Jan 26, 2012

PE Analyst

hockey1316 - Certified Professional
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Looking for post-grad jobs and missed all BB FO offers but got S&O and PwC TAS and was going to switch out to more finance role but now just got an offer for PE MM Analyst role...is that harmful to take if my goal is to move to mega-fund/mba eventually ? Don't know the situation with PE analyst rep

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seabird - Certified Professional
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Take it and never look back.

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PE is a great track. If you have an oppertunity to get that before you do IBD you are getting carry 2 years earlier.

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CompBanker - Certified Professional
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heisterPE is a great track. If you have an oppertunity to get that before you do IBD you are getting carry 2 years earlier.
Point of clarification: Students hired into PE firms directly out of undergrad are not typically given the same roles and functions as those given to IB analysts. While it is possible to avoid IB, the reality is you will likely need to put in 1-2 years at the PE shop before reaching the equivalent status level of your IB peers. Thus, moving straight into PE doesn't necessarily accelerate your career so much as it enables you to avoid going through two years of grueling IB work. Obviously exceptions exist -- individual results may vary.
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heisterPE is a great track. If you have an oppertunity to get that before you do IBD you are getting carry 2 years earlier.
Point of clarification: Students hired into PE firms directly out of undergrad are not typically given the same roles and functions as those given to IB analysts. While it is possible to avoid IB, the reality is you will likely need to put in 1-2 years at the PE shop before reaching the equivalent status level of your IB peers. Thus, moving straight into PE doesn't necessarily accelerate your career so much as it enables you to avoid going through two years of grueling IB work. Obviously exceptions exist -- individual results may vary.

The 2 years I was talking about was bschool guess I should have made that clear my bad.

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cphbravo96 - Certified Professional
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14y

Do it.

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Something Creative - Certified Professional
King Kong ER
14y

Def do it. You can rock that a couple years and then go to b-school and you have PE exp pre MBA. You'd be able to go a lot of other routes after that.

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CompBanker - Certified Professional
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jwalsh16so what you are saying is that while I wont be given associate status (like most ex-IB), which is obvious b/c of my lack of experience...it still would not harm my career but rather after 2yrs. I would then be associate level and would just bypass all the hell of IB analyst ?
Correct. Think of it as replacing your 2 years of IB with 2 years of "entry level PE."
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Kenny_Powers_CFA - Certified Professional
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Given what's on the table do you really think you're better off working in the Big 4?

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Ricqles - Certified Professional
Neanderthal O
14y

take the PE gig. But as compbanker mentioned, you probably won't be given the same responsibility.

Also, i know some MM "PE" guys who hire analysts just to do sourcing. Just hope they are not doing it to you.

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