+3 McCombs MBA (2025) 1 1y
+6 How are PE interviews different for summer MBA internships? 1 1y
+127 PE Firms With Good Work Cultures 81 1y
+3 TA Associates 1st Round 7 1y
+3 Summit vs TA 1 1y
+9 UMM Tech Firms Updated Thoughts 1 1y
0 Does Silver Lake Promote Pre-MBA associates? 4 1y
+20 Brightwood Capital? 30 1y
+123 Edit 49 1y
+4 IB AN1 -> PE AN2 recruiting 7 1y
+10 Brookfield 2024 18 1y
+1 Is MBB Junior Year Intern to PE FT Analyst Possible? 1 1y
+60 I invest in GP-led secondaries, and it’s awesome. 93 1y
+43 Direct Investing to Secondaries 19 1y
+4 RX FT vs Top BAML Group for Value PE 4 1y
+11 PE On Cycle Recruiting for 2026 9 1y
+7 Cerberus LA Groups 3 1y
0 How does Summer Analyst recruiting work at PE Firms? 2 1y
+6 Which hotels do your firms book for seniors/ executives on business trips? 2 1y
+17 Lateral for comp? 6 1y
+19 Small FA focused on Tax Equity - Long Term Career Outlook 3 1y
0 Switching Sectors in PE / Sectors with Long Term Tailwinds 1 1y
+3 Las Vegas Funds? 4 1y
+2 Paper LBO for IBD SA 4 1y
+16 Best tech private equity shops for career progression? 4 1y
+28 ELI5: Locked box 10 1y
+38 Underperformer at PE. Switching to law over finance for stability? 10 1y
+12 MBA for going to PE (from MBB) 5 1y
+9 Independently co-invest along side PE? 1 1y
+10 How do you price in a lack of operational maturity? 3 1y
+6 Kudu Investments Information 4 1y
+6 Getting into Infrastructure PE 2 1y
+15 Infrastructure PE Modeling 20 1y
+44 Megafund Infrastructure PE? 19 1y
+13 Co-Invest -- Long Term Outlook, Comp, Career Progression? 10 1y
+15 2025 PE Associate Roles 8 1y
+36 Lateral PE Recruiting 36 1y
0 Updated Views on Lindsay Goldberg 3 1y
+15 2024 PE Compensation Data Released 6 1y
0 SIG Partners | Dallas PE 1 1y
+3 MF PE SA Timeline 5 1y
+18 Typical MF PE Analyst Career Path? 14 1y
+31 On-Cycle as an Incoming MF PE Analyst (trying to move downstream) 11 1y
+6 PGIM Private Infra 1 1y
+12 How Do I Lateral Funds? 1 1y
+3 OTPP interview process 4 1y
+19 Acquiring underperforming businesses 5 1y
+3 What are the GP / LP distributions in a Hold Co. model? 1 1y
+24 Is it rare for Associates to be Allowed to Co-Invest? 16 1y
+11 General career progression for a first year PE analyst? 5 1y
0 GSAM Private Equity Thoughts + Exits? 1 1y
+10 Recruiter unresponsive after responding to opportunity outreach? 3 1y
+16 Canadian Sophomore Recruiting for US PE 10 1y
+48 Struggling to Break into IB/PE/ER After 5 Months of Recruiting – SEEKING ADVICE 16 1y
+10 PE Headhunters in Singapore/Hong Kong 12 1y
+80 Upside for sticking it out at Apollo... 30 1y
+9 Energy Capital Partners (ECP) - Updated Info / Comp / Culture? 12 1y
0 Definitive Prestige Ranking of Megafunds 2025 13 1y
+31 NYC Budgeting 14 1y
+14 LBO Test vs. CIM LBO test 7 1y
+1 Switching to careers from Tech to Finance mid-career 2 1y
+20 Few years out of school -- PE jump without business school? 10 1y
+11 Chicago Infra 5 1y
+83 MBB NYC vs MF PE 43 1y
+20 M&A Not Sufficient? 5 1y
+12 Firms That Aren't 2 and Out 18 1y
+4 Corporate PE to Real Estate 3 1y
+10 Traditional Buyout PE vs. Infrastructure PE? 1 1y
+48 Is Infrastructure PE sweaty? 19 1y
+3 1st year ASO, non-finance exits 3 1y
+16 Infra PE Analyst -> Traditional PE Associate? 6 1y
+6 Big 5 Canadian to Mega Fund PE? Or Infrastructure PE 6 1y
+10 Advice Request after somehow surviving almost getting fired 1 1y
+4 Realistic PE Exits from Chicago MM Bank 5 1y
+12 Comparing the alternatives to PE after associate program 3 1y
+13 GSAM AIMS VS LASALLE INVESTING ANALYST 9 1y
+3 BCG to PE 6 1y
+12 Deal Origination Question 7 1y
+14 Asking for advice – from BigLaw to PE 4 1y
+11 LMM PE Comp - CLT/ATL 11 1y
+23 Mixed performance review - being immature? 7 1y
+22 Top Charlotte PE firms? 16 1y
+3 MM/LMM PE in CLT 4 1y
+25 Lateral HHs? 11 1y
+6 Secondaries case studies? 5 1y
0 PE recruiting prospects 1 1y
+9 Networking as a buy-side analyst 1 1y
+11 Search Fund Internship 9 1y
+3 Independent Sponsor / Fundless Model 3 1y
+5 Incoming PE Intern: Xmas List Suggestions? 5 1y
+2 GTCR NYC? 10 1y
+45 How do you model an earn-out in an LBO model? 34 1y
+30 How’s London? 9 1y
0 ISO: Renewable Energy Project Modeling Tutor/Mentor 1 1y
+12 Chicago PE: GTCR vs MDP vs Thoma Bravo 8 1y
0 Corp Dev (M&A) vs. Project Finance for Infra PE exit? 3 1y
0 Am I good to go if I did PEAK, BIWS, WSP LBO models? 2 1y
+3 PE Portco VP Equity 5 1y
+15 Cold calling for PE firm 6 1y
+9 LBO Elements of Net debt 3 1y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

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  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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