+3 How many PE firms are there gonna be? 3 4y
+21 Growth Associate Comp 16 4y
+21 Going from sellside to founder--etiquette and reaching out questions 1 4y
0 S Corp Tax Rate Post Acquisition 1 4y
+27 Most Unethical Business Practices You Have Witnessed? 9 4y
0 Market Consolidation 1 4y
+53 The Gores brothers 34 4y
+9 Interview with MD, tips to secure this dream PE gig? 1 4y
+3 Clearlake 2 4y
+9 Deferred MBA Programs Stigma? 8 4y
+2 Post MBA entering PE with no prior IB experience 2 4y
+5 How Many of you Buy MF PE Stocks? 9 5y
+15 Am I underpaid? Associate earning $200k/year in Boston 14 5y
0 PE VS IB - how much better/worse? 4 5y
+13 How far would you agree that ‘only the cream of the crop’ of bankers make it to top PE? 14 5y
+26 Does it make sense to try and lateral from a small investment firm to a LBO Fund or larger BDC after a year? 18 5y
+6 Interviewing at PE funds with different strategies 1 5y
+12 LBO Modelling Test - Doubts 2 5y
+7 Pagaya Investments - anyone know anything? 3 5y
+14 PE vs Biotech BD 4 5y
+3 Break even synergies 2 5y
+12 Am I permanently screwed in terms of salary...? 7 5y
+16 Seller Financing and Debt Payments? 2 5y
+35 Is Healthcare PE possible with no healthcare coverage experience? If so, what should my strategy be? 16 5y
+6 Top Secondaries Shop vs MM PE firm 1 5y
+26 Overpaying Shops Thread 73 5y
+12 Summer Reading for PE/Finance 1 5y
+12 PE Portfolio Ops in Singapore 1 5y
+14 Fellow PE Associates - what is your favorite Sales/BD automation software? 4 5y
0 Asia- Private Credit 1 5y
+38 Need Advice: Hate Prestige, but still Optimal Strategy? 18 5y
+10 Associate 2 - asking for more autonomy/responsibility 1 5y
0 LBO - Model Test - Questions 11 5y
+22 London PE Recruiting Questions 10 5y
+2 How to find informal internship for the fall? 3 5y
+12 Tech Start-up valuation method - question 1 5y
0 Vetting PE Firms 1 5y
+86 Private Equity Templates Available (Get Full Access) 19 5y
0 Thoughts on Macquarie's Green Investment Group? 2 5y
+6 Insight Partners Onsite Interview 1 5y
+22 Is there another good finance-career forum out there? 20 5y
+9 Leveraging one interview process for another 5 5y
+3 Anyone heard of Razorhorse Capital? Thoughts/ comp/ exit ops? 1 5y
+3 Valuation of intangibles 1 5y
+13 Looking for some advice 2 5y
+4 Infrastructure PE Analyst Programs 9 5y
+10 At a BB IB Backoffice - Would you sit for the CFA? 3 5y
+11 MM PE vs Consulting/IB - PLS HELP! 2 5y
+9 Would an employer care about taking a specific high-level course? 2 5y
+6 Quant PE? 2 5y
+6 BB FT 2022 Recruiting Process 7 5y
+15 Timing of drug test for full time role 8 5y
0 Apax Tech Buyout NYC 3 5y
+6 Denver Private Equity 11 5y
+8 PERE Career Path 7 5y
0 What do you guys consider liabilities in NWC target? 1 5y
+6 PE Style Pitch vs. HF / Stock Pitch? 1 5y
+36 PE Analyst Exits -- MBA vs HF vs PE Associate? 14 5y
0 Career Transition into Private Equity 3 5y
+40 MBA (Wharton) Quandary 13 5y
+43 Would you move to a regional city for PE? 21 5y
+9 Carried interest split between GP and the Deal Team 1 5y
+9 ONEX Recruitment 2 5y
+9 PE firms in Nashville/Brentwood and moving from IB Ops 6 5y
0 MM PE Comp London 2 5y
0 PE Interview - One Pager 3 5y
+13 What's the point of a 2-3 year PE program? 5 5y
+17 Running a PE owned business 3 5y
+10 Advice for emailing small, regional PE firms for unpaid internships 1 5y
+4 Top Tech Buyout Shops in NYC? 4 5y
+41 Your PE Promotion Timelines 15 5y
+3 MedTech Private Equity 1 5y
+4 Varde Partners 7 5y
+9 Blackstone Middle Office Role - What comes next? 1 5y
+28 New book on the biggest private equity collapse in history 18 5y
+9 GGV Interview 1 5y
+13 Blackstone Tac Opps (BTO) Interview! 7 5y
+8 When is on cycle happening??? 12 5y
0 Hottest / your favorite consumer technology investments (e.g., internet, media, social platform, etc.) (anything pre-IPO, could be seed, could be series D) 2 5y
+259 Private Equity Recruiting Process (From Banking) 62 5y
+34 Work Life Balance at MF PE 25 5y
+14 MM PE at growing fund vs wait for on-cycle? 1 5y
0 2 and out vs career track in PE? Pros and cons of each 3 5y
+6 Pricoa Capital Analyst Program 1 5y
0 Where to Start with Modeling Practice for PE Interviews? 1 5y
+13 How to Succeed in PE as a Non-Target 7 5y
+6 Interview Process Issues - Put on Hold 1 5y
+7 breaking into PE post liquid credit 4 5y
+16 MS IB vs 3i PE out of undergrad 15 5y
+24 Does one year of PE 'keep you in the game'? 5 5y
+4 PE recruiting in APAC - advice needed! 3 5y
0 HGGC in 2021 1 5y
+7 PE first round interview in 1 week. What's the best use of my time? 1 5y
+15 Does anyone have color on the lateral pre-MBA PE associate market/process? 6 5y
+6 Mid Career Switch from Government to PE/trading/asset management 1 5y
0 Analyst to associate in private equity 1 5y
+62 Golub Capital type direct lending fund 20 5y
+40 Secondaries / IR Career Post-IB? 13 5y
+31 Low ACT Score and PE 25 5y
+3 2022 vs 2023 Oncycle 7 5y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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