+9 Final interview with partner 5 1y
+6 Lunate - culture, comp, hours, exits? 2 1y
+3 Pomona Capital 2025 (PE secondaries) 10 1y
0 Secondaries Newsletter 2 1y
0 Interview Prep for PE Operations / Financial Consulting roles 1 1y
+9 KPS 3-statement LBO Test 18 1y
+9 Best PCA/Secondary Advisory Groups 12 1y
0 Sixth Street SA 2026 0 1y
+64 PE Associates - How Much Are You Coinvesting In Your Fund? 45 1y
+5 CPP (CPPIB) Toronto Direct PE 10 1y
+6 Super Non-Target Recruiting Long-Term 1 1y
+23 Optimization - Best General Seats 13 1y
+7 Advice for IR role case study 5 1y
0 CVC - London 2 1y
+16 PE Superday - need advice on following up and reimbursement 5 1y
+17 Startup Equity worth more than PE Carry? 7 1y
+91 Went from MBB to PE and hate it 42 1y
+14 London recruiting firms 37 1y
+6 Hg Capital NYC 2026 16 1y
+6 Carlyle - Fund Management Team 2 1y
+21 4-hr Model Test with MF in their Services Team - What to Expect? 5 1y
+28 PE vs HF (activist) - which is the best career to be an owner/investor for returns. 2 1y
+31 Go back to PE/VC or Stay in Family Biz + Real Estate? 5 1y
+39 PE VP - Q&A 19 1y
+24 Getting Poached 20 1y
+18 How high is the conversion rate/sucess rate if you are in PE MF interviews? 8 1y
+12 Do you ever make mistakes? 3 1y
0 13 Week Cashflow Automation 1 1y
+25 PE Associate vs IB Associate Horsepower 13 1y
+9 How Global Capability Centers Support PE and IB Operations 0 1y
0 Headhunter Confidentiality 2 1y
+6 Has anyone worked with KEA Consultants recently? 6 1y
+36 KEA Consultants London 23 1y
0 PE summer internships opening? 1 1y
+6 Networking into a PE or GE job 1 1y
0 PE LA Comp 1 1y
+4 Carlyle PE summer 2026 prep 4 1y
+230 Apollo canceling 2027 PE recruitment this year 84 1y
+5 London PE — what’s it like?? 5 1y
+32 PE Investment Memo Examples? 14 1y
+9 Partner's Group 2026 Financial Analyst (FA) Program 5 1y
0 Too many Private Equity internships? 1 1y
+27 OID in leveraged loans 17 1y
+6 Please what are some downsides to starting out in an industry specific boutique 12 1y
+10 How brutal is WLB in MFs (Europe)? 9 1y
0 MF Energy Transition / Infrastructure Funds 1 1y
0 Did any of you receive the Hirevue for Blackstone PE for SA26 3 1y
0 Breaking into Growth Equity as a LevFin junior at a BB? 1 1y
+87 Secondaries is Paradise 59 1y
+12 Joining JAAMBO… but it’s a family office? 8 1y
+2 Orion Infrastructure (OIC) 13 1y
+9 Why would anyone choose to go into private equity over private credit today? 3 1y
+6 Staying in Banking is Paradise 1 1y
+4 GoBuySide Update / Test 4 1y
+8 GoBuyside - Good headhunter? 3 1y
+3 Any insight on Mid Europa Partners? Culture, comp, etc. 2 1y
0 Delete 1 1y
+17 Leaving for buy side after short stint 5 1y
+1 Saving time on LBO tests 5 1y
+6 Recruiting Firms for Bay Area - PE / Growth Equity 1 1y
+40 Is pursuing an IR Associate role a good move? 42 1y
+4 BDT&MSD Growth Equity? 2 1y
+2 Red Arts Capital? 21 1y
+3 Pollen Street 2 1y
+67 Feeling lost after being pushed out 10 1y
0 Starting a PE Fund, drop some tips and tricks below ⬇️ 1 1y
+9 Middle Market PE Senior Associate 11 1y
+28 Freelancing in PE 9 1y
+20 Moving into GE in NYC 5 1y
0 Fall internships 3 1y
0 Joining no name fund ? 2 1y
+91 Megafund PE Fund Sizes Standardized 12 1y
+7 VPs+ is it worth the grind ? 3 1y
+20 UK Semi target PE placement 22 1y
+1 Something strange is happening in India, Private Equity firms like KKR, Kedaara, Apollo, etc are pouring billions of dollars in Indian schools 2 1y
+12 What happens to Corp Dev team after portco is sold? 7 1y
+6 How do you get approached for Operating Exec roles? 1 1y
+29 How do PE funds pick their commercial and M&A advisors? 12 1y
+6 PE Fund controller to Product strategy or secondaries 1 1y
0 Level Equity 2026 SA 1 1y
+35 Are MF Modelling tests changing? My experience 8 1y
+6 Recent Sr. Associate / VP PE & Growth Equity Searches 1 1y
+9 Joint Ventures in PE - how do they happen? 1 1y
+26 Mgmt options in LBO - why everywhere different? 6 1y
+137 Bankers in PE just can't deal with ambiguity/out of the box tasks 17 1y
+38 TCV post-ZIRP - GE seats worth pursuing? 19 1y
+9 Family Offices in London? 1 1y
+21 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev — What Should I Do? 8 1y
+7 SK Capital 13 1y
0 Mega Fund PE IR Internship vs Unicorn Tech Start-up Finance Team Internship 1 1y
+56 Two offers: MM PE and LO AM 25 1y
0 Arrowroot, ran like an Iranian dictatorship 0 1y
0 Is it better to be in direct lending or private mezz ? 1 1y
+12 WELLS FARGO HEADHUNTERS 2 1y
+25 PE Analyst Programs 11 1y
+16 Quilvest Capital Partners Buyout Group 12 1y
0 27M | Corp Finance → FP&A | Laid off & Unemployed 3 Months | Studying CFA Level 1 | Want to Pivot to IB/PE/Corp Dev/Investment Analyst — What Should I Do? 1 1y
+3 Ares Infra Opps? 3 1y
+13 KKR Group Cultures 11 1y
+22 Want to Build a Local Evergreen Fund Someday – Looking for Advice 6 1y

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