PE Recruiting as a Full-time Analyst Hire

I’m in a very unique situation. Spent a year in corp dev at a large public company straight out of school and will be starting soon as an A1 at a good team at a BB (MS/GS/JPM) with historically great PE exits.

I went to a target and did an IB internship at a worse bank/group In my junior summer. Will I be getting the same opportunities as graduates starting in the same position as me?

I’m certain I will have a shot at anything that is not MFPE, but I’m uncertain about larger funds because there is no precedent on LinkedIn (of people who did corporate then IB, my group places into MFs), so I thought I’d ask.

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