+2 Large Funds Current Raising 1 6mo
0 Untitled 1 6mo
+12 Finance grad, R&I + M&A experience, CFA L1 — but average GPA. Realistic path to buy side? 1 6mo
0 Day in the life of a PE VP is paradise 3 6mo
0 only got asked TMAY in final round… bad sign? 2 6mo
+8 Large cap tech PE rankings? 6 6mo
0 Signed my offer… now what 1 6mo
+20 Best California MM PE firms with good WLB? 13 6mo
0 Do US MFPE have a deal-by-deal waterfall? Or do they also follow a European waterfall? 1 6mo
+12 How to be a good PE analyst with no banking background? 2 6mo
+3 Have a 1-2 hour model exercise I need help with, will pay $ 2 6mo
0 Alpinvest 4 6mo
+2 For my brother: UBS GIG NYC SA or McKinsey SBA NYC for PE exits 3 6mo
+6 Family Office LP Roles 1 6mo
0 Hildred Capital? 2 6mo
+3 Preservation Capital Partners 0 6mo
0 Oaktree Capital London 3 6mo
+6 CD&R Off-Cycle Modeling Test 8 7mo
+36 LevFin Analyst Preparing for PE 16 7mo
+72 Which tech PE shop would you join? 65 7mo
+6 Incoming SA at LMM HCPE (~1.3B AUM, 530M Fund II): Looking for FT options 1 7mo
+43 Best Exits From Banking 12 7mo
0 PE Model Test Swap 2 7mo
+4 Ember Infrastructure 8 7mo
+6 Healthcare PE Capstone Project Questions 1 7mo
+56 Investing roles for H/S MBA with limited pre MBA experience 8 7mo
+21 Recently joined MF - no ai? wtf 19 7mo
+24 Suggested Comp for this role? 17 7mo
0 Ares Off-Cycle Internship (London) 1 7mo
+22 Dealing with a Neurotic VP in PE 7 7mo
0 CapVest Headhunter 2 7mo
0 Trying to learn more about Campbell Lutyens 1 7mo
0 Warren Equity Partners 2026 2 7mo
+23 Where did “your finance brother” work? 12 7mo
+1 T2 Consulting to PE 4 7mo
+6 Private Credit Outlook As Incoming Analyst 1 7mo
+8 SWF 3-hr modeling test 19 7mo
0 AllianzGI Infra Private Markets Internship 1 7mo
+3 GIC ISG team? 0 7mo
+9 which UMMs do direct promote 12 7mo
+11 GI Partners 2026 14 7mo
+3 Warburg Pincus FT 27 1 7mo
+3 Do PE firms pay for MBA if they give you return offer to come back as a VP post-MBA? 3 7mo
+14 MGG Investment Group? 20 7mo
0 Transitioning to corp dev / strategy / IR 1 7mo
0 Undergrad GPA needed for mm, umm, mf pe 1 7mo
0 Do you fly out candidates on business class or economy? 1 7mo
+34 Q&A: 3rd Year PE Analyst 33 7mo
+35 Joining PE with no deal experience 11 7mo
+3 Books To Recommend For SaaS Buyout? 6 7mo
+31 Why I’m ditching Vanilla PE for Restructuring (RX) 18 7mo
+12 Staple Street Capital 4 7mo
+17 Energy and Infra VP of a PE firm in Mexico 4 7mo
+3 MM Boston PE Names Intel 1 7mo
+6 Raven's APM 1 7mo
0 Southeast Asia PE 1 7mo
0 Blackstone H2 Off-Cycle 2026 4 7mo
+29 Breaking into PE in India 2 7mo
+46 Co-Investing vs Buyout 21 7mo
+35 Coasting at MF, VP+ 5 7mo
+17 Lee Equity - any intel? 17 7mo
+3 Bain Cap Special Situations Off-Cycle Process 5 7mo
+32 Outlook on (Tech) PE recruiting as incoming AN1 26 7mo
+7 Moving from trad. IB to Secondaries 7 7mo
+6 Are value creation roles "bad"? 1 7mo
+3 How to be a PE backed CFO 3 7mo
+165 PE Live Deals Might Be the Worst Experience in Finance 43 7mo
+65 Struggling with caring about deals we do 24 7mo
0 Blueprint Equity 1 7mo
+9 Dominus Capital 10 7mo
+92 Arctos Sports Partners / Sports Private Equity 21 7mo
0 T2 PE Consulting --> MM/LMM Private Equity? 1 7mo
+13 DESRI Thoughts 2026 6 7mo
+9 Travel Policies / Expenses 9 7mo
+23 MM Associate Model Test 11 7mo
0 Can someone check my calcs? European waterfall... 0 7mo
+53 Do you trust the people at your fund? 28 7mo
+1 BX Stakeholder Relations 4 7mo
+25 Help Me Decide Offers - PE vs HF 5 7mo
+32 Headhunter Calls for Upcoming On Cycle (Current College Senior) 12 7mo
+6 Inflexion 4.5bn fundraise 9 7mo
0 EMK Capital 2 7mo
+12 Struggling with Asset Purchasing LBO 1 7mo
+46 Is it still worth to go from MBB to PE? 23 7mo
+10 Startups/Consulting --> Portfolio Ops? 2 7mo
+9 Need advices : launch your PE fund 4 7mo
+35 Nordic Capital NYC - 2025 Thoughts? 29 7mo
+9 Need help leaving PE 4 7mo
+14 BX Infra - Updated Views 20 7mo
+1 Any thoughts on working in bearingpoint capital in europe/germany? Vs Bain PE? Or is PE consulting not worth getting into? 2 7mo
0 What constitutes a typical 90 minute model test / case study? 4 7mo
+6 Media / content - investing / primer 1 7mo
+33 Is FP really not screwed? 23 7mo
+57 Why are so many senior associates / VPs leaving Vista? 48 7mo
+6 Vista Private Equity Summer Analyst 2022 51 7mo
0 PCA Primaries First Round - London 1 7mo
+6 What kind of sensitivity tables do you do outside of Entry/Exit multiple? 1 7mo
+2 Value of international MFPE 2 7mo
+32 LBO Modelling Test - KKR & Blackstone 35 7mo
0 Private Equity term-time/spring internships 1 7mo

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