+18 Advice needed... 1 11mo
+18 PE Case study where revolver is drawn? 5 11mo
+18 How high is the conversion rate/sucess rate if you are in PE MF interviews? 8 10mo
+18 Warburg Pincus Singapore 6 9mo
+18 PE Firm Culture 14 10mo
+18 Can You Lateral from Blackstone Credit & Insurance Ops SA to Private Credit Investment FT? 1 10mo
+18 How Come You Don't See As High Leverage Ratios Anymore? 12 10mo
+18 Jaded finance bro here... 18 9mo
+18 Move to Public Portco? 0 9mo
+18 European MM PE Funds w/Good Trajectory? 20 3mo
+18 Carry Allocation in PE Fund Deal with Co-Invest 3 9mo
+18 Post MBA recruiting to a different fund? 3 9mo
+18 EA / Silverlake Consortium - IP & Govt Approval? 2 8mo
+18 "Token white guy jobs" in HK, Seoul, Tokyo 15 7mo
+18 Good SF/Bay Area/Greater California seats with decent comp/WLB? 9 7mo
+18 Greenoaks, Thrive, DST, 8VC 15 6mo
+18 Need guidance on breaking into IB from a non traditional path 7 6mo
+18 Goldman Sachs Private Credit (Direct Lending vs. Hybrid Capital) 4 4mo
+18 London Secondaries Master 30 3mo
+18 Kohlberg & Company Update 2025 19 3mo
+18 Lateralling out of a non-nyc PE analyst program 10 4mo
+18 Asking HH about salary? 6 4mo
+18 Capital Solutions Groups in 2026 16 3mo
+18 What would you do in this situation? Lateral? Stick it out? 2 3mo
+18 Private Equity Thoughts 6 3mo
+18 How to avoid complexity creating mistakes in LBO test / Best practice 3 3mo
+18 Ares Infrastructure Opportunities 15 3mo
+18 PE Family Office vs. MF Portco Corp Dev Lead 4 2mo
+18 Final Rounds in PE but Missing Offers – What Does Asset Management Actually Look Like? 5 2mo
+18 Managing a Terminal Zero 5 2mo
+18 Pockets of Talent in Finance 5 1mo
+18 Feedback call after Final Round Interview - Good or Bad Sign? 3 2w
+18 “Fringe” EB Placements in PE? 9 3d
+17 Paper LBO question 8 12mo
+17 PE Sr Asso to PE-Backed Company? 8 6mo
+17 Leaving for buy side after short stint 5 11mo
+17 Startup Equity worth more than PE Carry? 7 10mo
+17 Associate Third Year / Next Steps 2 10mo
+17 Best Partners in PE to Work For 9 9mo
+17 How do you become a great at judging businesses? 8 9mo
+17 PE -> MBB? 6 8mo
+17 Question About Starting Salary (London 2026) 14 7mo
+17 Modeling in LBO Add-ons 2 7mo
+17 Cash free Debt Free Uses & Sources vs. Non Cash free debt free U&S 6 7mo
+17 …….. 7 7mo
+17 Getting my own office - do you decorate? 15 6mo
+17 Mega-Fund PE: Advice to Succeed & Fast-Track Progression? 1 5mo
+17 On-cycle 2027 planning (office / interview logistics) 5 5mo
+17 Help on Offer: Tier 1 City, Assoc 1, $295k with 55-70 hours or $340k with 70-90 hours? 13 5mo
+17 PCA Insights? 10 5mo
+17 AS1 at EB - cant decide If i should jump to PE 11 4mo
+17 What is your quit PE and hit a "corporate gig" number? 9 3mo
+17 Top firms to join for promotion / growth 4 3mo
+17 BX NY perks 23 2w
+17 Searchlight Capital 2026 21 2mo
+17 AMA (or sort of): Platform HF in Singapore 9 2mo
+17 Energy and Infra VP of a PE firm in Mexico 4 1mo
+17 Special Situations 4 6d
+16 UMM vs LMM 4 12mo
+16 Value Creation for Negative / Low Margin Software 7 11mo
+16 Am I too old with 30 to move to PE in Europe? 7 11mo
+16 PE to Corporate? 20 3mo
+16 Quilvest Capital Partners Buyout Group 12 11mo
+16 What modelling tests do you recommend to not be a cookie cutter? 1 11mo
+16 Blackstone Portfolio Management Program (PMP) - anyone have any additonal insights? 5 10mo
+16 PE Superday - need advice on following up and reimbursement 5 10mo
+16 Feeling burnt out from IB is PE the promised land or is the grass always greener on the other side? 2 10mo
+16 Fundraising While Current Fund Still not Invested 6 9mo
+16 How many deal sprints per year as an associate? 8 9mo
+16 I want to buy the business I work in 1 9mo
+16 BX SA Jumpstart Program 2026 20 7mo
+16 FO role back to IB / PE 10 7mo
+16 Value creation in PE leveraging data science and machine learning 11 7mo
+16 How did you talk about your deals? 11 7mo
+16 LMM LBO Debt Adviory Fees 4 7mo
+16 Should I go back to IB after PE? 5 7mo
+16 Thoughts on KKR Infra 14 6mo
+16 High finance in Madrid 13 7mo
+16 LMM PE vs MM IB Analyst 11 6mo
+16 Portco role after no promo 5 4mo
+16 PE Europe for MBB 5 5mo
+16 Navigating on-cycle with group unsupportive of recruiting 6 5mo
+16 On Cycle - Did JPM analysts sign? 13 4mo
+16 LA Private Equity 12 4mo
+16 Staying in top banking group vs MF PE 8 4mo
+16 Requesting Some Career Feedback 8 1mo
+16 Private Credit career path & exits 6 3mo
+16 Are PE superday’s mostly “fit”? 23 2mo
+16 Question about carry 5 2mo
+16 How to decide if I should do on-cycle? 6 2mo
+16 Prepping for PE recruitment 7 1d
+16 Dinner Interview - PE/HF 12 1mo
+15 DEL 7 12mo
+15 Networking Post College 2 11mo
+15 Five Elms Capital 5 10mo
+15 Move from IB to Rede Partners (placement agency)? 7 10mo
+15 Highly interested in PE 17 10mo
+15 Hate my internship: need advice 10 10mo
+15 Top PE Seats in Canada in 2025? 11 10mo
+15 How to Convert Off-Cycle Internship to FT 5 9mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (66) $101
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