0 Private Equity Introductory Meeting 1 5y
0 Asked to improve on speed - what's the best way to demonstrate? 3 5y
0 Carlyle Group - Investor Relations Interview? 3 5y
+3 HIG capital London 1 5y
0 Does Anyone Have Insights On Ardian? 4 5y
0 DDM vs DCF 1 5y
+95 2020 On-Cycle Recruiting Anecdote 29 5y
+8 Understanding the Actual Structure of an LBO 2 5y
+13 PE Operations? 8 5y
0 PE Case Study Tips 1 5y
+32 Pretending you've modeled in interviews 20 5y
+9 Partners Group Denver 9 5y
+15 MF (BX, Apollo, Carlyle, KKR, TPG, Oaktree) vs BB (GS, MS, JP) 20 5y
+16 Do Asian Females Count as Diversity 15 5y
0 Timeline for Lateral Offer? 6 5y
+26 Breaking into private equity from consulting 4 5y
+3 Any 2021 Firms Still Hiring for Summer 1 5y
+19 How do you think about equity risks? 4 5y
+11 NYC Rent & WFH 20 5y
+8 Why can't you LBO a biopharma company 4 5y
0 Baring Private Equity Asia / PE advice 7 5y
+3 PE Secondaries Technical Interview Questions? 2 5y
0 PE Ops Recruiters 1 5y
0 Corp Dev Internship at a PE Backed Company 4 5y
+13 Will the bad days ever end.. 7 5y
+8 PE major help 6 5y
0 Current Private Equity Associate Resume Template 2 5y
+12 Modeling Tests 2 5y
0 Credit - Deal Structuring 3 5y
0 APV Valuation 1 5y
0 Dyal/Owl Rock getting sued by Golub 1 5y
0 Ask recruiter about comp? 5 5y
+1 Sixth Street SA 2021 6 5y
+89 PE - Does the Industry Actually Create Value? 47 5y
+10 starting to recruit for PE as an incoming IB analyst 5 5y
+5 Best VCs focused on Enterprise Software? 5 5y
+16 Comp at PE Portfolio Company - Head of Finance Roles 5 5y
+6 Is Glocap still legit? 11 5y
+4 noob question on cash flow 2 5y
+6 Evaluating economics in a fund - carry, phantom equity, etc. 5 5y
0 Portco VP Finance Equity Comp Expectations 1 5y
0 Early employee secondary sold at a discount in follow-on rounds - why? 1 5y
+4 ESG Private Funds 4 5y
+10 What kind of book do you guys read (PE)? 2 5y
0 SWF Case Study - Guidance helpful 2 5y
+22 GS MBD Working Hours 13 5y
0 Moving from Boutique Private Capital Advisory to Private Equity 3 5y
0 REPE exit opportunities?? 2 5y
+12 iBank Recommendations 9 5y
+3 IR as a Career Path 4 5y
0 What to do if you don’t like modeling... 2 5y
0 Value of networking in on cycle PE recruiting 8 5y
0 noob with easy Q: 10q and 10k filing dates? 1 5y
0 Preference shares 4 5y
0 Single Family Offices doing Direct PE 1 5y
+15 PE Secondaries / Co-invest comp? (Alpinvest, Blackstone, etc) 10 5y
0 SPAC Recruiting / Exit Opps 2 5y
0 Lateral IB analysts & PE Recruiting? 5 5y
0 Individual fund performance 2 5y
0 What is "Market" comp for senior associate / VP level in PE? 2 5y
+6 Gryphon Investors Interview / Culture 3 5y
+10 Tides Equities - heard of them? 2 5y
0 Switching out of Medical School 2 5y
+9 Minnesota Distressed Funds 12 5y
+3 HIG Bayside Modeling / In Person Interview 4 5y
+130 Q&A: PE Associate at a single-sector mid-market fund 45 5y
0 NTM revenue multiples: question 4 5y
+10 PE Megafund Or MM Bank? 4 5y
0 Which tech PE shops have pre-MBA associate coinvest? 1 5y
+30 Macquarie Capital - Principal Investing 25 5y
+14 MF PE in Continental Europe 9 5y
+9 PE Salary Understanding 2 5y
0 noob with question on trial balances 2 5y
0 Questions about launching a SPAC 3 5y
0 EV and NWC adjustment 4 5y
+16 Deal Sheet | Short or Long? 14 5y
+16 Moving from Credit to Growth Investing 6 5y
0 Reclassify expense to capex? 3 5y
0 PE Fundraising process/Documents 6 5y
+6 PE exit opps from SMBC 1 5y
0 Is middle market PE worthwhile? 5 5y
+3 Distressed debt / debt-to-control investment environment 3 5y
+63 Net worth of Private Equity associates 51 5y
0 How to Let My PE Firm Know I Want to Start Early? 4 5y
+3 Growth PE London? 4 5y
+2 Skip IB with two PE and 1 BB internship? 4 5y
0 Does your PE firm have flextime policy prior to COVID? 3 5y
+19 Broke my model - excel help 9 5y
0 Having a tough time at work 1 5y
+26 . 7 5y
0 Back in the office? 2 5y
+7 LMM/MM PE Summer Analyst Programs 9 5y
+14 Growth pipeline work: Best practices 4 5y
0 How rigid are compliance trading policies? 1 5y
+39 Anyone Want to do a "Search"? 27 5y
0 Quick Question - Estimating Levered Returns 1 5y
+7 Leveraged loan investing? 18 5y
+69 What is Canada comp like? 40 5y
0 Industrials IB to Tech PE/GE? 3 5y
0 What is the concept of an attach/detach point in project finance? Particularly related to a unitranche financing. 3 5y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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