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+3 Watson-Gleason Test for PE Interview 2 8y
+20 Pre-Money vs Post Money Valuation 8 8y
+3 Which sophomore internship would be valued more highly to MF analyst recruiting? 3 8y
+9 Tecum Capital - Thoughts? 3 8y
+16 No name boutique or Big 4 TAS to get to private equity? 2 8y
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+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 8y
+38 Going straight into PE megafund skipping IB: Need Advice 16 8y
+10 How is pre-MBA PE experience in a different emerging market viewed by MFs and other mid/smaller firms here (in US)? 4 8y
+9 U4 / U5 when switching from IB to PE? 1 8y
0 Best B-schools/programmes for Project Finance field 4 8y
+3 KKR Infrastructure? 4 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay? 1 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay 1 8y
+12 Interest Rate Spreads for Private Equity Borrowing 1 8y
+39 Non-Target 2 years out of undergrad - Private Equity Internship 8 8y
+24 What happens to cash and debt when a PE firm takes over a public company? 5 8y
+20 No interview scheduled after invite, should I follow up again? 6 8y
0 Special situations opportunity 14 8y
+12 Any experience w/ LBO or M&A of a Traditional Asset Manager by a PE Firm? 1 8y
+23 Few Interview Questions 7 8y
+9 How to value a company that is not listed on the stock exchange 2 8y
0 Hudson Advisors vs. Lone Star 19 8y
+15 CAIA Level I Test Material 1 8y
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+3 How hard is it to land a job after internship? 1 8y
+9 Direct PE to Fund or Co? 1 8y
+3 private equity agriculture investments in the Southeast Asian 1 8y
+15 Undergrad GPA for megafund 7 8y
+27 How would you structure your PE comp package based on these constraints? What % carry? 1 8y
+37 Recruiting timeline for megafund? 53 8y
+5 Need Advice: Big Career Shift 3 8y
+33 How Rigid is the IB > PE > MBA Model? 3 8y
+29 LPs/Investor Return Structure 7 8y
+1 Working professionals who don't drink, how does this affect your work life in the industry? 3 8y
+26 Best Advanced Financial Modeling Course? 20 8y
+206 Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? 45 8y
+12 PE secondary market- What to look at when you buy from another PE firms? 1 8y
+126 Going from MM Investment Bank to Mega-Fund 27 8y
+3 Information on JP Morgan Private Equity Group 1 8y
+15 How to convince a PE firm to hire you full time out of undergrad? 2 8y
+4 Accel KKR internship ? 4 8y
+16 Consulting PE DD Exit Opps 4 8y
+6 Infrastructure Interview Case Study 1 8y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 8y
+12 Double Major or Single Major w/personal learning 1 8y
+11 Internship: secondary PE or boutique IB for direct PE? 6 8y
+3 JP Morgan Private Equity Group 1 8y
+23 Breaking into MM PE post MBA with prior IBD experience (An Int'l in the US) 6 8y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 8y
+13 GS Merchant Bank Question 7 8y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 8y
+12 Transitioning from law to PE 1 8y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 8y
+21 Deal vs Ops Side in PE 3 8y
+61 Lateraling PE to PE 13 8y
+20 Women in Private Equity? 13 8y
+14 MoIC computation 4 8y
+1 Beware GoBuyside 3 8y
+13 Consulting placement from private equity rotations into private equity firms 4 8y
+11 How to position myself to get into a private equity small-mid cap buyout fund 4 8y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 8y
+10 Lower MM PE opportunity - exit opps? 4 8y
+7 Vista Equity Partners? 5 8y
+3 Private Equity consultant interview 1 8y
+12 Portfolio Tracking for Angel Fund 1 8y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 8y
+9 E&Y TAS to PE/IB Industry 3 8y
+57 Bain Capital Internship Interview 83 8y
+31 LBO on a $15,000 Website? 9 8y
+27 Infrastructure or Real Estate PE? 8 8y
+1 What happened at The Abraaj Group? 1 8y
+11 any way to get involved with Y Combinator, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz etc as an undergrad ? 7 8y
+21 Putting to rest the question of exits from foundations 4 8y
+9 How does MBB decide which PE funds can be clients? 1 8y
+7 How Many Deals on Experienced Resume 3 8y
+14 Follow-on investments in portfolio companies 2 8y
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