+14 Summer applications for PE vs IB 4 4y
+35 Stay in cushy PE job or move to MBB consulting 12 4y
+3 How To Move Over To A Company Where Your Boss Has Good Relationships 1 4y
+15 Offers from BX/KKR vs WP 14 4y
0 Kardashian dating pe investor 2 4y
+2 Recruiting for MF/UMM PE from Non-target but Top Group 4 4y
+11 How to view working capital in an investment? 3 4y
+31 Why buy public equities when PE is an option to invest in? 23 4y
+15 Critique my CV (Associate level) 4 4y
+11 Current Big 4 - Looking for help assessing job offers 3 4y
+12 Publicly Listed PE Firms (EQT, BX, KKR) Comp 8 4y
+7 Canada Pension Funds - Comp Trajectory 9 4y
+18 When to start networking for VP jobs post MBA 6 4y
+9 PE: How many companies in avg. portfolio that you manage? 1 4y
+8 Diversified vs. Sector PE Fund 2 4y
+6 Excel Question - Consolidating P&Ls 5 4y
+11 Do people network for PE recruiting like they do for IB recruiting? 5 4y
+4 PE vs Crossover Funds 2022 / Recessionary Environment 3 4y
+220 Getting ghosted 24/7 54 4y
+12 MM PE: Salary seems a bit low compared to IB? 11 4y
+4 You guys working today? 12 4y
+11 What goes on at TB and Vista? How do they do it while other MF software teams consistently underperform them? 6 4y
+10 Best NYC UMM/MM Funds 2 4y
+24 Corporate development/strategy at a large private equity firm 3 4y
+6 Co-Investing 1 4y
+6 How would you exactly answer this? 4 4y
+3 Liquid Bulk Transportation / Tank Washes (e.g. Quala, Heniff Transporation Systems, Superior Bulk Logistics) 0 4y
+3 Light Street Capital Undergrad Analyst Program 3 4y
+8 Calculate IRR Question 4 4y
+15 PE Pay vs Private Credit Comp 12 4y
+9 Will social anxiety stop one from succeeding in PE/IB? 2 4y
+6 Buyside Firms that Recruit out of Undergrad 2 4y
+18 HPS Reputation 12 4y
+10 Secondary PE Analyst after 2 years of 3 separate IB/PE internships post-undergrad 3 4y
+6 How dangerous is FT PE recruiting? 2 4y
+14 TPG Client and Capital Formation Group? 4 4y
+24 Firms like Intel Capital? 21 4y
+119 Answering Why Private Equity - 9 Key Answers 22 4y
+27 necessity of MBA? 20 4y
+1 Actis Capital Email Format 2 4y
+110 Private Equity: why it's so sexy 146 4y
+19 What PE firms recruit from undergrad (Wharton, Harvard) for analyst positions? 27 4y
0 Fifth Street Capital - Any info on pay, experience, or culture? 6 4y
+25 Private Equity Internship Interview 23 4y
+3 Liquid credit vs private credit? 1 4y
+19 Breaking into PE as a rising junior 10 4y
+32 East Coast IBD to West Coast PE? 13 4y
+9 LBO Bio-medical company 8 4y
0 MidWest PE Firms 8 4y
+53 PE right out of college? 29 4y
0 PE Recruiting - Top 5 picks 14 4y
+26 DD lists are so fucking long 5 4y
+12 Does PE kill jobs and ruin the economy? 11 4y
0 PE Recruiting Finished? 31 4y
0 PE Recruiting - Radio Silence? 18 4y
+6 Carlyle headhunter? 6 4y
0 Building a model for my PE interview 13 4y
+28 FT Advice: PE at Family Office or IBD interviews?? 13 4y
0 LAMBO-LIvin' 23 4y
0 F*ck Wall Street 6 4y
+38 Initial Headhunter Meetings 26 4y
+6 Preparing for Analyst PE Recruitment 5 4y
+10 Audax PE or Advent International PE 11 4y
+47 Group Led by K.K.R. to Buy Samson for $7.2 Billion in Largest LBO of Year 19 4y
0 PE Recruitment Cocktail Party 10 4y
0 2013 Recruiting Season 27 4y
+16 How large is the gap in exit opps BBs in London? 18 4y
+26 Size of Deals on Resume for PE Recruiting 16 4y
+22 Worst Private Equity Modeling Test 17 4y
+24 Back Office Jobs in PE 25 4y
+15 Media/Entertainment PE Practices 16 4y
+105 PE Recruiting - Megafunds are starting 67 4y
+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

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%

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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
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