0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 EnCap Investments L.P. - Review - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 EnCap Investments L.P. - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 6y
+13 LBO sources of financing 2 6y
+3 Debt-assumed - how does it appear on Levered Equity Return Bridge? 1 6y
+9 Working Capital Technical Questions 1 6y
+3 Bain Capital Analyst Interviews 1 6y
+12 Private Equity Strategies? 1 6y
+3 Megafund Principals 1 6y
+12 Building Proprietary Deal Sourcing Process 1 6y
+3 Management roll - do you include independent directors’ shares? 1 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+14 Accurate of MOIC estimation 2 6y
0 Onex - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Two and out 0 6y
+3 Blackstone FT 2020 1 6y
+42 Leave PE for Corp Dev VP role? 16 6y
+5 How to think about management equity plan? 1 6y
+3 2021 Headhunter Video Interview Prep 1 6y
0 AEW Capital Management - Review - Real Estate Data 6y
0 AEW Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+12 GS MDA PIA - Would you take it? 1 6y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 6y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Investment Research Data 6y
+5 Lateral before On-Cycle 3 6y
+3 Dividend payment with a minimum cash balance 3 6y
+6 Ares Interview 6 2y
+4 How to decide how much leverage a company can take? 4 6y
+3 Intro materials on Financial due diligence? 1 6y
+22 Midlevel Bankers 4 6y
0 Bessemer Trust - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Golden Gate Capital - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Golden Gate Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+271 Fired from PE firm for getting too drunk at company outing 54 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+24 Dysfunctional Relationships between PE Fund and PortCo Executives 8 6y
+13 Following up with MF for second time 7 6y
+53 Q&A: Non-target to Private Equity 7 6y
+121 Do PE funds stop caring about certain investments once the fund has crushed it? 25 6y
+21 Get reps/real deal intricacies? 4 6y
+7 Insight on Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) - 2019 4 6y
+25 PE LBO modeling test for juniors 8 6y
+12 Would this make a good token? 1 6y
0 Summit Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+149 GS AIMS Private Equity Group 78 1y
+12 References before interview? 1 6y
+6 Search Funds - is this still a thing? 3 6y
+22 Best pracitces when auditing models? 11 6y
+10 Has anyone delayed PE associate start date by a year? 9 6y
+9 How do you decide on a firm? 1 6y
+46 Considering moving back to IB after 2yrs in MM PE 13 6y
+15 Capital lease in LBO? 4 6y
+10 $700 Billion USD Biotech Industry 6 6y
+15 PE Recruiting Cycles 2020/2021 1 6y
+12 Marketing Tactics by Investment Firms of All Types? 1 6y
+12 UK Private Debt Analyst - Concerns about becoming a generalist 4 6y
+9 High Accuracy strategy currency 1 6y
+22 MBA -> PE without prior PE experience? 4 6y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+4 Susquehanna International Group thoughts? 1 6y
+21 It's Weekly Quiz Time - Win A Year of WSO Premium (80,000+ Interview and Salary Data Points), $299 Value, for FREE! 1 6y
+24 Consultant-friendly PE shops in London 7 4y
+3 PE deal sheets and PE investment memos 1 6y
0 TPG Global - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+9 Carried Interest: Sunset or expiration after vesting? 1 6y
+6 Feelings on Your Firm's Internal Recruitment Capabilities? 1 6y
0 Birch Hill Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+12 Letter of Reference/ Letter of performance/ Performance Review/ Certicificate of Employment 1 5y
+9 Carried Interests In Secondary Funds 1 6y
+25 Carried Interest Language in Contract - is this normal? 6 6y
+3 Carried interests in debt funds 3 6y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 6y
0 Cain Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+20 Trading to Private Equity? 4 6y
+66 [Experience] Road to PE - Investment Analyst in a MegaFund 20 6y
+15 Using GTM on companies where the last financing round was over a year ago. Does it make sense? 1 6y
+6 2021 Headhunter chats 3 6y
+15 AllianceBernstein Energy Opportunities 3 5y
+3 Can anyone here shed light on post-MBA PE recruiting? 1 6y
0 Allianz Asset Management - Interview - Other Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 6y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
0 KPMG - Review - Audit Data 6y
+54 New Addition to WSO Private Equity Interview Course - Deal Sheets with Audio 9 6y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 6y
+9 R&W in Minority Transaction 1 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+12 Finishing up my first PE internship, not sure where to go next. 1 6y
+225 Elizabeth Warren - “Stop Wall Street Looting Act” 46 6y
0 JMI Equity - Review - Technology Data 6y
0 JMI Equity - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 6y
0 Novacap - Review - NA Data 6y
0 Novacap - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+4 Switching Industries (Moving to Finance) 1 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • 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

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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