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
+16 Infra Fund Case Study Prep Help 1 5y
0 Capital structure terms? 6 5y
+12 Family Office Recruiters? 1 5y
0 Private Equity M&A internship at a small firm as my first internship 1 5y
+18 Does an unfriendly interviewer in final round say much about firm culture or whether you get an offer? 7 5y
+91 Q&A: 3rd Year Associate - Private Equity 75 5y
0 Is 35 y.o. too late to try to break in equity research? 6 5y
0 BO at a MF- Chances of pivoting to FO? 2 5y
+17 Value of an E-MBA 7 5y
+70 What do discuss during coffee/lunch meetings? 63 5y
0 Starting the next AirBnB of xyz - initial growth and funding 7 5y
+14 CBV vs CPA vs CFA® breaking into PE 3 5y
+14 PE Exit Opps after Being Let Go at Mid-Level 10 5y
0 Work email vs personal 1 5y
+16 How to fund the next AirBnB of xyz? 4 5y
+32 Joining portco post associate—what title/comp? 28 5y
+5 IK Investment Partners 4 5y
+40 IBD Associate --> PE 13 5y
+30 Private Equity Portfolio: How Would You Hedge? 8 5y
+21 An explanation of Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) in Private Equity 1 5y
+10 Ideas to volunteer help at my alma matter's endowment? 1 5y
+4 What have you enjoyed the most about PE? 3 5y
+3 Emerald Capital Partners 1 5y
0 FIG Private Equity in Southeastern/ Mid-Atlantic Region 1 5y
+21 No closed deal -> post-MBA recruiting? 9 5y
+11 Credit Investment Memo - Example 3 5y
0 Regional IB -> Newly formed Family Office 1 5y
+31 Are PE interviews that hard? 11 5y
+23 SPAC 11 5y
0 Cohen Private Ventures (Point72) 3 5y
0 Anyone have an updated list of headhunter coverage? 1 5y
0 Secure role prior to b-school? 5 5y
+9 Nippon Life Global Investors Americas 2 5y
+41 Ecom w/ $30M sales 12 5y
+22 PE operating partner exits 5 5y
0 LMM PE vs. Boutique IB for Summer Analyst Internship 5 5y
+1 PE Co-investor - looking to connect 4 5y
+12 Looking to interview Private Equity Professionals 1 5y
+8 Culture in Distressed Buyout 7 5y
+15 How to recruit for different geographies 7 5y
+20 Learning Curve from IB to PE 4 5y
+48 Investment Professional VS Operating Professional 33 5y
0 LMM PE? 1 5y
0 LMM PE Analyst 2 yr program 2 5y
+29 Canadian PE (MM) 7 5y
+23 Firms Unsupportive of PE Recruiting 16 5y
+8 Work feels like prison 5 5y
+3 Recruiting for GE after 1 Year in IB 2 5y
0 PP&E / Intangibles Write-up Assumptions 1 5y
+12 PE Placement Job - Advice 1 5y
+54 Q&A: Signed to a PE UMM/MF during 2019 on-cycle from MBB 19 5y
+36 Moving to Tech from Private Equity 10 5y
+12 Hellman & Friedman London interview 8 5y
+8 MM PE vs EB IB? Post MBA Assoc 8 5y
+9 Experience interviewing at SWFs 3 5y
0 Appropriate to follow up w/ Headhunter? 2 5y
+43 Stop Using FoF as a term and No its not Inferior 11 5y
0 Thoughts on Valor Equity? 1 5y
0 LevFin Group to PE? 2 5y
+16 HF vs PE 2 5y
0 Welsh, Carson 2 5y
0 Post-Covid WFH rules at your fund? 2 5y
+17 Deal on Resume - Not Much to Talk About? 3 5y
+9 Qualities of a good SOFTWARE LBO candidate? 1 5y
+14 PE Recruiting timeline for a first year analyst 29 5y
+26 Post-MBA Careers for Pre-MBA PE Associate from non HSW M7 18 5y
+1 How do firms source deals? 1 5y
+27 Thoughts on PE WLB during COVID 1 5y
0 Is it weird that I get staffed OFF of deals? 1 5y
+6 Career Steps After REPE Internship 3 5y
0 Silver Lake Recruiting 8 5y
0 Nonconventional path to PE 4 5y
+15 London - why do buy-side headhunters ignore candidates? 8 5y
0 On-cycle PE Associate Recruiting for PE Analysts? 1 5y
0 PE Client Services Cover Letter/ Resume 1 5y
+26 Texas PE: HBS vs. McCombs vs. None 10 5y
+142 Q&A: Associate at MM Private Equity fund 54 5y
+5 Public sector consulting to Infrastructure Private Equity? 5 5y
0 Best Healthcare Funds in 2021? 3 5y
0 Contributing to Fund as an Analyst 1 5y
+5 Taxation on Sale of PortCo Division 4 5y
0 Comparing General Atlantic vs. New Mountain Capital pre-MBA associate programs 3 5y
0 Types of financing available 1 5y
0 2021 PE associate firms still hiring? 1 5y
0 Remote WFH options in PE? 5 5y
0 Starting at ~$1-3B PE shop with 2-and-out program, should I be worried about staying in PE? 5 5y
+10 Put Right in Debt-Like Pref 6 5y
+11 Financial modeling for ports investment decision 2 5y
0 Current interest rate range for various types of debt 11 5y
+31 Entrepreneurial / Low Scale PE 14 5y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
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June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
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