+3 MBA PE 1 6y
+6 Pension Liability in PE Investments 5 6y
+15 MF/UMM Associate Comp 8 6y
+12 Does Insight Venture Partners take laterals at the analyst/associate level? 6 6y
+17 Correct way to model EBITDA? 5 6y
+9 Direct Investing Family Office Compensation 1 6y
+18 How long can/should you stay at a place where you don’t like the culture? 5 6y
+12 PE Search Fund --> Consulting MB vs EB 1 6y
+25 What else do I need to know about modeling to survive a case / model interview? 7 6y
+6 Deferred revenue - How to model in LBO 4 6y
+13 WSO Full lbo model exercise 1 8 6y
+12 path to PE: small IB->BB/EB->PE or small PE->lateral PE? 1 6y
+3 High yield debt or subordinated debt 1 6y
+104 PE Recruiting as a Lateral Analyst w/ Weak Academic Profile 18 6y
+31 Consumer/Retail PE 13 6y
+3 Aquiline Partners 2021 FT Recruitment Timeline 2 6y
+7 do private debt funds use leverage? 4 6y
+46 Equity Partner(s) for an Independent Sponsor? 14 6y
+25 Unique path to PE 3 6y
+12 Secondary Market for PE Investments 1 6y
+3 Interview - Pre MBA role 1 6y
+12 Differences between REPE and Regular PE at a Megafund? 7 6y
+12 Networking call went well, resume forwarded, now what? 1 6y
+3 PE Co-Investment Opportunity 1 6y
+21 Need for “public” private equity 10 6y
+4 Breaking into PE Deal Sourcing/BizDev 1 6y
+5 Exit Ops From Oil & Gas PE 2 6y
+3 PE Networking versus Banking 3 6y
+20 How would you work with this situaiton? 7 6y
+21 New PE Associate - CFA® or MIF? 3 6y
+14 Switching From Medical School to PE (Any advice is appreciated, thanks) 1 6y
+3 Valuation of an extendible convertible bond 1 6y
+12 RE Development Associate to PE Firm - How to bring a deal to a PE Firm 1 6y
+6 AIMS PE vs MBD PE at GS 1 6y
+10 Buy-and-build in contraction / post-contraction world 5 6y
+24 First time funds in down market 8 6y
+17 Can I still break in? 1 6y
+20 Mgt options within LBO model 1 6y
+20 Low EBITDA margin, low ROIC business? 3 6y
+31 Corp Dev LBO returns question: Levered and Unlevered IRR 15 6y
+11 Best Industries for small PE funds? 5 6y
+34 Family Offices List 15 6y
+76 Vice President Fund Carry/Equity 29 6y
+5 What do you think it will be like for those of us starting an associate program this summer? What should we be thinking about? 3 6y
+3 Help learn commercial and financial analysis/ CIM 1 6y
+12 PE Credit Associate (Day-to-Day) and Interview 1 6y
+11 COVID impact on LBO debt 4 6y
+25 Bad time to switch jobs? 6 6y
+40 PE in economic recession 19 6y
+19 Company issued $400 million ten-year bond. Hopelessly in debt? 9 6y
+3 Pitchbook Webinar: Covid-19's impact on private markets 1 6y
+9 Landscape Platform 1 6y
+6 What is "Cash recorded in A/P"? 2 6y
+3 Rosenbaum existing goodwill LBO - urgent help 1 6y
+22 Why Megafund?— Interview Answers 8 6y
+12 Modelling based on CIM 1 6y
+4 Convertible bond prospectus? 1 6y
+68 How to Approach Proprietary Deal Idea 19 6y
+12 Summer 2020 PE Offer Situation 1 6y
+7 Firms for VDD? 4 6y
+16 Excess Cash, Total Cash, and Enterprise Value - Interview question 3 6y
+13 Livestream With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) 1 6y
+22 HSW MBA Summer for Upper MM / Megafund PE? 1 6y
+14 Capex revolver 5 6y
+37 LMM & MM PE: Double-down on or skip the MBA? 4 6y
+18 Thoughts On MMPE Riverside Company for SA/FT 3 6y
0 If I took 7 and a half hours to schedule my interview after receiving an interview invitation, did I ruin my chance being hired? 8 6y
+12 Checkup on EBITDA calculation 3 6y
+9 Convertible investments and IRR calculation 1 6y
+19 Livestream Q&A With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) StanfordGSB2020's picture 1 6y
+20 More PE bubble stuff - Is PE Having Its WeWork Moment…??? 9 6y
+13 EBITDA adjustments in CIMs? 3 6y
+3 Take Home Case Study examples 1 6y
+9 Switching PE firm (and hopefully being promoted to associate) 1 6y
+19 LBO sensitivity table - sense check? 4 6y
+12 Private equity pitch help 1 6y
+13 It's a Recession, buckle up 1 6y
+9 SWF based in the Gulf - how easy is it to come back to the UK / US? 1 6y
+50 Private Equity Bonuses 2019 65 6y
+18 Corp M&A to Private Equity 3 6y
+9 Macquarie Capital Solutions - Thoughts 1 6y
+21 ADVICE - Opportunity to Start a PE Fund 1 6y
+3 PE offer & Coronavirus 1 6y
+10 Coronavirus impact on valuations 2 6y
+17 List of firms recruiting at the post MBA level 4 6y
+3 What is the average beta for private equity real estate funds? 1 6y
+15 BB Associate to PE / family office - off cycle recruiting 3 6y
+18 LBO target screening criterion? Looking to use CapIQ screener to find targets 1 6y
+9 PE portfolio analyst career progression 1 6y
+53 Q&A: Charting your career 9 6y
+17 Are there PE funds with pleasant cultures? 5 6y
+12 Evaluating Lower Mid Market PE opportunity 1 6y
+6 Join this discussion if you missed the #'RonaRally. Yes you can make money on the way down, and on the way up, in the same day. 1 6y
+5 Excel showing 0.5% x 100 = 1.5?? 4 6y
+5 BX GSO versus Tact Opp? 4 6y
+42 KKR vs Carlyle vs Warburg - URGENT 29 6y
+24 Whether to Leave a Primarily Sourcing Role at a Middle Market Private Equity Firm 2 6y
+5 Do Pension Funds or any institutional Investors out there invest in startups? 1 6y
+9 How to build consensus despite disagreements / differences? 1 6y
+11 "ETFs" for private equity? 1 6y

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