+12 PE Portfolio Opportunity (pros / cons) 1 5y
+20 Booth vs. Sloan for private equity 3 5y
+40 Confused about Infra PE 7 5y
+12 Discussing Public Deal Experience in Buy-side Interviews 1 5y
+17 London ib to Los Angeles pe 10 5y
+13 Practicing on 2nd round models? 5 5y
+31 post investment management (PIM) in PE 3 5y
+6 IB/PE in smaller cities? Or as an exit? (Nashville, Asheville, Charlotte, Denver) 1 5y
+4 Practice reading credit docs 2 5y
+6 FIG PE career path? 3 5y
+5 Gimv Private Equity 3 5y
+25 PE MBA internship at tiny firm 2 5y
+70 Introvert, currently in PE and miserable.... 10 5y
+33 PE or MBA? 4 5y
+15 PE Firms Reputation/Culture 10 5y
+32 KKR Hiring Preferences / Class of 2020 27 5y
+8 Private Capital Investing: The Handbook of Private Debt and Private Equity (Wiley Finance) 3 5y
+9 Private Equity - Investment Memo Writing 1 5y
+10 Special sits vs PE modeling 5 5y
+26 An Inconvenient Fact: Private Equity Returns & The Billionaire Factory 5 5y
+29 Vista Equity Partners vs. Financial Sponsors Coverage 9 5y
+3 Founding Rounds? 2 5y
+18 Menlo Park Buyside, Housing & Roommates 7 5y
+15 Hong Kong PE Recruitment 1 5y
+55 Did very poorly on my first deal - what should I do? 14 5y
+102 Race preferences at work 24 5y
+9 Sports Based Business 1 5y
+15 London Cinven partner comp expecations? 3 5y
+18 Carry/comp at a new fund 5 5y
+12 How can a Corporate Investment analyst move to Private Equity? 1 5y
+31 Megafund Hours 22 5y
+16 Miserable "culturally" at a firm - worth switching? 3 5y
+18 MM Partner Call from cold e-mail 2 5y
+9 Answering "Why do you want to work at a Megafund?" 3 5y
+18 Established Emerging Market Groups in Private Equity 1 5y
+49 Hedge Fund or PE Analysts Program 11 5y
+37 Top Candidate Preference 14 5y
+4 FT PE and Credit Fund Opportunities 4 5y
+5 What’s the difference between Ares Management Corporation and Oaktree Capital Management? 1 5y
+3 Private Equity Firms Investing More Into Consulting Firms? 1 5y
+3 Governance post investment & management incentives? 1 5y
+8 Interview: How do Dividend Recaps impact Returns? 3 5y
+6 Greenoaks Capital Insights? 1 5y
+6 Like investing but working in toxic political culture now.. 1 5y
+3 IB Recruiting during Off-Cycle Internship 1 5y
+10 Impact of NYC 14 Day Quarantine Order on Buyside Recruiting 11 5y
+55 Can I become good at modeling? 16 5y
+21 How would you LBO an insurance company?? 5 5y
+12 PE Trainings In London or Paris 1 5y
+13 Oaktree Compensation 8 5y
+5 HELP: A Tier 2 PE fund will give me this test to complete (click on the topic) 2 5y
+47 Option Pool Question 16 5y
+3 Practice Interview Questions for Port Co CEO Role 1 5y
+12 Is there a step below running a search fund / being an entrepreneur in residence? 1 5y
+15 ECM to PE advice? 2 5y
+3 London / EU Fund Performance 1 5y
+26 MF Growth vs Pure Growth 9 5y
+3 Would you get frustrated if things took you longer? 1 5y
+15 Circular reference in LBO model? 2 5y
+45 FT 2021 PE Analyst Recruiting 40 5y
+3 LP – GP relationship in “Western” vs. a Chinese PE fund ? 1 5y
+8 Fucked up at work- what to do? 2 5y
+71 Long-term PE - Lifestyle 29 5y
+134 PE lifestyle? Hours, weekends, base, bonus, etc.? 93 5y
+12 Fund placement agents - is this pay accurate? 1 5y
+24 PWP private equity placement is elite? 10 5y
+12 PE Case Study Interview Examples? 1 5y
+22 What investment banking group(s) do PE teams want to see the most? 4 5y
+12 Got a message about a job for a portfolio company but would rather work at PE. How to respond? 1 5y
+10 kkr associate pe interview 5 5y
+6 Comp Expectations 5 5y
+46 Q&A - Offcycle offer from UMM fund ($9bn latest fund size) 21 5y
+19 Loving WFH in PE 6 5y
+6 Canada - EDC Private Equity 1 5y
+13 Private Equity Real Estate | Sourcing & Fees 2 5y
+12 Money Talks - Am I Being Fairly Compensated? 2 5y
+10 What would you consider a boutique Private Equity in Canada? What's there rankings? 1 5y
+13 Looking beyond PE (public service or coding/tech or both?) 2 5y
+6 30 minutes every day to improve? 4 5y
+29 LV3 requirements for country coverage ? 11 5y
+7 Giving salary info at end of process 2 6y
+13 Move from PE to consulting as a junior 4 6y
+12 PE intern case interview HELP 1 6y
+15 MM PE Intern vs BlackRock ACS, which offer to take? 15 6y
+3 Youngest partner at BX REPE 1 6y
+9 Sophomore PE interview advice 2 6y
+27 Did I Miss the Boat on Being Entrepreneurial By Majoring in Finance? 11 6y
+13 Thoughts on major Consumer PE firms 3 6y
+16 Call Premium - Expensed? 4 6y
+22 Drivers of Cash Flows? Assumptions? 5 6y
+32 Sources & Uses - Private Co LBO 11 6y
+3 Culture at MFPE 1 6y
+29 Private Equity firms in LA? Reputations, culture, compensation? 33 6y
+3 A good book on building concensus for PE 4 6y
+4 Robin Judson - typical questions? 1 6y
+8 PE Analyst 2021 Recruiting Megathread 4 6y
+3 Apis Holdings 1 6y
+305 Q&A - Analyst at Top PE Fund (TPG, KKR, BX, OAK, Carlyle, APO) 229 6y
+37 Private Equity Fund of Funds: Case Study 29 6y
+10 Where to find high-quality research reports that focus on industries? 47 6y

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