+11 Secondaries Exit Opportunities 3 2w
+11 Advice: Looking to break into PE as a college student 2 8mo
+11 Is "no state tax" an acceptable answer for "Why Seattle?" 8 8mo
+11 When to start lateraling as a PE associate 6 2mo
+11 MO at Top Credit Fund → LevFin IB at MM Bank….Worth the Lateral? 4 7mo
+11 2nd Year PE Analyst Seeking Advice 3 4mo
+11 GI Partners 2026 14 7mo
+11 Reality of the move from LMM to MM 2 4mo
+11 LMM Startup PE Fund Vs. Tier 2 Consulting Firm 3 5d
+11 Back office ? Partners group Financial Analyst Program Zug 6 6mo
+11 Pushed out as PE VP 3 6mo
+11 Ended Up in Client Group - Still Want Infrastructure Investing. Need Honest Advice. 3 6mo
+11 Minimum Track Record to Stay in Partner Seat 3 6mo
+11 AN1 speculating about timeline to a Ferrari 8 1mo
+11 Insights on Permanent Corp? 4 5mo
+10 How frequent do associates & above go from IB to PE? 6 4d
+10 Onex Fundraising and Outlook 13 3mo
+10 Can AI even provide ROI for finance? 6 4mo
+10 Blackstone Energy Transition Partners 18 2w
+10 Career advice needed! Finally got a breakthrough, but too late to leverage that. What’s next? 1 11mo
+10 Do you send Thank You notes after an interview? 16 1mo
+10 Studying for IQ / Aptitude Tests 7 1mo
+10 Anyone making 200k+ with 40-50 hours in strategic finance post-IB analyst years? 16 3mo
+10 Bubble in private markets 22 10mo
+10 MBA for an IR associate at MF? 1 10mo
+10 GMAT for PE recruiting? 18 10mo
+10 Joining a competing fund… Garden leave? 4 10mo
+10 How is the lifestyle in banking/PE in London? 5 2mo
+10 MBB Deal Walkthrough in PE interviews 2 10mo
+10 Need advice 2 9mo
+10 London EB to HK PE 5 9mo
+10 Moving to PE 1 2mo
+10 Move Offices 6 9mo
+10 PE case interview gameplan 2 9mo
+10 how do laterals in IB move to PE? 12 5mo
+10 MF Final Rounds Keep Ending in Rejection Market or Me 4 9mo
+10 Primers for Tech Investing 10 8mo
+10 (Personal trading) - Heaven forbid people who work in finance are interested in markets 8 2mo
+10 US PE alpha look abysmal in L5Y 3 2mo
+10 How to pivot to IB/PE from Data/Tech with a low GPA? Canada Top Schools 2 8mo
+10 GS Hybrid Capital 5 3mo
+10 Recruiting for On Cycle/ Off Cycle while being PE analyst 4 1mo
+10 2027 Private Equity Associate Comp 44 8mo
+10 Summer Internship Help: Ocean Park vs. True North M&A 1 7mo
+10 Ability to switch IB or PE after 1 year of biglaw transactional? 3 2w
+10 Headhunters - On Cycle Jan 2026 12 1mo
+10 bain capital - kioxia deal 12 4mo
+10 PE Associate Recruiting from a PE Analyst Program 3 1mo
+10 Startups/Consulting --> Portfolio Ops? 2 7mo
+10 Infra PE in SG 3 1w
+10 Ares Infra Opps and Brookfield Infra Structured Solutions 5 2mo
+10 MFPE experience in a non-US country/geography not valuable/discounted in US recruitment? 3 2mo
+10 Incoming Vista 4 6mo
+10 Infrastructure PE AI Resilience & Exit to Crop Dev/Industrial/Family Office 3 2mo
+10 Firm Culture in PE 4 4d
+10 Waterland fundraising 7 6mo
+10 Am I jumping to the buyside too early? 5 1mo
+10 Got advice saying I should join PE right out of undergrad because I'm an asset to them - thoughts? 2 6mo
+10 On-Cycle 2028 Start Date 8 6mo
+10 Tier 2 Management Consulting Firm (PE) > Private Equity in Toronto 2 2mo
+10 Utility of Polish in European PE recruiting 3 6mo
+10 Preparing for Secondaries PE Investment Associate Interview + Excel Test. What should I expect? 2 5mo
+9 Accelerated growth potential 1 11mo
+9 how do you work through LBO test without shortcuts on personal computer? 8 11mo
+9 PE Firm SVCV Partners and SVCV Global to Raise $100B in the next 15 years to Become The Next Big Financial Powerhouse 1 11mo
+9 How would you categorize this experience? 2 2mo
+9 PE VPs — How many platforms have you completed? 18 5mo
+9 Breaking into CRE PE Without Target School or IB 1 11mo
+9 Del 1 11mo
+9 PE Fund Insurance Groups Interview 7 11mo
+9 Is anyone here involved in Law Firm PE? I’m looking to meet some other folks 1 10mo
+9 Sixth Street Infrastructure Views 7 2mo
+9 TCV 2026 5 10mo
+9 Interviewers during modeling tests - do you actually watch the candidate build their model? 1 2mo
+9 Am I Underpaid? 13 10mo
+9 Strategy Consulting Principal to PE in the GCC – Advice? 1 2mo
+9 Arctos sentiment post-KKR? 3 10mo
+9 LBO modelling question 1 10mo
+9 Providence Equity 2026 2 10mo
+9 Getting sharp on a new industry before starting as an Associate 8 10mo
+9 2028 Oncycle PE 12 3mo
+9 Pulling off Pivoting out of infra 1 1mo
+9 Does 10B+ buyout fund count as MF? 15 9mo
+9 HIG Small Cap Process 10 9mo
+9 MBA to EM Infra Investing? 1 3mo
+9 Port M&A , PE View 1 4mo
+9 PE in a crisis: lessons learned 1 9mo
+9 MBB (Central Asia, non-target UG) → PE Middle East / UK – What’s Realistic? 1 8mo
+9 Insurance PE 1 8mo
+9 How would you approach pitching a sponsor-backed deal? 1 8mo
+9 IB to PE or Tech Startup CFO 1 8mo
+9 PE Case Study 5 8mo
+9 Updated thoughts on Hg? 8 8mo
+9 MM IB (non-tech group) with HSW 2+2 — direct tech PE/growth recruiting vs. going straight to MBA? 3 3mo
+9 Debating between NYC & SF postgrad -- just curious about city life in finance 3 8mo
+9 Help: Thoughts on Evergreen Services Group 4 2mo
+9 Exiting Real Estate After Summer Analyst Position / FTR 2 6mo
+9 Vistria vs Water Street vs Shore 17 6mo
+9 M&A Advisory -> IB/PE/Corporate Dev? 2 6mo
+9 PE ODD 1 1mo

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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