+12 Money Talks - Am I Being Fairly Compensated? 2 6y
+12 Deleted 3 3y
+12 Turning down PE On-Cycle Offer 1 6y
+12 Got a message about a job for a portfolio company but would rather work at PE. How to respond? 1 6y
+12 Fund placement agents - is this pay accurate? 1 6y
+12 PE Case Study Interview Examples? 1 6y
+12 Hypothetical Rollup Strategy 1 6y
+12 Where from to take real PE's LBO case studies materials 1 6y
+12 Clarification on Option Proceeds 2 6y
+12 Is there a step below running a search fund / being an entrepreneur in residence? 1 6y
+12 Info on MSouth Equity Partners? 7 5y
+12 PE Trainings In London or Paris 1 6y
+12 Private Equity targeting 401(k)s 1 6y
+12 How can a Corporate Investment analyst move to Private Equity? 1 6y
+12 How many companies do MFs buys with a single fund? 1 6y
+12 Rotational programs - Best group combinations? 1 6y
+12 Why did you choose PE instead of AM/HF or Consulting? 1 5y
+12 Making it to PE from here? 1 5y
+12 Headhunter Introductions 1 5y
+12 What technical questions expect in an interview for an internship in Merchant Banking? 1 5y
+12 European Middle Market - Financing - Trade Credit 1 5y
+12 Returns Attribution Calculations in an LBO 2 5y
+12 Discussing Public Deal Experience in Buy-side Interviews 1 5y
+12 PE Portfolio Opportunity (pros / cons) 1 5y
+12 "Profit Sharing" Line Item Rolled into Cash & Equivalents 1 5y
+12 Funds with a strong "investment culture" 0 5y
+12 Mountaineering as hobby 6 5y
+12 Understanding Free Cash Flow more clearly 1 5y
+12 Gold Coast Search Partners? 12 2y
+12 How do you react when someone gives you advice you already know? 1 5y
+12 Parthenon Capital Partners Analyst interview 18 5y
+12 Hellman & Friedman London interview 8 5y
+12 Firms That Focus Heavily on The Operations of Their Portcos 1 5y
+12 Brightstar Capital Partners? 13 2mo
+12 Off-Cycle 6 5y
+12 Real Estate Private Equity (Post MBA) 1 5y
+12 Starting PE Internship soon - Any tips? 1 5y
+12 LBO 3 5y
+12 Delayed final round feedback 9 5y
+12 Advice - People who have left a job shortly after starting 0 5y
+12 PE Fund tracking/accounting model 1 5y
+12 Healthcare IB -> Tech Growth/PE 5 5y
+12 Good morning everyone - Introduction 0 5y
+12 The Optimal Environment for PE 1 5y
+12 PE FoF Case Study Tips 1 5y
+12 Cash flow yield 4 5y
+12 Effect of # of shareholders on attractiveness of PE investment 2 5y
+12 Disadvantage in life sciences / biotech without STEM background? 0 5y
+12 Should I take this unpaid PE internship (freshman) 9 5y
+12 Private Equity vs. Investment Banking out of Undergrad 16 2y
+12 Chinese ADR Delistings 0 5y
+12 Recruiting for finance... with an industry-binding scholarship 0 5y
+12 LBO help: int deduction for additional debt 1 5y
+12 PE Entry/exit multiples by industry 16 5y
+12 Paper LBOs 3 5y
+12 Megafunds for spanish speaking natives in Europe 0 5y
+12 Private Equity, Tech Finance Or something else? I am confused 0 5y
+12 LBO Purchase Price Assumptions 0 5y
+12 Does it make sense to do PE if being an investor is not your end game? 0 5y
+12 London: shops with good hours? 13 4y
+12 Flexibility to Invest Across the Cap Structure 6 5y
+12 Chances at PE Recruiting with low GPA 22 5y
+12 Solving for purchase price of private company 3 5y
+12 Bain Capital Path Into Private Equity Summer 2021 3 5y
+12 Private Equity professionals in the gig economy 2 5y
+12 LBO - Carve-Out/Divesture Math 0 5y
+12 Want to work for a smaller fund, but still want to be "heavy hitter" 1 5y
+12 Consulting to Portfolio Operations 0 5y
+12 Ares PE VP Case Study 6 5y
+12 BlackRock Private Equity Partners - Virtual Cover Letter MAJOR Screw Up 0 5y
+12 When to start worrying/networking for sophomore summer MF/UMM internships? 5 5y
+12 "Investor at..." on LinkedIn 14 5y
+12 Do a new comer to a Private Equity Firm gets a crappy project? 0 5y
+12 How are offers given to multiple candidates? 0 5y
+12 Private Equity technicals 5 5y
+12 VP Carry Commitment 9 5y
+12 LBO Technical Questions 0 5y
+12 PE case study interview tips / advice 1 5y
+12 GMAT score for PE recruiting 24 5y
+12 Bonus Season 2 5y
+12 Europe/London: Solid MM/LMM Shops vs UMM/MF 4 2y
+12 Hyper-assertiveness in PE culture - books and methods to adjust? 0 5y
+12 Dilemma of an IBD Analyst: Tech 'Unicorn' vs. Large-Cap PE 4 5y
+12 Job offer vs ideal job 0 5y
+12 Lateral from UMM/MF to Growth 13 5y
+12 What you learn in PE 8 1y
+12 What would you spend your bonus on if you weren’t saving/investing it? 1 5y
+12 How to think about value of carry 0 5y
+12 Interview PE after accepting offer? 5 5y
+12 From consulting to private equity - restucturing 1 5y
+12 Norwegian Air Shuttle - Convert day is done and found loop forecasts +++++ 1 5y
+12 Breaking into BioTech 5 5y
+12 Distressed debt / special situations example / case study 5 5y
+12 PE IR Compensation after IB 1 5y
+12 Thoughts on K1 in LA? 16 3y
+12 Experience engineer and business operator, seeking advice to break into PE. 1 5y
+12 iBank Recommendations 9 5y
+12 MBB -> PE 5 5y
+12 Guggenheim Investments 2 4y
+12 Transition from Business analyst at PE firm to Associate 2 3y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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