+33 Making the most out of conferences (professional and student) 10 7y
+6 Rx Consulting to PE 1 7y
+36 LBO: Optional Debt Repayment 8 7y
+6 Interview question - how do you price a middle market loan? 1 7y
+99 Independent/fundless sponsor and Family Office surge 16 7y
+3 Insight into Private Funds Group 1 7y
+6 IRR vs MOIC 4 7y
+3 MBA - Better Odds As BB IB Associate Or LMM/MM PE Associate? 1 7y
+6 Personal co-invest options & opinions 1 7y
+3 MF vs Smaller PE 3 7y
+3 LMM cross- capital structure funds 1 7y
+25 VP Carry 14 7y
+3 Private Equity Valuation Question 1 7y
+13 Laid Off Less than 1 Year into PE Associate Role 2 7y
+46 Moving to Buy-Side in a Recessionary Environment 12 7y
+39 How does this make sense? 6 7y
+21 Is Booth or Kellogg worth it? 6 7y
+16 Can you move from Deal Strategy at PWC into PE? What are the most realistic exit opportunities? 2 7y
+54 35% Salary Cut for Career Change 16 7y
+3 Typical D&A as a percent of revenue or EBITDA in SaaS companies? 1 7y
+9 Independent Sponsor/Fundless Sponsor Experience 1 7y
+11 Advice please: have an interview with Flexpoint Ford (FIG PE shop) and don't know jack diddly squat about FIG 3 7y
+10 SAT Score for PE Recruiting 1 7y
+21 How Important is Undergrad in On-Cycle PE Recruiting if in a Top Group 6 7y
+27 Levering as much debt in an LBO? 7 7y
+24 Why Direct when you can invest in Secondaries? 5 7y
0 Back Office to Real Estate Front Office at a major PE shop (Carlyle, BX, KKR, etc.) 4 7y
+3 Blackstone Future Women Leaders Program 2019 1 7y
+12 Portfolio Ops in a PE firm? 3 7y
+15 Interviewed a week before Christmas. When do I hear back? 2 7y
+41 Which is more important: IRR vs. MOIC 16 7y
+13 Investing as a PE associate 7 7y
+15 FIG Team Interview 2 7y
+54 What would it take to pull you out of PE and into ops? 27 7y
+3 Need to find an internship 1 7y
+9 Post-interview follow up email 1 7y
+18 Best path of action to join a mid size PE firm - coming from an Analyst position at a hedge fund 5 7y
+9 IB Coverage to Distressed Shops? 2 7y
+24 Bored of PE, what next? 4 7y
+9 Why does PE require an MBA? Wouldn’t it require you to halt your life if you started working then left for 2 years to get MBA? 3 7y
+9 option to purchase 3 7y
+9 Private Equity LP marketing list for sale 1 7y
+18 Working for a Job Title 1 7y
+19 Roark Comp? 10 7y
+12 Estimating working capital for a company on cash basis accounting 2 7y
+19 PE salary straight from undergrad 14 7y
+13 I have a SA phone interview with a PE firm (BX/KKR/Apollo) for Real Estate 6 7y
+18 PE Analyst Secondaries -> Direct Investing PE Associate 5 7y
+3 IPO vs M&A in a Private Equity Exit 2 7y
+3 Alternative Data in Private Equity 1 7y
+13 Small-Cap PE Analyst vs MM IB 2 7y
+4 Capital One or small PE 3 7y
+12 Help a High schooler out Please 1 7y
+21 Credit PE vs. traditional PE 2 7y
+12 What should be my job strategy here? 2 7y
+3 Strategic Advisors on Deals 2 7y
+9 Maximum exposure/ overcommitment 1 7y
+35 Small PE FoF / Co-Invest vs. Large PE FoF 5 7y
+116 Are we in a new Family Office bubble? 26 7y
+15 Thoughts on PE Analyst -> PE Associate Track? 3 7y
+12 Favorite Distressed LMM Plays 1 7y
+3 Sovereign Fund Returns - Hypothetical 1 7y
+3 PE compensation 3 7y
0 Variner? 0 7y
+10 What does IVP mean on this forum? 4 7y
+10 Deals - What to look for 1 7y
+9 Finding early to mid stage fundraising roles for pre IPO companies. 1 7y
+12 Help Me Pick Between Two Very Different Options 2 7y
+9 Questions to PE recruiters? 1 7y
+47 Evercore and Lazard NY Placement 16 7y
+12 Experienced associate/analyst job search discussion group 1 7y
+4 Culture at Brookfield? 2 7y
+91 How real is the pigeonhole? 46 7y
+23 Tiny PE firm or established PE fund of funds? 3 7y
+3 Research 1 7y
+12 Fundamental analysis on securities trading business (please help!) 1 7y
+31 Should I give up on trying to move from tier two consulting to blue chip PE and instead shoot for banking? 9 7y
+3 Buy side tips 1 7y
+20 Lost in my career (Advice needed) 2 7y
+16 BDCs Investing in Companies with Under $10M in Revenue? 9 7y
+21 Innovating Deal Sourcing Funnel 1 7y
+15 Carry Timing 2 7y
+3 HBS Search Fund Conference Today 3 7y
+9 MM/LMM PE Recruting - 2019/2020 2 7y
+8 100-Day Planning Examples 4 7y
+14 Calculating Investor Gross IRR where you have cash inflows before outflows 1 7y
+25 Haven't heard back from final round interview? 7 7y
+16 Best Groups to Snipe Talent From? 4 7y
+3 Reaching out to school alums after headhunter shares name of firm with you? 1 7y
+6 AEA Investors Credit and Audax Private Debt 3 7y
+6 Tech fundraising - series 7 1 7y
+10 PE Firms with FT Analyst Programs 4 7y
+32 27 year old 1st Year Analyst at Elite Boutique - Shot at PE? 6 7y
+9 [Castanea Partners] Any insight or inside information? 2 7y
+12 2020 PE Off-Cycle? 1 7y
+12 Any insights on Global Environment Fund? 1 7y
0 Pomona Capital 2 7y
+3 Harvard Business School Case Study 1 7y
+23 Is this legal? 9 7y
+12 IB vs PE out of Undergrad 1 7y

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  • 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

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

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