+3 Best Financial Modeling Course? 2 3y
+3 Project finance 3 3y
+210 What should I look for in the data room? 24 3y
+8 Ares Direct Lending vs. Bain Credit/Special Sits vs. Sixth Street Specialty Lending 1 3y
+6 Private Equity On-Cycle Resume 4 3y
+10 Years to VP 6 3y
+6 Vista Equity Full Time Process 6 3y
+3 WSO LBO Modeling course - worth listing on Linkedin? 4 3y
+18 BB IBD -> H/S -> PE? 13 3y
+9 Jducucydhdbs 6 3y
+6 Asking a previous client (from when I was in fund administration) as a reference? 1 3y
+3 PE INFRASTRUCTURE AT CANADIAN PENSION FUNDS (CDPQ) 1 3y
0 Apollo PE vs. Apollo Hybrid Value 1 3y
+11 Chartered Private Equity Professional (CPEP) - Thoughts? 7 3y
+3 Distressed Buyside Internships 2 3y
+17 Private equity certification? 10 3y
+13 How should I go about looking for a LMM Private Equity job, in a secondary market 4 3y
+4 PE/Growth Fintech Firms 8 3y
+4 Comp Check for MM PE 2 3y
+52 Energy Private Equity in Houston 63 3y
+14 Audax vs PSG Equity for a finance associate role (both back office) 8 3y
+3 LMM & MM RE firms 1 3y
+3 Five Arrows PE recruitment process (London)? 1 3y
+3 VP Portfolio Ops Comp 4 3y
+2 Blackstone Growth / KKR Growth Tech 8 3y
+12 Nordic PE - best shops 2 3y
+2 AKKR comp & culture? 7 3y
+9 Cons/risks to moving to a smaller PE backed portfolio company? 2 3y
+9 Is PE boring? 9 3y
+14 PC VP Comp 15 3y
+3 Aquiline Capital 2024 SA 1 3y
+3 Lateralling - resume / GPA 1 3y
+1 2nd Year Analyst w/ PE offer and I want to get with an intern 2 3y
+39 FoF Questions (prestige, WLB, pay) 14 3y
+1 Growth Tech equity or buyout? 1 3y
+7 Slate Asset Management 5 3y
+3 Family Office Questions 2 3y
+14 Gryphon Investors SF 18 3y
+5 infrastructure vs traditional PE. Hours, pay,... 3 3y
+7 Product Group -> Coverage -> PE 7 3y
+4 Top down vs bottoms up investment culture 1 3y
+12 How to look good in the office 6 3y
+16 Can I get back to the buy-side or investment banking, after leaving investment banking for a 100 people startup? 7 3y
+21 PE portco strategy and M&A exec - looking to transition to fund-level value creation 4 3y
+4 Most Interesting PE Funds (And Ideas) 1 3y
+58 Managed Out - Resume Gap & Recruiting 20 3y
+11 Stay in IB for 3rd year or leave to PE firm portfolio company 5 3y
+13 Signs someone is being managed out 2 3y
+9 How to make the most of an internship 3 3y
+26 PE Bros/Gals - How much execution did you have to learn? 9 3y
+3 PC culture 1 3y
0 MBA Asso break into buyside 1 3y
+3 Jobs in M/A buy side London 0 3y
+15 How much money to "feel rich" in a city that's not NYC/SF? 12 3y
+6 Selling for a PE Fond 3 3y
+3 Best cash management for retail 1 3y
+3 Thoughts on Galton Voysey ? 1 3y
+3 Operationally focused funds / London 1 3y
+3 Private equity grad program 7 3y
+3 Including Debt Tranches in cash flow statement: LBO Modeling Question 1 3y
+3 Launch therapeutics 1 3y
+19 Modeling Intensity of Different Firms? 6 3y
0 MSD Partners culture 6 3y
+16 What are the best PE firms in Australia 7 3y
+6 PE Internship 1 3y
+59 Am I biting off more than I can chew? 16 3y
+14 Insight vs. Warburg Pincus Analyst 24 3y
+12 Which PE industries will rocket the most in the next 10 years (excluding the infamous Tech sector) 21 3y
+5 Thematic funds 6 3y
+1 UMM vs MF Thoughts 7 3y
+218 Tricks of the Trade 97 3y
+3 Do PE and VC firms hire computer science majors? 2 3y
+7 Thoughts on Aurelius Group (German PE)? 6 3y
+26 Laid Off and Looking for Insight 8 3y
+10 Incoming GS IB Analyst with ambitions in USA PE 3 3y
+10 Impact on EV and Equity Value 4 3y
+6 MF PE Intern Full Time Offer Rate 26 3y
+3 Blackstone BAAM 1 3y
+9 FoF Questions (prestige, WLB, pay) 1 3y
+25 PE vs REPE Pay (at a Megafund) 9 3y
+78 Does working at Apollo solve my problems ? 16 3y
+10 MF Private Credit vs. Traditional IB 5 3y
+9 Rothschild FFM 15 3y
+18 PortCo C suite Comp Insights 16 3y
+37 Do you guys ever use DCF? 27 3y
+3 The Riverside Company Exit 3 3y
+12 First year analyst with no buyside gig lined up…have I failed? 9 3y
+3 Blackstone 1 3y
+11 When/how often do you go to the gym in PE? 5 3y
+32 Guide to agreeing NDAs 14 3y
+3 IT at PE 1 3y
+7 Pass/Fail an A- 2 3y
+67 Opinion: Watches in Finance 50 3y
+83 Private Equity Operations / Portfolio Career Path 27 3y
+9 Lower Middle Market Private Equity Groups that Win Auctions 3 3y
+15 Career Path Metacognition 1 3y
+55 Private Equity/ Private Investment Divisions - Minneapolis-St.Paul? 24 3y
+10 plan to resign, question on notice period 3 3y
+3 Part Time Job 1 3y
+43 Private equity straight out of undergrad, Pros & cons? 32 3y

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 07 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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