+2 internship decision! 10 4y
+146 Q&A : Principal in Middle Market PE 61 4y
+3 Days off working PE 1 4y
+57 London Living - Advice 40 4y
+2 Columbia Growth Equity Analyst Placement? 3 4y
+15 PhD for PE/VC 3 4y
+12 LMM Associate year 2 raise 6 4y
+10 Do I have a shot at PE out of undergrad? 1 4y
+16 Private Equity in The Cayman Islands 3 4y
+4 BayPine Capital Boston 4 4y
+35 GP vs LP for junior 12 4y
+9 Silver Lake NY vs Menlo Park offices 1 4y
+6 NYC Funds with Good Vacation 1 4y
+6 Blackstone SA Experience? 1 4y
+12 PE firm worklife balance 30 4y
+3 NYC PE/VC Firms with generous vacation/PTO 2 4y
+28 Search Fund experience valuable? 14 4y
+6 Insight on TPG 1 4y
+3 European PE/VC firms with NYC office 1 4y
+6 NYC PE Firms with WFH Flexibility 1 4y
+41 Thoughts on consultant friendly (e.g., Golden Gate, Sycamore, NMC) PE firms? 10 4y
0 Valor Equity Partners 3 4y
0 Transferring Offices 0 4y
+6 Careers in London + NYC 0 4y
+192 Q&A: UMM PE VP 107 4y
+30 H/S/W chances after 4 years PE, 2 years IB? 8 4y
+7 How to stay engaged in community/leadershio 1 4y
+18 UMM.. vs. sector-focused Bain Capital fund 13 4y
+4 Go full time at EB or PE firm? 3 4y
+20 Turned down offer 5 4y
+15 PJT Park Hill Real Estate Group Interview (NY office) 1 4y
+8 What happened at General Atlantic? 4 4y
+3 Non-PE 1st Year Analyst Comps at Top Megafunds (Carlyle/Blackstone/KKR etc.) 3 4y
+35 Stay in cushy PE job or move to MBB consulting 12 4y
+15 Offers from BX/KKR vs WP 14 4y
+10 Best NYC UMM/MM Funds 2 4y
+18 HPS Reputation 12 4y
+19 What PE firms recruit from undergrad (Wharton, Harvard) for analyst positions? 27 4y
+32 East Coast IBD to West Coast PE? 13 4y
+12 Does PE kill jobs and ruin the economy? 11 4y
+49 IBD Associate… Now What? 21 4y
+33 PE Recruitment Timeline/Preparation as a 1st Year IB Analyst 31 4y
+20 West Coast vs. NY Exit Opps 19 4y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland 2 4y
+16 How fucked am I? Please help me plan how to get out of consulting and into PE. 7 4y
+30 Call for advice from PE professionals - Undergraduate hopeful in distress 8 4y
0 How hard to get into PE (non-citizen) 4 4y
+18 Benefits of PE out of undergrad 7 4y
+17 Fund says I am an independent contractor - 10-99 vs W2 11 4y
+9 Going to Direct PE Fund, but want to eventually go to LBO fund 2 4y
+25 at a middle market fund - advice for recruiting 6 4y
+12 Meeting PE recruiters before starting IBD FT 5 4y
+29 Private Equity Analyst - Panic Mode 12 4y
+5 HIG Model Test 3 4y
+65 Thoughts on LMM Fund in Small City 17 4y
+50 Fundraising sucks. Please help. 12 4y
+62 No full time offers, seeking life advice? 21 4y
+15 Consultant-friendly PE to IB-heavy PE? 3 4y
+50 PE Analyst -> Associate 27 4y
+35 PE recruitment - recruiter list LONDON 2017 17 4y
+220 No PE in my PA 53 4y
+408 Is Private Equity a Low-IQ Approach to Finance? 160 4y
+23 Pension Fund / SWFs 6 4y
+3 Downtown Manhattan Apartments 1 4y
+10 ADIA PE Direct Investment 4 4y
+5 Does anyone have insights on Charterhouse Capital Partners? 12 4y
+152 Q&A: Recently Left Role as Sr. Associate in LMM PE Due to Burnout 44 4y
+1 M Capital Group? Interview, Work Culture? 5 4y
+14 Advice Appreciated! 4 4y
+15 Evercore - Carlyle and Insight 11 4y
+11 BC Partners Set to Miss Fund Target Even After Seeking Extension 2 4y
+32 Boston PE Firms 19 4y
0 Small venture 1 4y
+39 When is too early to get out of the hamster wheel that is blue chip PE? 21 4y
+3 Can someone explain PE trajectory 1 4y
+18 Military veteran looking for an executive assistant position 3 4y
+7 Salary Negotiation? 3 4y
+4 Partners Group Compensation 7 4y
+9 Best Chicago Funds in 2022 and Beyond? 4 4y
+8 Second thoughts from oncycle placement? 3 4y
+11 Undergrad Major Decision: Computer Science vs History vs Information Science 4 4y
+24 Post-MBA PERE to Traditional PE 1 4y
+7 For people working near east 53th street, where do you live? 2 4y
+24 What is your favorite example of a controversial PE/activist deal that worked? 1 4y
+3 Ares Direct Lending SA- Credit LA/NY 0 4y
+15 Doing Mailroom Bitchwork at a PE firm 7 4y
+40 How do PE Salaries Work? Are they as high as people claim? 13 4y
+3 Post-MBA IB Associate to MM PE 2 4y
+4 Cantor Fitzgerald IB or BBH PE (SA 2023) 1 4y
+17 PEI 300 4 4y
+6 Would you choose MFPE US vs London? 1 4y
+29 Reputation of Advent / Charlesbank / Berkshire & other Boston firms 30 4y
+122 How many target kids go straight to MF PE? 52 4y
+9 What exactly is this role?? 5 4y
+10 MM PE SA 2023 Concerns 6 4y
0 2022 analyst comp poll! 2 4y
+9 Is it a smart move to do my last internship in PE - Funds of Funds in New York ? 3 4y
+9 Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners 3 4y
+12 Any info on Sami Mnaymneh 19 4y
+5 Top Healthcare Growth Investing Firms? 8 4y

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