+3 private equity agriculture investments in the Southeast Asian 1 8y
+33 Really need some career advice. Thank you for your time. 7 6y
+9 recruiting for NYC PE coming from Chicago IB? 1 6y
+5 Need Advice: Big Career Shift 3 8y
+37 Recruiting timeline for megafund? 53 8y
+27 How would you structure your PE comp package based on these constraints? What % carry? 1 8y
0 TPG Global - Review - Treasury Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 8y
+7 Catalyst group Inc - Toronto 4 6y
0 Apax Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+89 Private Equity Interview Questions - 13 Topics to Know 41 3y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+33 How Rigid is the IB > PE > MBA Model? 3 8y
+6 LBO Practice with CIM 2 6y
+19 MM PE Analyst Position Interview - No Response post 15 min chat 6 7y
0 3G Capital - Salary & Bonus - Commodities Data 8y
+12 Adams Street Partners Internship 6 1y
+12 PE secondary market- What to look at when you buy from another PE firms? 1 8y
0 Seaport Capital - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Natural Resources Data 8y
+39 Traditional MM PE Associate role or Partner in a new Fund? 5 6y
+3 Information on JP Morgan Private Equity Group 1 8y
+38 Going straight into PE megafund skipping IB: Need Advice 16 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Advice Needed: REPE v Cushy Corp Finance Job 1 6y
+12 Double Major or Single Major w/personal learning 1 8y
+6 Infrastructure Interview Case Study 1 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Landmark Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Landmark Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+15 How to convince a PE firm to hire you full time out of undergrad? 2 8y
+25 1.5 Hour LBO Test 10 6y
+20 No interview scheduled after invite, should I follow up again? 6 8y
+3 JP Morgan Private Equity Group 1 8y
+11 Internship: secondary PE or boutique IB for direct PE? 6 8y
+64 One Rock Capital - Thoughts? 69 1mo
0 Partners Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+12 Networking strategy for lateral entry in Canadian PE (with Asian PE/IBD/AM experience) 1 6y
+62 What skill set would be the most applicable to Private Equity? 29 7y
+5 Campbell Lutyens Opinions? 1 6y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 8y
+12 BlackBerry CEO John Chen gets $128-million award to stay on for at least 5 more years 1 6y
+12 Transitioning from law to PE 1 8y
+24 PE Business Development Role 6 3y
+13 Pitch me an investment - Private Equity Interview 4 3y
+14 City Light Capital: Any info? 7 8y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 8y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+12 Stocks are getting pounded today as the Facebook data scandal slams tech sector 1 6y
+20 Women in Private Equity? 13 8y
0 Fosun - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
+16 Consulting PE DD Exit Opps 4 8y
0 Madison Dearborn Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+29 Leaving MBB for MM PE career advice 7 8y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 8y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 8y
+27 Moving from Private Equity to Investment Banking (HELP) 8 6y
+14 MoIC computation 4 8y
+25 Interview - Case study help (Urgent) 9 7y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 8y
+3 Private Equity consultant interview 1 8y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+6 GIC Direct Investment Group 3 7y
+15 Undergrad GPA for megafund 7 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Review - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 8y
+12 Portfolio Tracking for Angel Fund 1 8y
+126 Going from MM Investment Bank to Mega-Fund 27 8y
0 Fosun - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Fosun - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+79 Private Equity Exit Opportunities 36 3y
0 Torchlight Investors - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
+3 REPE in London/EUROPE 1 6y
0 Audax Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Apax Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+12 Meeting PE recruiters before starting IBD FT 5 4y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
+101 Consulting to Private Equity 78 4y
0 Siguler Guff - Salary & Bonus - Marketing Data 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+29 LPs/Investor Return Structure 7 8y
+20 Pre-Money vs Post Money Valuation 8 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Real Estate Data 8y
+7 Dividend Recaps for Smaller Companies? 3 8y
+10 Lower MM PE opportunity - exit opps? 4 8y
+21 Deal vs Ops Side in PE 3 8y
+40 Breaking into Canadian PE industry with non Canadian/US experience 18 4y
0 The Abraaj Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+1 What happened at The Abraaj Group? 1 8y

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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