+11 Advice: Looking to break into PE as a college student 2 8mo
+3 Modeling Help | Adjustments through Close / Y1 2 8mo
0 software take private LBO models 1 8mo
+26 Incoming Lehigh Student- Reality for IB/PE? 7 8mo
0 PE Co-investment case study examples? 1 8mo
+6 How HH view semi targets in tier 1 funds 1 8mo
+3 Does pedigree matter on the job (for promos, reviews)? 1 8mo
+6 PE Career Advice 1 8mo
+22 Small Office MBB intern: On Cycle PE feasible? Is FT recruiting needed? 11 8mo
0 Brown Brothers Capital Partners 1 8mo
+13 Coalesce Capital 14 8mo
+6 Macquarie Private Equity NYC 2 8mo
0 Tip: Headhunters Value Clarity, Not Buzzwords 3 8mo
0 Has anyone done an IR case study? 1 8mo
+10 Brighton Park Capital? 10 8mo
+6 Washington Harbour Partners 2 8mo
+51 Anybody else scared for their job? 13 8mo
0 Nicola Wealth 1 8mo
+30 Rubicon Founders (Nashville, TN) 19 8mo
+14 Accel-KKR or StepStone? 11 8mo
+13 Return Offer at "Declining" Fund 4 8mo
0 PE Business Development Superday 1 8mo
+11 Apollo Hiring Freeze 10 8mo
+9 AI/Tech impact on PE fundraising in other sectors 3 8mo
+9 Case Study - How Should I build my Investment Pitch 1 8mo
0 SDR Ventures - Denver 0 8mo
+3 Macquarie Capital - Principal Finance 4 8mo
+6 Blackstone Quantitative Assessment - Summer 2027 Real Estate Program 6 8mo
+20 Worried about signing a JAMMBO Offer 14 8mo
+41 Data on PE Firms With Growing Momentum 15 8mo
0 Social in Houston 3 8mo
0 Permira SA 2026 2 8mo
+9 Stupid IC deadlines 6 8mo
0 ECP Perspectives 1 8mo
+14 How are you spending your bonus? 20 8mo
+9 MF REPE or Top EB M&A -- thoughts? 2 8mo
+10 How to pivot to IB/PE from Data/Tech with a low GPA? Canada Top Schools 2 8mo
+3 European MF On-Cycle 2027 31 8mo
+40 Private Equity in Singapore 18 8mo
0 The Associate Role Is Getting Harder, Not Easier 2 8mo
+3 Carlyle Menlo 1 8mo
+3 Nordic 2 8mo
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+28 Associates Handling NDAs 13 8mo
0 Hairy Direct Lend 4 8mo
+54 Pro tips to exercising during ASO stint 22 8mo
0 acquisitions comp / career trajectory 1 8mo
+28 Searchlight Capital WLB 30 8mo
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0 Oaktree Capital Management Sophomore Summer 2 8mo
0 Any Notable Family Office Recruiters? 0 8mo
+6 Feedback on CapVest 5 8mo
+18 Ares Infrastructure Opportunities 15 8mo
+25 PE Secondaries- Excel Case Study 26 8mo
+14 Is there a way back? 2 8mo
+3 Views on Quinbrook? 0 8mo
+14 MF PE ANA Programs (SLP?) 8 8mo
0 Permira / General Atlantic / CPPIB Direct PE Case Study 1 8mo
+21 Thompson Street Capital 15 8mo
+2 PE value creation / portco support comp 2 8mo
0 Exits Opps For A CMBS Analyst At A Ratings Agency 1 8mo
+8 Lateral Hire - Associate vs Senior Associate 18 8mo
0 Buyside Fund Finance – what does it entail? 3 8mo
+19 Notre Dame to PE 31 8mo
+10 Main Capital Partners (Boston) Info 20 8mo
+14 Dark Alpha Capital 10 8mo
0 KKR/Apollo/Blackstone offers - pre employment verification 1 8mo
+27 My VP's Wife Probably Hates Him 12 8mo
+5 del 6 8mo
+41 MBB --> PE Advice 11 8mo
+16 PE vs LO AM 10 8mo
+6 2nd Tier City (SEA/MIA/DEN/AUS/DAL) Compensation 3 8mo
0 Oak Ledge Recruiting 1 8mo
+8 GIC / Temasek US 2025 9 8mo
+7 Bain Capital SA 27 35 8mo
+3 D1 Capital Interview Process? 3 8mo
+6 GPA for on-cycle recruiting 10 8mo
0 PE Recruiters in Dallas 1 8mo
+6 Not sure how to talk to recruiters 4 8mo
+9 How would you approach pitching a sponsor-backed deal? 1 8mo
+59 Trive Capital and other Dallas funds 64 8mo
+15 Deutsche Bank Global Credit Trading 14 8mo
+277 The Private Equity Boogeyman 57 8mo
+18 Private Equity Thoughts 6 8mo
+25 Partner hire at family office vs traditional PE path 7 8mo
+189 LOL at this new WSJ article on Apollo's Culture 60 8mo
+16 PE to Corporate? 20 8mo
0 Part-Time MBA while in PE 8 8mo
+27 Creativity Eclipsing the JAMMBOs 1 8mo
+1 Apollo acquires 50% in Hornsea 3 2 8mo
+12 Tech PE: CD&R vs Warburg vs Advent vs SLP 16 8mo
+9 MBB (Central Asia, non-target UG) → PE Middle East / UK – What’s Realistic? 1 8mo
+938 My Private Equity Recruiting Process 135 8mo
+1 Why Private Equity Is Suddenly Awash With Zombie Firms 3 8mo
+10 Primers for Tech Investing 10 8mo
+18 European MM PE Funds w/Good Trajectory? 20 9mo
+1 References check before case? 3 9mo
+7 Court Square in 2026 19 9mo
0 Tech PE 30min Live Case Interview 3 9mo
0 Q&A 1 9mo

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