+32 Breaking into megafund from MBA 29 8y
0 American Capital Strategies - How is the fund? 13 8y
+13 PE Headhunter Recruiting 3 8y
+17 Little Known Secret to Start Angel Investing 3 8y
+12 Special Situations/Distressed PE - strategies? process? 2 8y
+4 Best Private Equity Firms in San Fransisco 1 8y
0 PE Internship and pay 4 8y
+26 Rollups in IRR calculations - how to address? 5 8y
+37 FIG PE 12 8y
+6 Ares Special Situations 4 8y
0 Corporate Development to Private Equity 3 8y
+13 Alix Partners (Exit Opps, etc) 4 8y
+22 Path to PE: Corporate Finance vs. M&A Advisory 1 8y
0 Private Equity Interview First Round.. How Do I Prepare? 3 8y
+5 Structuring management rollover and promote in practice 4 8y
+10 Where will PE be in 2 years? 8 8y
+3 How to make top tier bonus in PE at Associate / VP level? 1 8y
+23 LBO: Sources and Uses question 13 8y
0 Cold email the controller? Who to cold email. 1 8y
+30 Including "dead" deals on resume? 17 8y
+83 Financial modelling on the buyside 29 8y
0 Internship After Freshman Year? 2 8y
+37 Apply for PE position without M&A transaction experience 45 8y
+133 Do's & Dont's - 1st Year Private Equity Associate 41 8y
+12 Difference between Associate & VP? 1 8y
+135 Can someone break down PE Associate exit opportunities? 139 8y
0 PE Partner track 2 8y
+9 Transportation problems reducing income in an LBO target 1 8y
+27 Post-MBA Associate -> PE 5 8y
+5 Evaluating Portfolio Company Talent 2 8y
+10 how to study for PE interview 3 8y
+6 Opus Advisors Client List 4 8y
+23 MM PE vs. Consulting vs Credit out of Undergrad 8 8y
+15 Audax Group PE vs. Guggenheim IBD SA 8 8y
0 Difference between Portfolio Manager and Private Equity Investment Teams? 1 8y
0 DCF Valuation down to the unit ecomonics 2 8y
+22 Physician, Consultant, no deal experience but interested in PE 9 8y
+33 Does graduating in 4.5 years look really bad to PE firms? 15 8y
0 Nets Acquired by Hellman & Friedman 0 8y
+3 Detail on Plenary Group 1 8y
0 direct PE investing in a pension fund vs HF L/S - which one would you prefer as a career? 0 8y
+19 PE Biz Dev v.s. Unpaid IB Internship 13 8y
+42 Path to post-MBA PE without Pre-MBA PE Work Experience. 10 8y
+91 DCF Myth 1: If you have a D(discount rate) and a CF (cash flow), you have a DCF! 19 8y
+48 LBO Debt Question 11 8y
0 Where to find historical price of commodities etc ? 17 8y
+5 LBO case study: should i use "PF Ebitda" or "Ebitda"? 2 8y
+76 PE analyst at a megafund vs. banking/consulting 20 8y
+20 Take MM PE offer out of undergrad? or go to MBB/IB? 5 8y
+9 list/ breaking into Private fund group/ Private placement/ Fund placement/ fundraising 1 8y
+15 Skipping 1st year PE recruiting 5 8y
0 MM PE vs MM IB 2 8y
+4 Effect of Debt to Equity Swap on 3 statements 3 8y
0 For the resume: Help me recast what I am doing as PE intern associate for resume? 4 8y
+47 Materials for Starting the Job 24 8y
+17 3-4 hours model test, what should i expect? 3 8y
0 Tricky compensation situation 1 8y
+12 REPE --> Infrastructure PE Possible 0 8y
+21 Infra PE shop online maths test - what to expect ? 5 8y
+18 Off Cycle Mega Fund Analyst - 4th round 90-minute Case Study Interview - What can I expect? 1 8y
0 Blackstone Strategic Partners Interview 0 8y
+108 Net Working Capital - Valuation model 107 8y
+3 Tenex Capital Management - Info/Culture? 1 8y
+14 FoF PE Modeling Test? 3 8y
+16 Private Markets versus Public Markets 2 8y
0 Solamere Capital (Romney PE fund) 0 8y
0 Undergraduate Summer Analyst PE Interview What to Expect? 5 8y
+37 PE Recruiting Coffee Chats 4 8y
+37 NEW: WSO Private Equity Industry Reports Released 1 8y
+20 Investor Game 2 8y
+19 Help got two offers don't which to decide on PE internship ( 6 month maybe negotiable 1 year ) vs. Big 4 2 year graduate program 18 8y
+1 Time for intern cold emails 3 8y
+47 Search Fund Internships worth it? 21 8y
+27 Major Model Meltdown 4 8y
+59 No Deal Experience - First year analyst 52 8y
0 Tungsten Partners - info? 0 8y
0 Would you invest in a company where the CEO and majority shareholder is in divorce proceedings? 0 8y
+25 2 hour LBO modeling test. How simplified can the model be? 8 8y
+14 Agribusiness 19 8y
+2 Intern / associate friendships 3 8y
0 $5.5 Billion Calpine Takeover 0 8y
0 Terminal Value and Cash Build-up 0 8y
0 Research paper problematic (LBO in period of crises) 0 8y
+6 Accepting an Offer while awaiting another 4 8y
+9 Technical LBO questions 2 8y
0 Impact of S&P Junking Staples 0 8y
0 PwC to financial consulting or PE 0 8y
+30 How to determine fair EBITDA multiple for nano-micro cap companies? 12 8y
+1 Junior Internship- 3 8y
+13 GCM Grosvenor - PE Fund Opportunities 2 8y
0 LBO - Sources Question (Full Cash on Balance Sheet vs Excess Cash) 2 8y
+13 PE Question: Currency volatility and USD PE in non-USD portfolios 4 8y
+12 Working capital and capex / D&A in case study models 4 8y
+18 Petty Resume BS - Need help - PE Intern 6 8y
+11 Candian Pension Fund Exit Opps 7 8y
+6 PE VP Recruiting 1 8y
0 Finding a PE partner 0 8y
+11 How to value a concession based power company? 4 8y
+3 SOS - modeling help - Equity waterfall with multiple partners? 2 8y
+9 Chances of getting into PE straight out of undergrad? 7 8y

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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
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  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
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