+4 Offcycle Hiring Slowdown? 7 3y
+5 IK 12 3y
+5 IB/PE - GPA for stem major 13 3y
+7 List of Private Equity funds with Portfolio Operations team 2 3y
+13 Consultants in PE 4 3y
+9 Preferred Deal Terms / Structuring Practices 1 3y
+24 Pre-MBA search fund experience evaluation 3 3y
+4 Stripes Group? 15 3y
+3 MF deal sourcing; KKR/ BX vs Apollo 2 3y
+14 Laid off Banking / PE Offer 7 3y
+3 External Board Positions while in PE 3 3y
+3 TRG - any insights? 1 3y
+4 Direct Lending Bonuses 2 3y
+3 How Do You Know If You Will Enjoy PE? 4 3y
+3 Private Equity Accounting basic interview questions 1 3y
+6 Value creation calculations 2 3y
+14 PE FOF for nice WLB 2 3y
+9 Vista PE SA 2023 168 3y
+3 PE Infra recruiting steps? Help for someone new in the market 1 3y
+5 Novacap has bad reputation? 8 3y
0 How to get a PE internship *desparate* 5 3y
+27 Private Equity | Head Hunters | Parabolic 7 3y
+9 Origination Research Analyst 1 3y
+22 PE Firms that "place" well into B-school... what exactly does that mean? 6 3y
+35 Starting a role as a PE Associate at a UMM in 3 weeks. What are some tips for me to succeed? 6 3y
+9 Best time to go to a Family Office from PE 5 3y
+9 Dilemma on case study 1 3y
+3 Private Credit Waterfall? 1 3y
+5 Hours and culture in London PE 37 3y
0 CVC in NYC: Culture / Comp / Experience 5 3y
+5 Alpinvest Secondaries Team 3 3y
+3 Infra PE Interview - GIP 8 3y
+4 TA Associates 5 3y
+6 CVC Growth Fund 7 3y
+11 Wavecrest Growth Partners 4 3y
+3 General Atlantic Rep 3 3y
+15 Latest thoughts on Insight Partners? 3 3y
+16 signed mm offer early in cycle - should i reneg for umm/mf or is that dangerous? 7 3y
+16 Best MF Work Perks 5 3y
+6 Alpinvest insights (Carlyle) 4 3y
+4 Freshman internship: IB or PE? 5 3y
+12 Thoughts on K1 in LA? 16 3y
+7 Spectrum Equity thoughts 2 3y
+19 Getting a look at a CIM under the radar 17 3y
+3 List of PE funds with offices in Europe 1 3y
+16 How much admin/boring work are you doing in PE? 14 3y
+25 Top Tech PE shops in 2022? 27 3y
+3 PE internship opportunities 1 3y
+11 Current employer doesn’t allow reference checks 4 3y
0 Getting started in GE/PE 1 3y
+4 Fundraising Environment 3 3y
+50 Most academic style of investing that requires the most thought? 20 3y
+5 mistake 4 3y
+4 Sagard PE (Toronto and/or Montreal) 2 3y
+6 PE Recruiting Group Chat 2 3y
+4 Private equity compensation structure 4 3y
+3 First round interview prep 2 3y
+12 Top PE Associate Pay 2023 29 3y
+26 How Committed Are You to On-Cycle Recruiting? 11 3y
+4 Seems like on-cycle rumblings are coming, anyone have great study guides / templates / models to better prepare? 4 3y
+6 Net working Capital in SaaS 4 3y
+3 Info on Water Street Healthcare Partners? 1 3y
+6 SPLIT EQUITY HELP TIPS 1 3y
+3 Thoughts on Accel-KKR 1 3y
+16 Private Credit/BDC/REIT- Portfolio Management to Investment Associate? 6 3y
+7 Summer Intern Offer - L/S Equity vs. PE 1 3y
+10 VC Interview Process 8 3y
+27 Thoughts on Francisco Partners 30 3y
+6 PE or banking post MBA? 2 3y
+9 KKR SA 2024 Networking 14 3y
+3 Interviewing major PE Secondaries in New York 1 3y
+22 Book: King of Capital. Any Good? 10 3y
+10 Reneging/Recruiting While Signed 7 3y
+7 Hannon Armstrong Private Equity/REIT/Or Other 4 3y
+3 CIM Group Superday - Investments Associate 2 3y
+9 Q&A: Ask an LP 5 3y
+32 Prudential CIO Analyst vs Hamilton Lane ADP 12 3y
+9 Remote PE/VC 3 3y
0 Water Street Healthcare 1 3y
+1 PE Internship before PE Recruitment 2 3y
0 What is the comp difference between PE and co-invests? 2 3y
+8 Direct Invest in Portfolio Co's? 1 3y
0 Rotation analyst 2 3y
+22 CCMP Capital - Any Insights? 8 3y
+18 Any UMM/MM PE funds with strong work-life balance in Chicago or Boston? 26 3y
+3 Blackstone Math Test 2 3y
+5 Rent in NYC | Moving from Non-NYC City 8 3y
0 Rothschild 1 3y
+20 Apollo Building Better Companies 2023 5 3y
+15 Advice for IB Analyst II heading into PE? 5 3y
+4 SWFs 6 3y
0 Reaching Out To Analysts That Left For PE About Group 2 3y
+9 Getting crappy work 11 3y
+4 PE Secondaries / Co-Invest roles out of undergrad 1 3y
+3 Dinner / Uber policy at Bain Capital 5 3y
+15 Stripes Group - Fund size / comp? 9 3y
+6 Oaktree - Product Group? 1 3y
+10 Ex BB IB thinking about prepping for buyside opps looking for advice 2 3y
+5 Search Funds 2 3y
0 Private equity internships 1 3y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
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  • Evercore No 98.9%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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