+26 HIGHEST PAYING PE Firms for Associate (LND) 29 3y
+22 12 Years Old With No Finance Experience, Too Late To Get Into PE? (Follow Up Post) 2 3y
+20 Blackstone SA 2022 382 3y
0 Got a PE internship! 2 3y
+10 Private Equity Work Hours for VP's and up 5 3y
+100 Lying about SAT score for PE Recruiting 58 3y
0 Lateraling in Private Credit/Direct Lending 1 3y
+3 Terra Firma, London 4 3y
+707 Random Things I Wished I Knew About PE 75 3y
+8 My chances for MMPE on cycle 2 3y
+6 Wind Point 2021 11 3y
+22 Blackstone FT 2022 307 3y
+30 European PE: Interview case studies exchange 92 3y
+48 Anyone willing to share a PE interview case study? 51 3y
+185 I Gave Up on Buyside Recruiting - Dropping Prep Materials + Technicals 47 3y
+21 How to recruit for PE as an associate? 22 3y
+7 LMM Chicago PE Firms 7 3y
+10 Blackstone Portfolio Management Program (PMP) 12 3y
+9 Placement Agent Interview Coming Up - Any Insights? 2 3y
+222 PE with 10-15B AUM - Associate Offer Rescinded 62 3y
0 Why is PE considered a "cyclical industry"? 8 3y
+18 I Squared Capital 30 3y
+58 London - Most Prestigious Grad Roles 76 3y
+5 Waud Capital Partners - Investment Summer Internship (Chicago) 10 3y
+13 BB Commercial Banking internship vs Sales & Trading (in NY) at an international firm with a small US presence 2 3y
+3 One Equity Partners 10 3y
+12 Should I stay in PE or move to IB? 8 3y
+21 Aquiline Capital Partners 28 3y
+115 Differences between Co-invest and Secondaries? 14 3y
+20 HIG Whitehorse 31 3y
0 Searchlight Capital 2021? 3 3y
+11 Chicago PE Landscape 6 3y
+12 Should I take an offer from a small fund? 5 3y
+14 PE in Boston 7 3y
+30 TowerBrook Associate position 17 3y
+76 — 52 3y
+19 Co-investment quality 17 3y
+14 Rede Partners 2021 13 3y
+70 Senior Associate and Vice President laterals - how do you want to be managed? 19 3y
+15 VP / Investment Manager Salary in Pan-European Middle-Market Fund 20 3y
+53 Private Equity in India 26 4y
+14 Mac for modeling? With Parallels? 4 4y
+22 GTCR Private Equity Analyst Recruiting 16 4y
+3 Verlinvest: anyone knows abt this European shop? 5 4y
+20 Career and Life Advice 18 4y
+3 Stirling Square Capital Partners (UK)? 5 4y
+2 SSM Partners? 3 4y
+12 Houston boutique/mm PE exit opps 2022 3 4y
+44 Criteria for funds to be considered MF, as opposed to MM 36 4y
+9 Madison Dearborn thoughts? 10 4y
+52 Private Equity Interview 1-Day Bootcamp - Nov 12th - Only 15 Seats 7 4y
+3 Riverside Partners 3 4y
+148 Vista Equity Partners 2021 155 4y
+10 Apax vs GTCR 5 4y
0 Kohlberg & Co 5 4y
+19 Updated info on Oaktree Internships? 54 4y
+12 Transition from Business analyst at PE firm to Associate 2 4y
+15 SEO Alternative Investments Fellowship Program 48 4y
+24 Want to move to Chicago PE? 17 4y
+54 Going Fully Remote 16 4y
+20 PE Case Study - LBO with CIM 12 4y
+28 Acquisition Entrepreneur Capital Requirement 19 4y
+9 Canada IB to US MM PE 9 4y
+41 Chicago Private Equity - Help for 1st Year analyst 33 4y
+17 Groups like BX Tac Opps 21 4y
+3 HIG Capital (London) 5 4y
+128 Romance my way into PE? 50 4y
+6 Info on Shore Capital Partners (Chicago) ? 19 4y
+29 Thoughts on KKR Global Impact/Blackstone Impact Investing/Other MF Impact Platforms? 10 4y
+84 Megafund/UMM PE Analyst Program Discussion Thread 57 4y
+28 Interview Question - PIK Interest Accounting 40 4y
+29 Investor Relations Compensation at Mega Funds "the dilemma" 20 4y
+46 Ever hear of Stripes Group? 16 4y
+39 SLEEP: What is the damage of not getting enough? 15 4y
+17 PE Culture & Hours London 9 4y
+86 Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Overview 37 4y
+9 KKR Clients & Partners Group 16 4y
+25 Vector Capital 14 4y
+44 PE Deal Sourcing Comp / Lifestyle 14 4y
+14 True Wind 5 4y
+17 PE non-compete in IL? 15 4y
+3 Help needed! 2 4y
+1 Chicago MF/UMM firms 15 4y
+45 CVC Capital Partners case study - Investment team 10 4y
+38 TQQQ and Inflation 18 4y
+170 Q&A - Starting Post-MBA Megafund PE 65 4y
+6 Fair comp small MM fund? 3 4y
+1 Bregal Partners Analyst Program 3 4y
+47 Healthcare Consulting to CVC Capital Partners: Worth the move? 10 4y
+26 MM HF IR analyst looking to lateral to MF PE IR, need career advice 2 4y
+57 Did 2021 on-cycle recruit, joined a MF PE firm that I'm not that excited about... 32 4y
+15 AKKR Atlanta office - is the name worth the location trade off? 8 4y
+23 Role of MBB performance reviews in on-cycle PE recruiting 9 4y
+3 Vista NYC 1 4y
+5 MM PE Analyst Compensation 1 4y
+4 Global Audio Visual 1 4y
+28 EV / Equity value bridge Case Study 12 4y
+87 Quick plug for LMM PE re: Work / Life Balance 34 4y
+24 KKR PE vs Blackstone PE - Analyst Roles 15 4y
+32 Mezzanine Finance ---> PE? 17 4y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

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  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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