+12 Screening in CIQ for firms acquired via LBO - historic 2 10y
0 Changing Industry Focus 4 10y
0 PE internship - door opener or irrelevant? 16 10y
0 Many things happened and I'm just full of doubts... Help! 3 6y
0 Glenmede private investments internship 0 10y
+30 Why should sponsor care about previous leverage of target company? 11 10y
0 Reaching out to old acquaintences 3 10y
0 Historical Returns By Fund Size 1 10y
+3 Part-Time PE Internships in London - any opportunities? 2 6y
0 How does Staffing work in Private Equity? 4 10y
+20 ~$100mm fund analyst offer straight from undergrad- to take or not? 9 7y
+19 Paycut to go to small buyside firm - advice needed 12 7y
+51 Boutique Investment Bank -> MM PE... Advice? 54 10y
0 AT Kearney to Private Equity 1 6y
+4 How Does a Jefferies IB analyst look to PE Recruiters vs a Bulge Bracket 3 10y
+15 PE Firms Reputation/Culture 10 5y
+12 Switch from financial due diligence to PE 3 6y
0 Technical question for VCs 0 6y
0 Carry vs. incentive bonus 1 10y
0 How many places did you interview at before you landed your PE gig? 6 10y
0 Transitioning from Corporate Accounting in Financial Services to Investment Analysis 0 10y
+24 Google APM vs McKinsey as first job to start company 8 10y
+33 Private Equity 101 7 8y
+13 Tanking a Small Cap Company private ($ Rev. ~$50m-$80m) 2 10y
+14 Put yourself in my shoes (BIG 4 TS) 12 9y
+15 Technical Question: Cash-on-Cash Return LBO model 1st year 4 10y
+31 Square's IPO: Silicon Valley Finance meets Wall Street 8 6y
+8 Toronto PE salary + bonus 2 6y
+33 Oaktree Modeling Test /Case Study 100 1mo
0 PE search fund: What is the best way to come up with a list of potential acquisition targets in a particular city? 0 10y
+8 Terra Firma Video Interview 9 9y
+18 PE Funds where Ops works with deal team pre-deal 20 10y
0 PE Reporting Job 0 10y
+28 Corp. Dev. to PE 28 5y
+8 Private Debt prep 2 10y
+38 Initial Headhunter Meetings 26 3y
+23 Private Equity Fundraising 32 7y
+38 Would you go work for a start-up PE firm? 9 10y
0 "Test" for final Stage Interview 0 6y
0 % Change on IRR Breakdown 0 10y
0 Anyone familiar with PEFs in Japan? 3 6y
+95 Where is the industry going for young professionals? 24 10y
+7 Technical PE Interview Question: IPO Share Issuance 1 9y
0 Recruiters and Preferences 0 10y
0 An Amino Acid deal in China, any suggestions? 0 6y
0 Distribution Business Models 1 10y
0 Apple Iphone 6s / Samsung Galaxy S6 edge ( Buy 2 get 1 free ) 0 10y
0 Oaktree Distressed Debt? Is it PE or HF? 4 10y
+12 LBO Model - No Historical Financials 2 10y
+41 Value creation deconstruction in LBOs 19 3y
0 Clients for CarterPierce? 5 6y
+19 How to have it all and blow it with greed 7 10y
+8 Trying to choose an Expert Network - Need Advice/Feedback 9 3w
0 CIRA on resume? 2 10y
+51 Sourcing Deals - Analyst 29 10y
0 From loan capital markets to private equity/investment banking 0 10y
+10 Current Capital LLC 10 10y
+20 why is EV/EBITDA very high for online companies? 12 10y
+5 Oncap (Toronto PE) 5 2mo
+10 Monthly LBO model 1 10y
0 Where to move? 1 yr PE Secondaries exp. 2 10y
+49 No Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)! 15 10y
0 Versa Capital Management? 4 8y
0 Private Debt Fund Internships - Startdate ASAP 0 6y
0 Difference between growth funds 0 6y
0 Got 1 hour with a managing partner of a major PE. How do I kill it? 2 10y
0 [ISSUE 36] - Interesting Things... 2 10y
+43 Bombed a PE Modelling Test - Should message the interviewers explaining myself? 20 4y
0 Prudential Capital Group Assessment Test 58 4y
0 How to be promoted to Partner? 1 10y
0 Private Equity after Medical School: Possible or a pure Utopia? 2 10y
0 Start-Up HELP! 1 2y
0 Direct Lending Interview Questions - What to expect? 4 7y
+12 Hedge Fund Acquisitions and Valuations - KKR Takes 24.9% Stake in Marshall Wace 1 10y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 10y
0 Debt fund returns / IRR 10 6y
+1 Beware GoBuyside 3 8y
0 Starting directly in PE from grad school 0 6y
+13 PE at Abraaj vs. Corporate Development in US 3 6y
0 The Never Ending Debate with Nuclear Reactors for the Environment 0 6y
0 Researching Firms 0 10y
0 Private Equity Associate Off Cycle Recruiting 8 10y
0 Relationship Manager ->Actuarial Analyst -> PE analyst offer(24 Yo). What now? 0 6y
+56 Private Equity 2/20 business model 55 10y
0 PE Asset Management/ FoF / Consulting - Career Path 3 10y
+32 PE Investment Memo Examples? 14 11mo
0 Not the usual transition question 2 10y
+22 PE Funds That Sponsor MBA 22 9y
0 2nd Round coming up - HELP! 2 10y
0 Need Case Studies 0 10y
+9 How to talk with the VP, super fan of the LOTR and GOT 5 10y
0 Fund closing 8 months into my time there vol: what next 2 10y
+8 Excel fiancial model 8 10y
+10 What's the point of "breaking in" when you'll most likely just get spit back out? 22 10y
0 Boutique PE firms 8 10y
+9 Moving from LA Boutique to NY PE 3 6y
+25 PE first round interview at mega fund 22 6y
0 Modeling debt paydown monthly 7 10y
0 African debt financing 3 10y
0 Best Study Guides 4 10y

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