+6 Comp at Silver Lake? 7 4mo
+15 PE Off Cycle - Feeling Lost // Best Practices? 5 4mo
+9 Apax Digital 11 4mo
+27 Providence Equity Collapsing? 30 4mo
0 Leveraging connections 1 4mo
0 Align Capital Partners Comp (Dallas/Cleveland) 1 4mo
+9 Do LMM PE firms take analysts? 1 4mo
+4 Dating in College 9 4mo
+12 Advice on ABF (Asset Backed Finance)? vs PE / GE / VC 4 4mo
+16 Staying in top banking group vs MF PE 8 4mo
0 How Long to Hear Back after BX 1st Round? 1 4mo
+12 US vs. UK PE Associate Offers 5 4mo
0 Oakley Capital (London) - Info on comp/culture 4 4mo
+7 Adams StreetPartners 14 4mo
+3 Blackstone Quantitative Test 6 4mo
0 2024 MF PE Comprehensive Perks List 2 4mo
+6 Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) 4 4mo
+29 BXPE? 20 4mo
+7 Adams Street Partners Secondaries Group 13 4mo
+30 Tech PE Technical Questions 14 4mo
0 Arctos Sports PE Compensation/Culture | KKR Acquisition 1 4mo
0 smaller comp and no carry at megacap firm, or larger comp + some carry at boutique shop? 1 4mo
+6 Joining a First Time Fund 2 4mo
+1 Growth / VC Funds in NYC 1 4mo
+48 Secondaries Outlook 2025 37 4mo
+3 BXCI Acquisitions and Partnerships (Insurance) Undergrad SA Interview 2 4mo
+9 CPPIB compensation / hours 18 4mo
0 Secondaries Advisory VS Secondaries Fund AN1 Salaries - London 4 4mo
+6 Advent in 2026? 1 4mo
0 Please help - incoming Law Associate / full-force arriving Quantative Anallyst 1 4mo
+13 Error on resume - how would you handle this? 8 4mo
0 Alpine Investors Summer Analyst 1 4mo
+36 Lateraling to First Time Funds and LMM Firms as an Aso 2 6 4mo
+15 CAIA Debate 5 4mo
+10 London EB to HK PE 5 4mo
0 Juggernaut Capital Partners 2 4mo
+5 Digital Bridge Model Test 23 4mo
+6 How are consulting fees treated at portcos/valuation? 1 4mo
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+3 Growthier Buyout shops in NYC 1 4mo
+16 LA Private Equity 12 4mo
+4 EQT Infra NYC 6 4mo
0 Thoma Bravo Credit 1 4mo
+10 M&A at IPP/Developer vs. IB for transition to Infra/Renewables PE? 2 4mo
+8 Thoma Bravo Comp/Culture 7 4mo
+1 PE Reference Checks - Will they call my internship bank? 1 4mo
0 MF Perks 2026 1 4mo
+15 Sourcing Tech Stack in Private Equity 3 4mo
+10 Need advice 2 4mo
+16 Portco role after no promo 5 4mo
0 What macroeconomic indicators should retail investors focus on in 2026? 1 4mo
+9 Private Capital Diligence — What Do You Actually Try to “Prove”? 1 4mo
0 Five Arrows Jan 2026 internship 3 4mo
+4 Five Arrows LDN - Jan 2026 4 4mo
+3 Senior Networking, How Much Does It Help? 1 4mo
+6 Carlyle IR. 11 4mo
+3 How do PE teams screen hundreds of companies down to a short list? 1 4mo
0 IR Jobs 4 4mo
0 PE in US —> PE in London? 2 4mo
+6 InvestIndustrial 8 4mo
0 ADIA PE recruitment process 2 4mo
+29 Have you ever met someone with a good life working at a large cap fund? 14 4mo
+6 Funds Similar to Apollo? 12 4mo
0 Vista CCAT - Chance to Take Again Years Later 4 4mo
+18 Goldman Sachs Private Credit (Direct Lending vs. Hybrid Capital) 4 4mo
0 Global Director of Private Capital | ex-TPG Partner | Healthcare & Green Tech Specialist 1 4mo
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+23 Hamilton Lane Secondaries 20 4mo
+37 Secondaries PE Comp – Base, Bonus, and Carry 35 4mo
+9 Q&A: IB/PE/Quant Experience 1 4mo
+2 Best way to ask about total comp? 2 4mo
+64 Secondaries Comp / Culture in 2023 97 4mo
+11 What is your motivation? 7 4mo
+31 Doing well but feel like I am a Fraud Personality Hire, Leave Industry Completely? 21 4mo
+20 Avoid FOF 24 4mo
+61 Rank the best tech funds in SF Bay Area 33 4mo
+57 Freaking out about AI 23 4mo
+6 Thoughts on Roark 2026? 3 4mo
+20 Possible for declining fund to turnaround? 9 4mo
+39 Back to IB? 15 4mo
+9 ESG Integration Research Paper 1 4mo
0 Give Me the Scoop! 1 4mo
0 Brookfield Global Transition Fund?? 1 4mo
+14 Aquarian Holdings 13 4mo
0 Thoughts on UMM? GTCR, NMC, etc 2 4mo
0 Neuberger Berman (PE secondaries) NYC 1 4mo
0 What would you ask me in a Fund Raising Analyst Interview? - 1 4mo
+16 KKR Capstone vs. EVR M&A 8 4mo
+12 BX/KKR Comp 21 4mo
0 Blackstone SA 27 2 4mo
+39 PE fund differentiation 19 4mo
+28 Credit to PE 8 4mo
+826 Why The Grass Isn't Greener: The Private Equity Associate Crisis (PEAC) 61 4mo
0 700+/600+ SAT split 1 4mo
+76 Will AI Replace VPs? 40 4mo
0 Funds that might not have filled seats during off-cycle 2 4mo
+8 Probably PE Exits/Comp for Incoming Jefferies PCA Group Analyst 1? 5 4mo
+9 Best Practices for Sourcing Conversations Without Signaling M&A 1 4mo
+32 PE Associate (MM FIG) Targeting L/S - ER as Bridge vs Direct Buyside? Career Advice 7 4mo
+37 what to do if you strike out at more than 3 funds? 32 4mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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