+15 How to assign an arbitrary multiplier for network effects as a venture backed company scales 4 8y
+12 Groups like GS SSG 19 8y
+5 Non-Target to MF? 2 8y
+12 How to not upset this headhunter? 1 8y
0 MM PE Salary Progression 4 8y
0 PE Operations Team 13 8y
+21 Private Equity Operational Improvement roles 8 8y
+10 PE Finance Question 3 8y
+13 LLR Partners - Any Insight? 5 8y
+23 Cold Recruiting 10 8y
+3 Watson-Gleason Test for PE Interview 2 8y
+3 Which sophomore internship would be valued more highly to MF analyst recruiting? 3 8y
+9 Tecum Capital - Thoughts? 3 8y
+16 No name boutique or Big 4 TAS to get to private equity? 2 8y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 8y
+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 8y
+10 How is pre-MBA PE experience in a different emerging market viewed by MFs and other mid/smaller firms here (in US)? 4 8y
+9 U4 / U5 when switching from IB to PE? 1 8y
0 Best B-schools/programmes for Project Finance field 4 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay? 1 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay 1 8y
+12 Interest Rate Spreads for Private Equity Borrowing 1 8y
+39 Non-Target 2 years out of undergrad - Private Equity Internship 8 8y
+20 No interview scheduled after invite, should I follow up again? 6 8y
0 Special situations opportunity 14 8y
+12 Any experience w/ LBO or M&A of a Traditional Asset Manager by a PE Firm? 1 8y
+23 Few Interview Questions 7 8y
0 Hudson Advisors vs. Lone Star 19 8y
+15 CAIA Level I Test Material 1 8y
0 Delete 0 8y
+3 How hard is it to land a job after internship? 1 8y
+9 Direct PE to Fund or Co? 1 8y
+3 private equity agriculture investments in the Southeast Asian 1 8y
+15 Undergrad GPA for megafund 7 8y
+27 How would you structure your PE comp package based on these constraints? What % carry? 1 8y
+5 Need Advice: Big Career Shift 3 8y
+33 How Rigid is the IB > PE > MBA Model? 3 8y
+29 LPs/Investor Return Structure 7 8y
+1 Working professionals who don't drink, how does this affect your work life in the industry? 3 8y
+206 Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? 45 8y
+126 Going from MM Investment Bank to Mega-Fund 27 8y
+15 How to convince a PE firm to hire you full time out of undergrad? 2 8y
+16 Consulting PE DD Exit Opps 4 8y
+6 Infrastructure Interview Case Study 1 8y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 8y
+12 Double Major or Single Major w/personal learning 1 8y
+11 Internship: secondary PE or boutique IB for direct PE? 6 8y
+23 Breaking into MM PE post MBA with prior IBD experience (An Int'l in the US) 6 8y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 8y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 8y
+12 Transitioning from law to PE 1 8y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 8y
+21 Deal vs Ops Side in PE 3 8y
+61 Lateraling PE to PE 13 8y
+20 Women in Private Equity? 13 8y
+14 MoIC computation 4 8y
+1 Beware GoBuyside 3 8y
+13 Consulting placement from private equity rotations into private equity firms 4 8y
+11 How to position myself to get into a private equity small-mid cap buyout fund 4 8y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 8y
+3 Private Equity consultant interview 1 8y
+12 Portfolio Tracking for Angel Fund 1 8y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 8y
+9 E&Y TAS to PE/IB Industry 3 8y
+57 Bain Capital Internship Interview 83 8y
+31 LBO on a $15,000 Website? 9 8y
+27 Infrastructure or Real Estate PE? 8 8y
+1 What happened at The Abraaj Group? 1 8y
+11 any way to get involved with Y Combinator, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz etc as an undergrad ? 7 8y
+7 How Many Deals on Experienced Resume 3 8y
+14 Follow-on investments in portfolio companies 2 8y
+8 PE Offer: References from Current Employer Required? 4 8y
+6 LBO Model Practice 1 8y
+28 Post MBA to PE - should I even bother? 9 8y
+51 How to Stall Exploding PE Offer 24 8y
+39 Stay at BB (keep looking for opportunities) or go to no-name PE 6 8y
+12 Background Check - comparing unofficial to official transcripts 2 8y
+18 Models - Monthly or Quarterly / Annual 17 8y
+22 How to discuss deals experience when you dissented AGAINST an investment? 1 8y
+3 Detailed income statement projection model 1 8y
+38 Can a company survive perpetually under successive LBOs? 7 8y
+8 Move to lower-MM vs staying at BB? 3 8y
+46 Revenue and COGS build 8 8y
+14 T2 Mgmt Consultant to MM PE... What're interviews like? 3 8y
+9 Looking for Advanced Excel Financial Modeling Course Specifically for Equity Deals 3 8y
+45 Instructions lacking clarity 7 8y
+18 Free Cash Flow Iteration 2 8y
+151 A Non-Target's Perspective - My MM PE Recruiting Process 40 8y
0 PE internship as an Ugrad? Which Internship? 19 8y
+33 Post-MBA PE Recruiting - HBS 34 8y
0 American capital - Any experiences? 19 8y
+21 Specific PE 12 8y
+13 Family Office Experience 24 8y
+25 Learning more about Private Equity 46 8y
+38 2 Years IB + 2 Years PE 23 8y
+25 Due diligence in private equity 9 8y
+3 Primal Alpha Beast if you're going this 1 8y
+4 Paper LBOs 5 8y
+23 Information on comp at early stage venture firms? 2 8y
+15 Getting references from analysts 1 8y

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