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Apollo given their heavy emphasis on lean deal teams. Associates will grow at an accelerated rate with more responsibility but will also endure a heavier work load. Good and bad.

 

Apollo is intense because of the strict three person deal team and the insane number of cuts data and structures that partners want to run. But in recent years as the associate class got larger, the intensity depends whether you’re in the unlucky half that gets staffed on live deals. Then there’s the other 75% of associates who have a great WLB. 

 

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