0 Compensation Study 9 17y
0 Blackstone PE UK applications 5 17y
0 How low would your bonus have to be for you to quit / go to business school? 5 17y
0 Is this a P/E firm? 0 17y
0 Stay or leave? 4 17y
0 Sandy Weill launches PE fund 2 17y
+18 Sun Capital Partners (Boca Raton, FL) 34 1y
+24 LBO book 11 6y
+64 FCF - Term Loan A vs Term Loan B 51 5y
0 Question on valuation of a video compression company 2 17y
0 middle market pe firms in new york 2 6y
0 Credit Suisse Strategic Partners 1 6y
0 Working closely with impressive founders of PE shop? 2 17y
0 patriarch partners 0 17y
0 Bain Capital Question 3 17y
+28 Interview Question - PIK Interest Accounting 40 3y
0 Rho in New York 2 6y
+11 How can you tell if it's a SOLID PE shop? 4 17y
0 Post-acquisition Operational Improvement Projects 10 17y
0 Carlyle Leveraged Finance 0 6y
0 MSD Capital: notable deals, culture, lifestyle, comp, etc? 7 9y
0 Good buy-side forums similar to WSO? 17 17y
0 MBA or Not? 0 17y
0 MBA or Not? 3 17y
0 List of Private Equity Firms 4 6y
0 Whats the street view on Lincolnshire Asset Management? 1 17y
0 Best buy-side firm to work for for juniors 2 17y
0 Common Industry Sectors at PE firms 11 17y
0 Infrastructure Funds exit opportunities 1 17y
0 Pemira 4 16y
0 Your degree in the long run 3 17y
0 modeling test - private equity 7 17y
0 Opinions Needed 4 17y
0 evaluate my PE associate offer 15 6y
+43 Some notes from a few weeks in Mid-Market PE 28 10y
0 Final Close:Fund I- how long until carry? 3 17y
0 PE firms in cities other than NYC 8 6y
0 Pre-MBA Career Track 1 17y
0 PE Information Memorandum 10 17y
+15 dual degree combination? 17 17y
0 Will Apollo recover from its recent disasters? 0 17y
0 show me the PE! 2 17y
0 What's the "typical" day in the life of a PE analyst 4 17y
0 Chicago Middle Market PE firm 6 6y
0 KKR Going Public 10 17y
0 Pantheon Ventures Fund of Funds 7 8y
0 Just how important are modeling skills to getting a PE job? Specifically in the lower MM? 7 17y
0 Operations ---> Analyst 1 17y
0 Career Advise - Big 4 working 1 17y
0 Intern Assignment - Help Me Find This 3 17y
0 AMT Accounting Test 2 17y
0 Format for internal investment reccomendations 1 17y
0 Drawbacks to MM and Boutique-style PE firms? 2 6y
0 PE Interview on portfolio companies 3 17y
0 Is it easier to get into PE shops working in SF or NYC? 3 6y
0 Credit Funds & Mezz funds 1 17y
0 Going to office to sign offer, what to wear? 5 17y
+17 H.I.G. Capital 32 6y
0 Why is my Comp so low? 19 6y
0 Bain Capital offer - Lifestyle 7 9y
0 Great Hill & Castanea 0 17y
0 How long should I wait? 13 17y
0 Would like some advice... 2 6y
+25 Comp at PE Firms 22 17y
0 A Unique Opportunity...Worth it? 3 17y
+4 references and such?? 11 17y
+76 HELP--Audax Group offer 78 9y
+3 Allied Capital 12 17y
0 Private Equity compensation in Europe and Asia? 2 6y
+13 Hamilton Lane Advisors 30 4y
+2 PE FoF Compensation 11 4y
+8 Fund of Funds and the J-Curve 2 18y
+15 Total Committed Capital vs. Total Capital Invested 10 6mo
+15 CFA - Currently working in an IT department 9 10y
0 CFA for debt investors 2 18y
0 Nancy Creek Capital 0 18y
0 JP Morgan Capital Corporation 3 6y
+45 Chances for top PE gig are better coming from M/B/B 31 6y
+4 Post-MBA Compensation 4 17y
0 Burnham hill partners 0 18y
+25 Due dili 9 18y
0 TSG Equity Partners 2 18y
0 Good Idea to Jump into PE ??? 1 18y
0 The need for an MBA? 1 18y
0 hardest technical Q&As in PE interviews? 10 9y
0 Pre-Interview Questions for HR 10 15y
+20 McKinsey to PE? Difficulty breaking in? 14 9y
0 New York Life capital partners 0 6y
0 List of things to do first week on the job... 8 15y
+8 Lee Equity Partners: Culture? Compensation? Exit opps to B-School? 13 6y
0 THLee 2 18y
0 Why is The Carlyle Group so different? 2 18y
+4 Group differentiation at Carlyle 4 11y
+22 TA Associates 26 6y
0 PE to Law school? 2 18y
0 Post-MBA PE Recruiting - Opinions? 5 10y
0 Private Equity Fund of Funds Salary? 3 18y
+7 Brookfield Asset Management - Are they highly regarded? 36 6y
0 CalPERs and CalSTERs 0 6y
0 GTCR - Interview Next Week - Input Needed 4 18y

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