+15 Lateral VP - response after interviews 4 2y
+15 CB LevFin Sponsor Finance to Private Credit 1 1y
+15 Overpaid in PE Case Study 5 1y
+15 NEED HELP: on-cycle for MF or MM PE if I want entrepreneurship long term? 8 4y
+15 PE question on vendor loan! 5 5y
+15 Why Mega Funds? 12 3y
+15 Blackstone PE Secondaries vs BB IB -- for PE Exits 12 2y
+15 PE middle office vs BB corp 8 3y
+15 Consumer Growth Investing 6 1y
+15 Career Advice for someone who hates politics and typical PE progression paths 1 3y
+15 Intensity of everyone's days 3 4y
+15 PE Question 6 3y
+15 Using other PE firms to source deals? 5 5y
+15 How would you answer this technical? 14 5y
+15 Sourcing-heavy PE Analyst roles 2 5y
+15 how to talk about consulting experience in PE interviews 1 2y
+15 Permira Growth (Menlo) - Tier 1 place? 14 2y
+15 Best MM PE Firms? ($1B - $5B AUM) 17 5y
+15 Navis Capital Partners: Interview + Modelling test? 5 3y
+15 Dividend with negative retained earnings? 6 5y
+15 Fund-Level Carry vs. Deal-Specific 8 5y
+15 Why don’t PE funds (or really any institution) use model generators? 2 5y
+15 ONEX New York v Toronto Office 11 5y
+15 BX Pymetrics 12 2y
+15 Email in LinkedIn bio 7 1y
+15 Remote-Friendly Career Exits at Sr. Associate / VP 11 1y
+15 Software modeling? 14 4y
+15 Canada MM PE Comp 11 5y
+15 Role of Buyside Lawyers in Private Debt Offerings 2 5y
+15 New / small funds doing larger deals... 8 4y
+15 Private Equity - Growth vs Buyout next 5-10 years 10 3y
+15 Royalties Investment Model - URGENT 3 1y
+15 Keeps getting negative feed back 8 5y
+15 Frustrating Question 14 3y
+15 Should I recruit for buyside even if I think I prefer IB? 7 5y
+15 Top funds in the Nordics / DACH / Benelux Regions 33 1y
+15 1st round PE interview (1h w/ Partner) - questions they might ask? 6 5y
+15 Black Diamond Capital Question 3 5y
+15 Who are Sixth Street's closest competitors? Their Tao Fund Seems pretty unqiue. 8 5y
+15 Am I Losing My Mind? 3 3y
+15 Private Equity Firms in Florida 21 2y
+15 Carry and Retained Bonus structure don’t seem favorable 7 1y
+15 LMM Comp Input 11 5y
+15 PE / Family Offices / Private Capital Switzerland (as Consultant) 2 6mo
+15 Veritas Latest 8 1y
+15 Cash on BS for LBO Sources 1 4y
+15 Diff btw Senior Associate & Associate in PE? 4 4y
+15 Tracking tasks in PE 6 2y
+15 Blackstone Future Women Leaders 2023 28 3y
+15 Most Advantageous Structure for Carry? 6 3y
+15 TPG acquiring Angelo Gordon 3 3y
+15 Take a $100k paycut to get into buyout PE? 7 3y
+15 PJT RSSG/MF PE Recruiting 26 6mo
+15 AKKR Atlanta office - is the name worth the location trade off? 8 4y
+15 Capitalize on potential opportunity...appreciate all advice 11 1y
+15 Best Path to Private Credit? 4 1y
+15 Headhunter Etiquette 5 1y
+15 Balancing meetings and actual work 4 3y
+15 Thoughts on Structured Equity / Hybrid Capital 4 1y
+15 Bay Area Healthcare Teams 13 3y
+15 UMM/MF lateral moves within Europe 6 5y
+15 Is it normal for a company to be valued at the same $ as its revenues? 11 4y
+15 Stay in PE or move to M&A 5 2y
+15 Finding a job in PE after getting fired in IB 3 3y
+15 Best practices when it comes to dealing with stress and anxiety 10 4y
+15 BlackRock PEP London 22 5mo
+15 OCR: It’s going to be ok 1 4y
+15 Private Credit/DL Landscape 11 4y
+15 How easy is it to make a lateral move to larger funds? 9 3y
+15 Blackstone GSO /KKR/Apollo Private Credit vs Other PE 11 4y
+15 Non-Life Science Background for HC PE 8 2y
+15 How long to hear back after 2nd round? 1 4y
+15 Media/Entertainment PE Practices 16 4y
+15 How to deal with Passive Aggressive Young Manager 3 4y
+15 Dry Powder and IRR Consequence 5 4y
+15 Accelmed Partners in Miami 9 3y
+15 IR at MF or PC at LMM 14 2y
+15 Negotiating Carry + Equity for First Time Fund? 1 11mo
+15 Career Path Metacognition 1 3y
+15 PE Pay vs Private Credit Comp 12 4y
+15 Am I crazy for not wanting to do Private Equity 7 4y
+15 Family Offices Recruiters Zurich 9 2y
+15 Oncycle in AUGUST? 22 4y
+15 LBO Modeling Questions 5 1y
+15 Differences between PE and Banking Internship 1 11mo
+15 Stripes Group - Fund size / comp? 9 3y
+15 Management consulting to PE 11 2y
+15 Offers from BX/KKR vs WP 14 4y
+15 Newly-lateraled IB Analyst Recruiting for MF PE 5 4y
+15 How much money to "feel rich" in a city that's not NYC/SF? 12 3y
+15 Thoughts on Sycamore 2 4y
+15 Lateral to Career-Track after Finishing Program 1 4y
+15 Path to Biotech PE? 10 4y
+15 Transition from GE to PE? 6 1y
+15 BB Product Group- pivot to PE or will I die here? 3 2y
+15 European MF pay in Us (CVC,EQT,Permira,Apax) 33 5mo
+15 Advice for IB Analyst II heading into PE? 5 3y
+15 If PE is shrinking, what other asset class is growing? 13 2y
+15 ELI5: Insurance Capital for PE Firms 4 3y
+15 Should I go into private credit out of undergrad? 11 4y

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