 2 6y
+9 VP Transition 2 6y
+25 Making Sense of Working Capital Requirements 6 6y
+45 Thoughts on ESG/SRI/Impact Investing 8 4y
0 Hamilton Lane - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+36 How’s fund raising going? 12 6y
+18 Analyst in IB -> Analyst in PE? 5 6y
+14 Impact of COVID-19 on Private Equity 8 6y
+18 Moving from PE to distressed/turnaround 1 6y
+11 Dual Share Class Companies 1 4y
+5 730 gmat but low gpa :( 3 6y

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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%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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