+3 How do you practice talking about your deals for an interview? 4 6y
+13 Worth it? MBA for Wharton grad in the LMM 1 6y
+6 Deleted topic - please delete mods! 1 6y
+9 M&A tax at MM to PE? 2 6y
+3 How Much Does School and Major Matter? 1 6y
+18 Do PE firms hire model auditors you work with? 15 6y
+3 Morgan Stanley SA 2020 Private Equity HireVue 1 6y
+3 PE firms partnering with strategics? 1 6y
+37 How to talk to lenders 12 6y
+13 Life/progress/salary in high yield debt? GSO/Carlyle/Guggenheim 5 6y
+12 Headhunted for role - is it worth cold emailing employees through LinkedIn 1 6y
+8 Has anyone taken a sabbatical and made their way back to high finance? 1 6y
+18 LTM Entry Clarification - help needed 4 6y
+12 Breaking into PE lacking the sterotypical banking background 1 6y
+7 What’s the deal with Top Tier Capital Partners? 1 6y
+12 Urgent question CFADS & Cash conversion ratio 1 6y
+18 Negotiation on job offer 8 6y
+7 CVC growth - strategy, reputation, culture? 3 6y
+3 LBO entry ebitda 1 6y
+3 Alliance Consumer Growth - Recruiter 1 6y
+3 Encore Consumer Partners - Recruiter? 1 6y
+222 Developing the "It Factor" as You Progress in Career - What Puts High Performers on Another Level? 56 6y
+3 Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners 1 6y
+40 Safe leverage / coverage ratio for LBOs during holding period? 30 6y
+3 Common mistakes/errors in dividend recap modeling? 1 6y
+6 Investing within the Fund 1 6y
+5 Steps and complexities involved in a carve-out? 1 6y
+4 How to measure free cash flow profile 3 6y
+3 Analysing company - where is it in the cycle? 2 6y
+17 Successful investors who've made it - what do you do that helps you "get it" in a deal? 5 6y
+12 Found: Comprehensive Breakdown of Compensation and Carry Practices at Private Capital Firms 1 6y
+9 Advantages / disadvantages of working for a fundless sponsor vs. institutionalized fund 1 6y
+3 Recruiters for Consumer GE/PE funds? 1 6y
+174 Likely Getting Pushed Out at End of 2 Years (LMM Buyout) 38 6y
+12 Is there anything wrong with this alternative model 1 6y
+3 Mezzanine Private Equity - Lifestyle/Comp/Exit? 1 6y
+3 Consumer PE/GE 3 6y
+75 Why do so many PE guys want to move over to the HF world? 40 6y
+19 Unique opportunity to join MM PE Firm 2 6y
+13 PE Origination 4 6y
+15 Signed with LMM PE Fund ($500M latest fund) but want to keep interviewing 2 6y
+4 FRM use in PE? 3 6y
+9 Work place politics due to manager change - advices/books on how to navigate 1 6y
+124 Q&A: My journey, from the lab to MMPE 25 6y
+6 PE Cocktail Event Advice 3 6y
+25 Does buying “sexy” companies make firms money? 10 6y
+8 New Mountain Capital Discussion 3 6y
+31 NEED YOUR HELP - LBO timing for modeling tasks - technical matters 3 6y
+9 KKR Formally Approaches Walgreens on Record Buyout 2 6y
+25 In what scenarios can PE firms win carve-outs vs strategics? 7 6y
+5 Tax issues in 2nd round? 3 6y
+3 Leverage for LMM Software PE 3 6y
+22 What are the primary Transaction Advisory Services firms? 6 6y
+11 Sell me on Special Sits vs. LBOs 3 6y
+86 Blackstone Strategic Partners in 2019? 15 6y
+3 Recruiting for different PE firm as a current PE associate? 2 6y
+12 Current Engineer at a Portfolio Company in the Oil and Gas Industry looking to get into PE 1 6y
+9 Vector Capital - info? 2 6y
+12 Is there a viable path to PE from Corp Development (Tech)? 1 6y
+3 "Bi-lateral" situations? 1 6y
+24 How attractive are software companies doing $5-$10mn revenues for PE? 11 6y
+17 How much of a premium (if any) do you demand for equity comp? 1 6y
+3 Extrapolation/ extending business plan assumptions 1 6y
+12 Comp in San Fransisco 6 6y
+7 What PE looks for in a target? 5 6y
+12 Taking responsibility for learning curve 1 6y
+5 Hemp Industry 4 6y
+9 MBA Grades for PE Recruiting 1 6y
+12 PE-style Diligence Case Study for an Activist Group 1 6y
+13 Learning experience at MF vs MM 2 6y
+3 Deal Experience for PE interviews 1 6y
+6 Typical Deal Experience for PE Recruiting 1 6y
+3 This Topic is no longer available 1 6y
+3 Private equity fund accounting - exit opportunities 2 6y
+3 Private Equity Real Estate Analyst 1 6y
+6 Best enterprise software/SaaS newsletters and podcasts? 5 6y
+3 Research Help: Reverse Leveraged Buyouts 1 6y
+4 **PE Deal Experience 2 6y
+4 Infra PE to Energy PE 2 6y
+21 Stereotypes on what kind of assets each megafund likes to buy? 7 6y
+3 undergrad to PE process 1 6y
+3 Can I Move from REPE to Traditional PE? 1 6y
+19 Investing in your PE fund (Associate) 2 6y
+11 Info on Bain Double Impact? 15 6y
+38 Ghosted After Verbal Offer From PE Firm 7 6y
+16 Advice Needed: Transition from CF to PE 2 6y
+3 What is the tax ratio of tax in USA 1 6y
+24 Low GPA, Non-target to solid PE SA offer, my story 1 6y
+144 Stereotypes for PE associates at each of the megafunds 33 6y
+4 Headhunter Reaction to Rejected Offer 4 6y
+3 Interviewing with a BDC 1 6y
+21 Corp Dev. Associate to PE? 7 6y
+23 How to calculate IRR in head? 10 6y
+31 "Strategy Associate" roles in private equity - what are your thoughts? 14 6y
+43 PE & Insurers 9 6y
+3 Interview Topic: Questions for the Interviewer 1 6y
+20 Deleted 3 6y
+34 Negotiating term sheets with lenders 4 6y
+6 Where do I Invest? 2 6y
+9 When is your fund starting off-cycle recruiting? 1 6y

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