+3 How do you approach top-down vs. bottoms-up market sizing? 1 5y
+9 Fund placement vs strategy consulting 2 5y
0 Moving from REPE to Venture/Growth - Resources? 1 5y
+8 Escaping PowerPoint 9 5y
0 Start up funds 1 5y
+2 Calculators in PE interview: Yay or Nay? 5 5y
+4 Blackstone Mid-Year Analyst (January start) 13 5y
+27 Tell me about your transition from PE to industry 13 5y
+12 As an associate, how do you learn the ropes of legal and other 3rd part diligence items 1 5y
+5 MM PE Mini-Case Interview 5 5y
+5 StepStone private debt? 3 5y
+80 IS SF/Bay Area Worth It? 46 5y
+4 Comp Check 9 5y
+159 Finance and the Destruction of Human Capital 32 5y
0 Career Spotlight: The Global Pension Fund Event 2 5y
+5 Fantasy Pick (PE Analyst Start) 4 5y
+15 UMM/MF lateral moves within Europe 6 5y
+14 Diligence Organization 6 5y
+9 General Atlantic in 2021? 1 5y
+3 Balbec Capital? 1 5y
+4 Nashville PE 5 5y
+6 What are your top investment ideas for 2022? 1 5y
0 Blackstone Strategic Partners 2022 SA 1 5y
0 Renege PE to BB 1 5y
0 Please help me pick my internship 0 5y
+13 Blackstone Future Women Leaders Program 2021 25 5y
+3 Semiconductor Investing Scene 6 5y
+25 Best MF to spend career at? 31 5y
+9 Advice For a 19 y/o Associate 5 5y
+6 Final Interview with MD 1 5y
+18 Gap Year Between IB & PE 7 5y
+8 WSJ: Private-Equity Recruiter Pledges to Consider More Diverse Candidates 1 5y
+3 Learning Computer language’s 1 5y
+3 PE Recruiting Tutor-NYC 2 5y
0 Ares Management PE Analyst Salary 5 5y
+9 Will you do well in PE if you were average or below average in IB? 1 5y
+99 Dinged at HSW...Now what? 48 5y
+3 IMCO/HOOPP 1 5y
+9 Which HHs cover who? 4 5y
+13 Ddddd 9 5y
+108 Have you ever sued your employer? 75 5y
0 Thoughts on True Search Partners? 2 5y
+9 Private Equity/Debt vs Management Consulting 1 5y
+58 About to be fired. How to handle this? 18 5y
+12 Thoughts on Park Square Capital? 6 5y
+14 Deal sourcing, do Mezzanine and sub-debt shops originate opportunities direct? 10 5y
+6 Secondaries: VP level or Senior Associate Comp / WLB + Case Studies 1 5y
+3 Good Resources for Consumer Investors? 1 5y
+3 Energy Asia Market coverage 1 5y
+13 VP comp LMM PE 8 5y
+9 Can I email HR to ask if I'm moving on in the process? 1 5y
+22 Renewable Project Valuation - am I correct? 3 5y
+17 WLB / Perks at Top GE Associate Roles? 13 5y
+12 Sequoia permanent capital 3 5y
+5 Sourcing at MF vs Investment Team at UMM PE 5 5y
+4 OTPP, Private Capital Co-op 6 5y
+3 Blackrock Alternatives? 2 5y
+9 Insight Partners analyst program exits? 1 5y
+10 PE to Tech Corporate Development 5 5y
+3 London MM/UMM/MF Case Studies 1 5y
+12 Acquisition Strategy 1 5y
+3 OTPP Fresh Grad HK 8 5y
+9 Learning about deal opportunities 1 5y
+13 MM PE Senior Associate Comp 14 5y
+3 MM IB vs LMM GE 4 5y
0 PE Secondaries 1HR30 Case study 1 5y
+18 LBO case study - back to basics! 8 5y
+11 Pre-ipo investing 7 5y
+12 co-GP models 2 5y
+13 Market Research Reports - Helpful / Worth it? 3 5y
+1 Private Equity Conditional Offers 3 5y
+6 Could Glenn Youngkin even pass a 2 hr modeling test anymore? Why should I vote for him? 2 5y
+6 IB Analyst Recruiting for PE Analyst Roles? 6 5y
+9 Help w/ typical carry + coinvest profit example for VP? 2 5y
+3 Associate CRE PE salary in central eastern europe? 2 5y
+27 Ares Management PE Analyst Program 6 5y
+106 Hate banking, don't know what to do. 63 5y
+24 Canadian PE Comp 41 5y
+26 Which stage of investing feels most like a 'team sport'? 6 5y
+3 PE Firms that recruit from Dartmouth 7 5y
+6 PE group in PF - salary & progression? 3 5y
+23 Cannabis Valuation 14 5y
+10 Questions / DD to judge PE WLB 1 5y
+12 My odds post MBA to join MF PE in the US? IBD needed? 6 5y
+6 Need information: DCF valuation of publicly held infrastructure assets 1 5y
+2 My personal experience - being in a frat/sorority helps you break a LOT 11 5y
+6 CVC Credit London - thoughts? 2 5y
+3 CRE PE Associate salaries in Central Eastern Europe? 1 5y
+12 Apollo Promotion 10 5y
+3 Fifth Wall recruiting? 1 5y
+5 Spectrum Equity Interview - First Round 14 5y
+9 Recruiter Dynamics 1 5y
+3 BX Raises? 6 5y
+12 FOF Modeling Test Question 10 5y
+23 In what ways does your Associate program "alma mater" matter going forward? 2 5y
+10 Post-MBA Lateral Market 2 5y
0 Benefits to MM PE vs MF PE? 1 5y
+20 What do LPs envy about GP role? 15 5y
+6 Diversity in Private Equity 3 5y
+12 Private Equity Headwinds — Trouble in Paradise? 2 5y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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