+16 Work in secondaries for a respected shop - want to move to control buyouts - IBD/Consulting make sense? 5 4y
+17 Advice: drop second major for GPA? 5 4y
+1 On Cycle Recruiting 1 4y
+14 Long term career--PE vs AM 5 4y
+14 Short Interview ... Long Conversation 6 4y
+3 Welsh Carson in 2021 1 4y
+3 Sixth Street Partners in Texas 2 4y
0 Learning about different types of debt. Where? 1 4y
+9 How to use IB to prepare for PE after you have your offer? 1 4y
+7 Crossover Tech Funds? 4 4y
+31 Incline Equity and PNC RiverArch 27 4y
+13 Temasek Investment Group (IG) NYC 48 4y
+2 Headhunters in Houston 2 4y
+6 How much of your work is solitary vs teamwork? 2 4y
+9 Bain Capital 2022 - On-cycle results 1 4y
+20 Cap table scenario to minimize dilutive fundraising 6 4y
0 Private Equity Executive Summary 1 4y
+10 Did you recently go through PE recruiting? A reporter from Bloomberg would like to interview you 6 4y
+4 Just got into PE but they want me to start in 10 days. (Quitting job) 6 4y
0 Blackstone strategic partners - thoughts? 6 4y
+32 Harlem Capital "self-defined" diversity 19 4y
+1 Am I being underpaid? 5 4y
0 I HAVE A DEAL FOR YOU!! Appeal to the Collective Intelligence of this forum 2 4y
+9 Did the recruiter mess up my interview? 1 4y
+11 IB SA -> PE Analyst 11 4y
+7 From The Heart Home Care 1 4y
+9 Help needed - which offer to choose 3 4y
+12 PE Portfolio Companies - Board of Directors 3 4y
0 1st Year Associate Salaries? Negotiating? 5 4y
+14 2023 On-Cycle Recruiting 7 4y
+3 Great Point Partners 1 4y
+11 Analyst Offer: Mid-tier BB vs. MM buyout 8 4y
+8 BX Infra vs Energy vs Core PE? 11 4y
+4 Case Study for Interview with Private Capital 2 4y
+22 Current PE professionals: what is your endgame? 8 4y
+19 Carry Vesting Question 3 4y
+18 Case Study question 3 4y
+4 HGGC - Thoughts? 2 4y
+4 What’s left in on-cycle? 3 4y
+9 What do you do as a HF Analyst post-IB/PE? 2 4y
+416 Q&A: 3rd Year PE Associate ($10bn+ AUM, MBO/LBO, equity, mezz, distressed debt) 135 4y
+10 Blackstone Strategic Partners - Secondaries (Recruiting, Comp, Culture) 18 4y
+9 Comprehensive Evaluation of Private Equity as a Career 1 4y
+111 How much do you spend on rent as an associate making 275-325? 72 4y
+10 At Will Employment and Notice Period IB -> PE 3 4y
+6 Accel-KKR Compensation 1 4y
0 Insight on Kennet Partners 1 4y
+3 GIP Modelling Test 1 4y
+2 Girls Who Invest vs. Advent 6 4y
+9 Investment memo and supplementary investment analysis slides on a Private Equity co-invest fund 1 4y
+3 Lateral in PE 6 4y
0 SoftBank Investment Advisers Modelling Test? 2 4y
+35 Slightly Underpaid - Should I leave? 18 4y
0 Valuation of Intangible asset - R MODEL 1 4y
+14 How do you feel about PE Firms having Giant Internal Ops Teams? 3 4y
+3 Flexibility of Office Location? Era of WFH & Zoom 1 4y
+6 Vista/SLP vs. PJT/EVR 12 4y
+2 Joined a PE firm this week 1 4y
+6 Private Equity Compensation Survey 1 4y
+3 KKR Summer Analyst 2022 2 4y
0 KKR Private Credit - Credit Solutions Info? 3 4y
0 Google Interviews 1 4y
+3 Does anyone have experience in Healthcare and FinTech? Would appreciate some insights. 1 4y
+3 DigitalBridge 1 4y
+9 Is a long term career in investing right for me? 1 4y
+19 Private Markets Roles at Tiger Cubs 11 4y
+3 KKR Credit SA 2022 22 4y
+6 Lightyear Capital 2 4y
+9 Any word on Clearlake? 10 4y
+9 Sophomore Internship Advice 7 4y
+3 Private Credit/Direct Lending Interview 3 4y
+29 Life After Private Credit? 17 4y
+12 Post-MBA - Being In a "Dead" Vertical 1 4y
+3 KPIs 1 4y
0 KKR Growth - TMT 2022, London, Analyst 5 4y
+12 PE Case Study Question 2 4y
+9 Majority Buy-Out PE 1 4y
+6 Best Books Under 200 Pages 18 4y
+13 LBO practice models 3 4y
+1 PE/PC Fund of Fund Analyst Interview Advice? 2 4y
0 PE vs IB Sophomore internship 4 4y
0 PE Pay Increase? 2 4y
+7 PE vs. Consulting WLB 11 4y
+10 Career Advice MM -> UMM / MF (Europe / UK) 1 4y
+3 what is the private equity playbook for workers in portfolio companies? 1 4y
+6 Buy Side Credit Process 3 4y
+12 IB Associate vs PE Analyst 6 4y
+1 What would happen to PE returns if the carried interest loophole was closed? 3 4y
+3 Question Asia MFs 1 4y
+11 BX / KKR / Apollo process - what are they doing? 7 4y
+1 University of South Australia a non target uni for PE with Ms Finance? 1 4y
0 Change in WC impact on cash balance in LBO 1 4y
+1 Should I take the third year PE offer or apply to business school? 5 4y
+3 off-cycle internships 1 4y
+51 Think I am depressed and need to quit, need advice on managing exit appropriately 10 4y
+3 Engineer to PE 1 4y
+19 Carry Negotiations at a New PE/Growth Fund 6 4y
+21 Perspective on impact investing space (e.g., Acumen, TPG Rise)? 3 4y
+45 Thoughts on TPG Sixth Street Partners 39 4y
+6 Anyone heard of Willowridge Partners? 6 4y

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