0 Blue Wolf Capital 0 2mo
+6 Long Ridge Equity Partners 1 2mo
0 BX culture across groups 1 2mo
+9 Best way to meet ppl as a PE Associate in NYC 4 2mo
0 Bloomberg - Review - Generalist Data 2mo
0 PC to VC/GE Roadmap 1 2mo
+9 Anyone Else Getting Outbid on Every Deal Lately? 6 2mo
+6 MBB + PE internships to IB - is it possible? 1 2mo
0 Breaking into PE/PC & similar buyside from MM IB 1 2mo
+6 NYC office of European PE perks and benefits 6 2mo
0 Thompson Street Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 2mo
0 Canadian Pension PE Ranking 1 2mo
+11 Interest equalization in a fund, how to calculate. 3 2mo
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2mo
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2mo
0 Oncycle 2028 1 2mo
0 Yucaipa Companies 1 2mo
0 How much of your first 90 days post-close gets eaten by reporting / WC true-up? 2 2mo
+1 Modeling Test on Laptop or Desktop? 1 2mo
0 CITIC Capital - Interview - Healthcare Data 2mo
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0 Capri Capital Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 2mo
0 Lindsay Goldberg FT Analyst 2027 2 2mo
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+6 Who owns finance in the first 90 days after a PE acquisition? 4 2mo
+12 CVC Client & Product Solutions: Top-Tier IR Role or Fundraising Grind 3 2mo
+12 Growth Equity to LMM PE 8 1mo
+18 Anyone here got into PE coming from Real Estate Asset Management – no IB, no consulting? 5 2mo
+6 Partners Group FA 2027 18 1w
+17 Promotion by getting an offer? 11 2mo
+37 "VP of Finance at PortCo XYZ" 8 2mo
+4 Carolwood LP 1 2mo
+18 Silver Lake / TPG / H&F / Permira etc 21 3w
+11 F2 Raises $24M to Scale its LLM-Agnostic AI Operating System for Private Credit 1 2mo
0 Ares - Sports, Media and Entertainment 2 3w
+6 PE Case Study Examples 8 2mo
0 Bain Capital - Review - Portfolio Management Data 2mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Generalist Data 2mo
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+4 How soon can I quit job once I get PE offer? 3 2mo
0 Sending info to SG partners 1 2mo
+8 Private Equity involvement in sport? 4 1mo
+5 Is PE over saturated? 2 2mo
+9 AI PE startups 3 2mo
+9 Emerging Managers: How Much of Fund I Is Actually About Strategy vs. LP Confidence? 1 2mo
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2mo
0 Tikehau Capital - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2mo
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Interview - Portfolio Management Data 2mo
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+13 Best buyside FT analyst jobs 15 2mo
+29 Reference checks after final round 17 2mo
+4 Private Equity Subject Matter Expert – AI Training & Reasoning Systems 1 2mo
0 FT Recruit to PE from IB SA? 1 2mo
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+15 BDT & MSD Interview 3 5d
+38 Those who left PE for Corporate, why? 21 2mo
+4 Considering PE Exit "Financial Associate" at a well funded startup, $360k comp? 2 2mo
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2mo
+22 LT Career Path after MF PE Associate Program? 7 2mo
+19 State of PE BD in 2026 9 2mo
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+18 What are deal team responsibilities of a VP at your firm? 7 2mo
+19 Is the lifestyle really better? 20 1mo
+12 If you don't make it to the top: IB or PE 8 2mo
+25 What do you think of PE Value Creation Careers in 2026? 7 2mo
0 KSL Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 2mo
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+6 L Catterton — Still Extremely Sweaty? 2 2mo
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0 LBO models 2 2mo
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+12 NY LMM PE Recruiting 3 2mo
+9 PE VPs — How many platforms have you completed? 18 2mo
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+3 Capital Raising Salaries 1 2mo
+51 Cove Hill FT 2027 22 1mo
+5 Thoughts on Ascend Partners 4 2mo
+59 Predicted Net Worth in Trodden Finance Path by 60? 21 2mo
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0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 2mo
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0 Peak Rock Capital 2026 2 1w
+7 how did you learn to model? 8 2mo
+6 Goldman vs Lazard / Evercore Exits 5 2mo
+1 JPM Exits 4 2mo
+111 Nothing to do at work & bored to hell 10 2mo
+47 Biggest (avoidable) failures in PE Investments? 24 2mo
+6 Credit/PE Secondaries 2 2mo
+74 Do people over-index on 'moats' 23 2mo
+9 LMM PE Analysts: Getting roasted for my AI capstone (building a sourcing tool, offering $20 UberEats) 2 2mo
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+6 Accordion PE consulting 1 2mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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