+49 IBD Associate… Now What? 21 4y
+33 PE Recruitment Timeline/Preparation as a 1st Year IB Analyst 31 4y
+129 Q&A: MM PE Vice President - Big 10 Undergrad - No MBA 83 4y
+42 PE recruiting timeline and process 48 4y
+104 Path to Private Equity Post-MBA without Pre-MBA Banking Experience 70 4y
+179 PE vs. IBD 198 4y
+11 Thanks for the feedback 4 4y
+133 Q&A: From State School to IBD to MM PE 53 4y
0 PE Internship: Boring 2 4y
0 Is it necessary to have PE experience before starting a firm that acquires businesses? 1 4y
+11 PE - Doha 4 4y
+9 LBO on a bank 7 4y
+9 Best Areas of High Finance in Recession 18 4y
+36 Trouble with VP - Need Advice 7 4y
+20 West Coast vs. NY Exit Opps 19 4y
+12 The Gores Group 18 4y
+14 EY TAS - Operational Transaction Services Hours/pay/exit opps/etc? 8 4y
+29 Ideal Background for Distressed PE? 7 4y
+18 No Name Boutique IB to PE Experience? 6 4y
0 PE Undergrad Internship at Abraaj? 1 4y
+10 Any insight, information etc.. about Actis PE - Al Abraaj Group 9 4y
+22 Infra PE at Macquarie: good exit opps and rep? 4 4y
+29 Is my career over? 9 4y
0 Blackstone Analyst Graduate vs Moving from BB M&A/ Sector Group 1 4y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland 2 4y
0 Moving from Blackstone REPE to regular PE 4 4y
+16 How fucked am I? Please help me plan how to get out of consulting and into PE. 7 4y
+22 Undergrad PE Analyst Exit to Other PE Firms/MBA? 14 4y
+41 Why Distressed PE? 11 4y
+44 Cash on Balance Sheet after an LBO 15 4y
+30 Call for advice from PE professionals - Undergraduate hopeful in distress 8 4y
+1 Consultant friendly PE shops? 4 4y
+81 29yr Unpaid Year in PE? 24 4y
0 Undergraduate in Shanghai, intern in a Private Equity seeking advice, feel lost. 1 4y
+43 "How Much Debt Can the Company Support" Question in Growth Capital Modeling Test 12 4y
+17 Quick Question on a PE transaction 5 4y
0 How hard to get into PE (non-citizen) 4 4y
+67 Does GPA matter for Private Equity? 24 4y
+19 Submitting a New Job Application After Accepting an Offer? Too Late to Renege? 10 4y
+40 Finance dissertation topic 22 4y
+14 Abraaj Group Hiring Process 21 4y
+6 Helios Investment 6 4y
+33 Recruit for PE now, or wait and lateral? 15 4y
+176 Q&A: Went from Community College & Fast Food with a 2.8 GPA to one of the most active PE funds in the world within 3 years. 59 4y
+44 PE firms with Analyst programs 45 4y
0 What's Abraaj Group Singapore like compared to other hubs / Dubai? 4 4y
+11 Macquarie MIRA in Australia? 14 4y
+12 London PE Scene: The Essentials 2 4y
0 Abraaj 4 4y
0 Multiple outflows in IRR calculation 3 4y
+17 Move from Long-Only Fund to Private Equity 5 4y
+8 Recruiting process after spending two years as PE Analyst 8 4y
+41 Sycamore Acquires Staples for $6.9 Billion in Largest Buyout of the Year 6 4y
+31 London PE / case study prep 6 4y
+30 Why would a Private Equity Firm go Public? (Blackstone, KKR) 14 4y
0 Lower MM PE to MF? Possible without MBA? (London) 4 4y
0 Blackstone PE second round 3 4y
0 Bank valuation: link between P/E and P/B ratios 1 4y
+13 How to value a firm of which the building is much more worth than its business 2 4y
+29 1-hour financial modelling test. What should I expect? 5 4y
+12 List of distressed PE / HF in London 6 4y
+13 MM PE Analyst Exit Opps -> Megafund? 4 4y
+23 Senior hoping to do Private Equity after Investment Banking 16 4y
+11 Work on deal team at a MM PE firm or work my way up at a larger bank? 2 4y
+29 Breaking into MegaFund from non target BB group 5 4y
+11 GIC Real Estate PE Straight Out of Undergrad vs Top Tier IBD 4 4y
+9 Back Office M&A advisory to PE fund like Blackstone 3 4y
+18 Benefits of PE out of undergrad 7 4y
+17 Fund says I am an independent contractor - 10-99 vs W2 11 4y
+21 PE back to Banking 5 4y
+41 Investor Relations, PE 15 4y
+25 How to Prepare for Upcoming PE Internship? 28 4y
+9 Goldman Sachs' Private Capital team (ESSG) 7 4y
+228 Abraaj Capital - Global Anlayst Program - 2017 Intake 405 4y
+44 Resignation by the end of probation period (PE job) 11 4y
+25 Management Consultancy to PE 7 4y
+36 Onex Partners Info 8 4y
+18 What happens to senior people when deal goes south? 6 4y
+14 LBO Templates from KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, etc? 7 4y
+29 Should I tell my headhunter I am not prepared for my upcoming interview? 21 4y
+45 PE Interview Question: What is the most important piece of information about a company (if you had to select one thing)? 20 4y
+6 What does it take to get to a Private Debt Fund, HY, Distressed? 5 4y
+10 Private Debt > Private Equity 4 4y
+9 Going to Direct PE Fund, but want to eventually go to LBO fund 2 4y
+25 at a middle market fund - advice for recruiting 6 4y
+8 Importance of Strategic Pricing in PE 3 4y
+12 Meeting PE recruiters before starting IBD FT 5 4y
+60 PE Senior Associate - What next? 9 4y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Insights on this firm? 42 4y
+94 GS Analysts Fired For PE Recruiting 102 4y
+19 Thoughts on Terra Firma? 26 4y
+7 TPG Sixth Street 6 4y
+23 Megafund Credit to Bschool 6 4y
+18 Apollo PE division (London office) - Interview Advice 7 4y
+109 How do you stay organized at work (both in general and on action item lists)? (x-post w/ MC forum) 66 4y
+34 Independent Sponsor advice 15 4y
+3 Blackstone BREDS Full-Time Phone Interview 2 4y
+12 PE Resume Formatting Advice Needed 1 4y
+8 Do you need CFA for PE or HF? 5 4y
+16 The PE interview LBO: how to get up to speed and how long will it take? 2 4y

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