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+21 Got led on by a boutique PE/Search Fund...offered me an unpaid internship 14 6y
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+9 Canada IB to US MM PE 9 3y
+5 The Oxbridge Group - Pre-MBA PE Initial Recruiting Interview 4 6y
+11 What happens to investments past a fund's life cycle? 1 6y
+6 LBO - Why is revenue seasonality a problem? 4 6y
+20 How does the PE partner track work? 12 4y
0 BlackRock - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Case Study - Discuss Sensitivity Tables/ Model Output 1 6y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
+6 Exit Ops from Oil & Gas 2 6y
+14 How to do well in unstructured environment? 2 6y
0 Neuberger Berman - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Secondaries Data 6y
0 Centre Lane Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+10 Successful FIG PE Investments 1 6y
+3 MM PE Internship Offer But No Return Offer 1 6y
+16 Lendtech reading reccomendations? 4 6y
+34 What does “Low Energy” really mean? 18 4y
+12 Middle Market PE: Time from office interview to offer 2 6y
+35 LMM PE Hiring 10 2y
+33 HeadHunters for European PE 7 5y
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0 Fulcrum Capital Partners Inc - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+3 How to model debt? 4 6y
+103 (Mis)adventures in PE fundraising (part 2) 15 6y
+3 DELETED 2.18.20 1 6y
+3 CPI (headhunter) 1 6y
+12 Leaving a Sourcing Role? 1 6y
+12 Transitioning from asset management to PE? 1 6y
+26 LBO Urgent advice - why subtract dividends from sponsor equity 7 6y
+41 Headhunting Side Hustle: (1) Collect IB Analyst Resumes (2) ??? (3) Herd Monkeys (4) Profit 6 5y
+15 Diff btw Senior Associate & Associate in PE? 4 4y
+13 Underwriting 1L vs 2L 4 6y
+20 More PE bubble stuff - Is PE Having Its WeWork Moment…??? 9 6y
+12 Accelerator Program for Acquiring SaaS Companies 1 6y
+15 Valuing early stage / pre revenue B2B e-commerce startups 10 2y
+12 Am I wasting my time caring about honors? 1 6y
+24 WSO Special Situations Oilfield Case Study Issues 1 6y
+4 IB to PE pipeline 1 6y
+3 Presenting my LBO interview pitch tomorrow and discovered a spelling mistake...how would you recover from this fumble? 1 6y
+12 NEED HELP: Tech sales guy trying to break into REPE 1 6y
0 Private Advisors - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+14 Rollup industry 3 6y
+26 PE Associate Offer - Comp Too Low? 29 6y
+3 PE firms with Analyst programs? 1 6y
+31 Low ACT Score and PE 25 5y
0 Boyne Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Transaction Advisory Services Data 6y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - NA Data 6y
+23 Do you think PE prepares you to have your own business/be a CEO? 6 6y
+16 Restructuring/Turnaround Advisory to Distressed Funds 14 6y
+13 How to calculate dilution for additional shares being offered? 3 6y
+3 Undergrad Analyst Positions for PE 1 6y
+22 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 6y
+3 Non-technical background for Industry groups 1 6y
+7 Head hunters for Colorado or Austin PE? 2 6y
+86 Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Overview 37 3y
+17 Biographies on PE/HF Entrepreneurs 12 5y
+15 PE Secondaries / Co-invest comp? (Alpinvest, Blackstone, etc) 10 5y
+3 Case Study for PE firm that invests in upstream commodities companies 1 6y
+12 PE Valuations exit opps 1 6y
+3 How long to stay? 3 6y
0 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 6y
+9 No word after PE offer? 4 6y
+10 PE for FIGs 2 3y
+6 Miami / South Florida Private Equity Compensation 3 6y
+7 Growth financing - what does it mean and how does it work? 2 6y
+4 Importance of acting skills 2 6y
+12 90 minute LBO modelling test 1 6y
0 Greenspring Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+22 Negotiating pay raise with inter-company conflicts 3 6y
+6 List of west coast technology-focused credit funds? 3 6y
+23 LBO Returns Analysis 6 6y
+3 Who are some of the best Angel Investors? 1 6y
+3 What are some good funds that do both consumer & software? 1 6y
+28 Internal M&A at a portfolio company owned by a LMM PE shop 4 6y
+23 Private debt comp (excl NYC) 17 6y
+11 Varagon capital partners Analyst Role 10 3y
+3 Recruiter for DST Global? 1 6y
+77 URGENT: Take offer at Insight or UMM fund? 26 5y
+3 Finance FO- bouncing back from failure? 1 6y
+13 Unlevered IRR for an LBO 6 6y
0 JUMP Investors - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+10 Next steps after PE offer 2 6y
+3 Oaktree’s headhunter 4 6y
+4 Lateral recruiting - how long did it take for you to find a job? 2 6y
+12 Anti-Dilution Math 1 6y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+6 Starting a Search Fund or REPE Fund (LMM) - What do you pick and why? 2 2y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 6y
+9 Placement Agent - Breaking in from industry or grad school 1 6y
+3 Where to grab industry outlook reports? 1 6y
+12 Take MM offer or go for UMM/MF? 2 5y
+3 Undervalued/overvalued verticals? 1 6y
0 Advent Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+21 MM PE Final Round Associate Interview Conversion Rates (Off-Cycle) 6 6y

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