+3 DELL LBO case study models 1 5y
+12 Job Offer Opinion - IB to PE 1 5y
+15 Advice Needed: Private Equity Co-investing vs Private Equity Secondary 22 5y
+15 Pay raise 11 5y
+12 Big4 MC vs MF IR 1 5y
+9 PE Secondaries/Co-investment Interviews? 1 5y
+12 Advice needed - infrastructure co-invest/secondaries 1 5y
+12 IB or Co-investments/Secondaries PE? 1 5y
+30 Raising Search Fund Out of Undergrad 6 5y
+15 Should I recruit PE out of undergrad? 2 5y
+14 Private Equity Investment sourcing 2 5y
+26 Ops at KKR a Dead End? 5 5y
+9 Secondary PE to Direct 1 5y
+9 Lev Fin vs Coverage Group for PE 1 5y
+6 What's the purpose of Capital Markets groups for PE firms? 2 5y
+29 Quitting PE for entrepreneurship 7 5y
+12 Board Member Compensation 1 5y
+3 Flexpoint Ford? 1 5y
+16 Technical question: modeling NOLs 5 5y
+3 Platinum Equity - Culture? 3 6y
+12 PE Fof Interview - Excel Test 1 6y
+3 Insight venture partners intern interview 1 6y
+20 Infrastructure sectors - valuing different asset types 2 6y
0 MM PE Salary Progression 4 6y
0 PE Operations Team 13 6y
+10 PE Finance Question 3 6y
+13 LLR Partners - Any Insight? 5 6y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 6y
+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 6y
+9 U4 / U5 when switching from IB to PE? 1 6y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay? 1 6y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay 1 6y
0 Special situations opportunity 14 6y
+12 Any experience w/ LBO or M&A of a Traditional Asset Manager by a PE Firm? 1 6y
+9 Direct PE to Fund or Co? 1 6y
+15 Undergrad GPA for megafund 7 6y
+5 Need Advice: Big Career Shift 3 6y
+187 Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? 45 6y
+15 How to convince a PE firm to hire you full time out of undergrad? 2 6y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 6y
+13 Pitch me an investment - Private Equity Interview 4 6y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 6y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 6y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 6y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 6y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 6y
+9 E&Y TAS to PE/IB Industry 3 6y
+57 Bain Capital Internship Interview 83 6y
+27 Infrastructure or Real Estate PE? 8 6y
+11 any way to get involved with Y Combinator, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz etc as an undergrad ? 7 6y
+7 How Many Deals on Experienced Resume 3 6y
+6 LBO Model Practice 1 6y
+51 How to Stall Exploding PE Offer 24 6y
+8 Move to lower-MM vs staying at BB? 3 6y
+45 Revenue and COGS build 8 6y
+9 Looking for Advanced Excel Financial Modeling Course Specifically for Equity Deals 3 6y
+33 Post-MBA PE Recruiting - HBS 34 6y
0 American capital - Any experiences? 19 6y
+13 Family Office Experience 24 6y
+3 Infra fund interview - Analyst position 1 6y
+71 How to ask someone for a job 61 6y
+21 Figuring out a path from credit investing to private equity 1 6y
+21 Private Equity Hierarchy 10 6y
+12 Bain Cap vs. BCV interview 1 6y
+34 Best summer option for breaking into Private Equity post-MBA 7 6y
+12 Career Advice Needed 1 6y
+12 How does one apply to the new analyst and summer analyst (from undergraduate programmes)? 1 6y
+33 Capital Structure for Private Acquisitions Under $20M? 3 6y
+32 Joining PE during fund raising - Associate / MM 6 6y
+8 Acronym HELP 4 6y
+4 WL Ross & Co / WLR Credit Partners 2 6y
+32 Difference between LBO and DCF 18 6y
+12 Consulting-like cases PE interviews 4 6y
+12 LBO-Modeling Case Interview - Completed Model but Fucked Up with Iterations? 2 6y
+42 PE vs. IB out of college 29 6y
0 PE Deal Sourcing Interview/On-the-job advice 6 6y
+27 Reaching out to current Associates 25 6y
+12 Secondary PE vs. Co-investing vs. Fund of PE Funds 1 6y
+18 Becoming operator for PE backed companies 1 6y
+7 Not having any Transaction experience 5 6y
+12 Co-Invest for Carried interest, what is reasonable? 1 6y
+86 Debt and mezz fund expertise 64 6y
+15 CPP Private Investments exit opportunities. 9 6y
+3 Blackstone Energy Partners 1 6y
+34 Leaving banking early? 9 6y
+9 LBO modelling and PE interview prep resources 1 6y
+3 Thoughts on Clearbrook Capital 1 6y
+93 Are top MFins target programs for Private Equity firms? 23 6y
+3 Corporate Controllers - Valuation Control Group, Private Equity 1 6y
+12 How to discuss PE/due-diligence experience in consulting during interviews 1 6y
+266 Are you experienced? Thoughts on growing older 32 6y
0 American Securities 3 6y
+14 Career prospect in a PE platform company 3 6y
0 IAmA Private Equity Intern, Q&A 3 6y
+21 Carry in Family Office 1 6y
+1 MM Private Equity GPA Cutoff? 1 6y
+24 From boutique TMT strategy consulting to PE 1 6y
+10 Funds that hire MBA summer interns 1 6y
+9 How to become a PE Analyst? (1-2 years experience in the Finance industry) 1 6y
+3 From Direct Selling Company Names 1 6y

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