+13 Closed 11 1y
0 What’s the best alternative trading system out there? 0 1y
+9 PE Recruiting for On-Cycle Starting Now 2 1y
+9 Advice for Developing Technical Skills 1 1y
+9 MD interview expectations? 3 1y
0 Applying to internship roles 1 1y
+43 Junior VP Lateral Process 28 1y
+28 Getting Better at PE Case Studies 5 1y
+1 MM Tech PE vs MM REPE - which one is better for exits and possibly happiness? 3 1y
+24 Blackstone offer could be rescinded? 5 1y
0 GCM Private Equity Secondaries Full Time Analyst Position 2025 3 1y
+9 PE VP transitioning out of finance industry? 4 1y
+25 Pushed out: dumb question 9 1y
+6 Why Do I Care? 2 1y
+1 Marc Rowan as Treasury Secretary? 1 1y
+9 PE / Corporate Finance focused Strategy Consultant - How? 1 1y
+9 Accumulating Capital 3 1y
+30 Fund blew up. Now what? 25 1y
+9 Should I co-invest 4 1y
+2 Bx SP Secondaries 3 1y
+7 Entering healthcare PE from a non-trad background 3 1y
+3 London PE offcycle internship modelling tests 5 1y
+3 Chicago PE shops 1 1y
0 To do the interview or not 2 1y
0 How to exit IB to PE - Strategies 2 1y
+33 How efficient are hiring markets over time? 7 1y
+6 Options from HBS/GSB with 1Y MF experience 9 1y
+26 PE Hours 23 1y
+48 Choosing Corp Dev Over PE post 2 years at MOE / EVR? I want to, but peers telling me I have "given up" if I do 17 1y
0 IR to Capital Markets 1 1y
+6 The PE Associate’s Guide to Smashing Investment Memos 1 1y
+4 Partners Group 2025 FA (Europe) 4 1y
+7 Associate Recruiting for both Special Sits and Buyout PE 5 1y
+7 Got this message on Friday evening after my final interview rounds at BlackRock: "I would like to give you a quick call on Monday morning to discuss the outcome of your interview" 12 1y
0 How do institutional investors maintain a particular private equity allocation when the investment period of PE funds takes place over several years with multiple capital calls 1 1y
+30 Business Development Role at PE Firm 32 1y
+34 LevFin or Sector Coverage to better PE chances 15 1y
0 PE recruitting from BB IBD regional coverage 3 1y
+7 ARR vs EBITDA leverage multiples in software direct lending deals 3 1y
+2 Established FoF vs Boutique PE shop 3 1y
+18 Co-Invest Role? 12 1y
+99 Need Surgery / How to work? 30 1y
+24 Am I Shooting Myself in the Foot for the Future by Coasting in My Current PE Role? 14 1y
+10 KKR/BX/Apollo Compensation 4 1y
+23 KKR / BX Comp 32 1y
0 Underwriting using dodgy financials 1 1y
0 MBA Associate moving into PE 2 1y
+9 Blackstone Case Interview PE Analyst 2 1y
+14 marketing girly back for IR advice 7 1y
+39 Experienced VP Interviews - Fit Questions 4 1y
0 Model Test line items 1 1y
0 MM/UMM Director/Principal Comp 3 1y
+41 Berkshire 2024 update / comp, culture, performance 19 1y
+2 What PE firms are are good for me if I want to get lots of operational experience? 2 1y
+13 ADG PE 6 1y
+3 Lexington / HarborVest secondaries case study 5 1y
0 REPE to corporate PE? 1 1y
0 Best path to PE 3 1y
0 Trends of total seats by year 1 1y
0 AI Use Cases in PE/VC 1 1y
+11 Case Study for VP Interview 2 1y
+16 Consequences of Reneging a PE Associate Offer 15 1y
+1 zss 2 1y
+3 Newport Beach CA Meetup 2 1y
+11 Does on-cycle only apply to top firms? 2 1y
+12 MF PE: Associates from Banking programs vs MF Analyst to Associate 9 1y
0 Oman SWF - Private Equity Manager 1 1y
0 K-Star (KKR) 2 1y
+35 Feeling Frustrated as a New PE Analyst – Not Getting Assigned to Quality Deals 6 1y
+118 Does Apollo now strictly recruit from PJT RX/EVR RX? 43 1y
0 On Cycle Recruiting Out of DCM 1 1y
0 Carlyle Opportunistic Credit (Interview Tips) 2 1y
+9 LBO with Cash Flow Statement but no Balance Sheet (HELP) 4 1y
+21 Comp at a $500M LMM/MM Fund? 21 1y
+24 Special Situations vs PE 17 1y
0 Top Growth Equity Pay 7 1y
0 Blackstone Life Science Analyst Interview 1 1y
+5 Garden leave? 5 1y
+2 2026 SA Roles (Growth & MM PE) 3 1y
0 PE/Alt Inv Professionals in Tampa or Miami Area outreach 1 1y
+3 Contract PE 1 1y
+2 TSG Consumer 9 1y
+11 Private Credit in Toronto 17 1y
0 PE - WFH 1 2y
+13 Does anyone like their job ? 18 2y
+9 Advice for a 2025 grad :) 2 2y
+9 Advice needed on what I should do... ultimate goal is PE 1 2y
0 GS IB vs PIMCO PE/SS vs MS ER 3 2y
+9 Resume - NYC PE associate looking to lateral to London 5 2y
0 Infrastructure Fund Recruiting 1 2y
+25 MM Firms That Are Not JAMMBOs? 32 2y
+14 Career Advice - Would you take a 25% paycut and longer hours to transition back to PE? 10 2y
+18 PE Prep 7 2y
+6 Ops Focussed PE? 1 2y
+6 Axium Infrastructure 6 2y
+21 TN visa for PE funds 11 2y
+14 On Cycle / How to approach PE Associate Recruiting 1 2y
+25 Qatar Investment Authority 28 2y
+1 Loans from Partners for Fund Investments 1 2y
+4 Hamilton Lane 11 2y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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