+12 Final round interview with Megafund advice? 1 9y
+4 Best Private Equity Firms in San Fransisco 1 9y
0 PE Internship and pay 4 9y
+26 Rollups in IRR calculations - how to address? 5 9y
+37 FIG PE 12 9y
+6 Ares Special Situations 4 9y
0 Corporate Development to Private Equity 3 9y
+13 Alix Partners (Exit Opps, etc) 4 9y
+22 Path to PE: Corporate Finance vs. M&A Advisory 1 9y
+18 Deleted post ---- 5 9y
0 Private Equity Interview First Round.. How Do I Prepare? 3 9y
+12 L Catterton, New Mountain Capital, Charlesbank 5 9y
+3 Typical hours for an Infrastructure Asset Management summer intern? 1 9y
+5 Structuring management rollover and promote in practice 4 9y
0 Thoughts on Maranon Capital? 2 9y
+10 Where will PE be in 2 years? 8 9y
+3 How to make top tier bonus in PE at Associate / VP level? 1 9y
+3 THL Interviews? 1 9y
+130 MM IBD (Analyst) > MM PE (Associate) > MM PE (Senior Associate) - Here to answer any and all questions! 47 9y
+23 LBO: Sources and Uses question 13 9y
0 Cold email the controller? Who to cold email. 1 9y
+30 Including "dead" deals on resume? 17 9y
+83 Financial modelling on the buyside 29 9y
0 Internship After Freshman Year? 2 9y
+3 exit ops from ( think Imperial Capital, GLC ) 1 9y
+37 Apply for PE position without M&A transaction experience 45 9y
+133 Do's & Dont's - 1st Year Private Equity Associate 41 9y
+12 Difference between Associate & VP? 1 9y
+135 Can someone break down PE Associate exit opportunities? 139 9y
0 JC Flowers 9 9y
+3 Stripes Group? 1 9y
0 PE Partner track 2 9y
+9 Transportation problems reducing income in an LBO target 1 9y
+27 Post-MBA Associate -> PE 5 9y
+5 Evaluating Portfolio Company Talent 2 9y
0 Sponsors Paying for Lender's Legal Fees 2 9y
+10 how to study for PE interview 3 9y
+6 Opus Advisors Client List 4 9y
+23 MM PE vs. Consulting vs Credit out of Undergrad 8 9y
+15 Audax Group PE vs. Guggenheim IBD SA 8 9y
0 Difference between Portfolio Manager and Private Equity Investment Teams? 1 9y
0 DCF Valuation down to the unit ecomonics 2 9y
+22 Physician, Consultant, no deal experience but interested in PE 9 9y
+8 Energy PE 20 9y
+33 Does graduating in 4.5 years look really bad to PE firms? 15 9y
0 Nets Acquired by Hellman & Friedman 0 9y
+14 Initiating interview process through headhunter or contacts at firms? 8 9y
0 Investment team salaries as percent of total management fee? 2 9y
+5 Headhunters - 2017 3 9y
0 Ares Management PE SA Interview 4 9y
+4 Why is Centerbridge so respected? 3 9y
+3 Detail on Plenary Group 1 9y
0 direct PE investing in a pension fund vs HF L/S - which one would you prefer as a career? 0 9y
+19 PE Biz Dev v.s. Unpaid IB Internship 13 9y
+42 Path to post-MBA PE without Pre-MBA PE Work Experience. 10 9y
+54 Will Private Equity Continue With the Amazing Returns? 11 9y
+91 DCF Myth 1: If you have a D(discount rate) and a CF (cash flow), you have a DCF! 19 9y
0 Anybody heard of Crystal Financial/Crystal Capital? 0 9y
+48 LBO Debt Question 11 9y
0 DeleteDeleteDeleteDelete 0 9y
0 Anyone know anything about Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)? 5 9y
0 Where to find historical price of commodities etc ? 17 9y
+5 LBO case study: should i use "PF Ebitda" or "Ebitda"? 2 9y
+76 PE analyst at a megafund vs. banking/consulting 20 9y
+20 Take MM PE offer out of undergrad? or go to MBB/IB? 5 9y
+9 list/ breaking into Private fund group/ Private placement/ Fund placement/ fundraising 1 9y
+15 Skipping 1st year PE recruiting 5 9y
0 MM PE vs MM IB 2 9y
+4 Effect of Debt to Equity Swap on 3 statements 3 9y
0 For the resume: Help me recast what I am doing as PE intern associate for resume? 4 9y
+47 Materials for Starting the Job 24 9y
+17 3-4 hours model test, what should i expect? 3 9y
0 dkdkdkasdnczcz xc zx 1 9y
0 Tricky compensation situation 1 9y
+12 REPE --> Infrastructure PE Possible 0 9y
+21 Infra PE shop online maths test - what to expect ? 5 9y
+18 Off Cycle Mega Fund Analyst - 4th round 90-minute Case Study Interview - What can I expect? 1 9y
0 Blackstone Strategic Partners Interview 0 9y
+19 case study presentation question? 4 9y
+108 Net Working Capital - Valuation model 107 9y
0 Axial Cost 4 9y
+13 How to conduct Due Diligence with 0 information on private company? 4 9y
0 Blocking a divestment 0 9y
+3 Tenex Capital Management - Info/Culture? 1 9y
+14 FoF PE Modeling Test? 3 9y
+16 Private Markets versus Public Markets 2 9y
+3 XIO Partners 0 9y
0 Solamere Capital (Romney PE fund) 0 9y
0 Undergraduate Summer Analyst PE Interview What to Expect? 5 9y
+37 PE Recruiting Coffee Chats 4 9y
+6 Gobuyside Aptitude Test 1 9y
+37 NEW: WSO Private Equity Industry Reports Released 1 9y
+20 Investor Game 2 9y
0 Terminology Question: Mid cap v. middle market 0 9y
+19 Help got two offers don't which to decide on PE internship ( 6 month maybe negotiable 1 year ) vs. Big 4 2 year graduate program 18 9y
+1 Time for intern cold emails 3 9y
+47 Search Fund Internships worth it? 21 9y
+27 Major Model Meltdown 4 9y
+59 No Deal Experience - First year analyst 52 9y
0 College Hill Capital Partners 0 9y

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