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+9 Buyside Recruiting: RBC vs. Jeffries vs Houlihan Lokey 4 6y
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+10 Moving from LA IB to NYC PE 1 6y
+23 Financial Institutions (FIG) Private Equity Recruiting Overview? 7 6y
+12 Providence Equity Interview 2 6y
+78 Lateral or B-School? 10 6y
+12 Full Time Job Placement 1 6y
+24 Different headhunters reaching out to different people at same firm? 6 6y
+11 Funds Similar to L Catterton 5 6y
+12 Lateral to a larger PE shop 1 6y
+15 Typical MM fund comp for T2 city 8 6y
+18 Lawyer to PE? 4 6y
+12 Did I make a mistake in choosing MF? 1 6y
+21 2018 Private Equity Report – 8 Key Highlights & Trends 0 6y
+32 Does Starting Banking Early Help with PE Recruiting? 6 6y
+39 New York Technology Focused Buyout Shops 10 6y
+29 Thoughts on Permira? 15 6y
+16 LA vs. NY money wise 2 6y
+75 Breaking into Private Equity in London 15 6y
+28 Lateral to the TOP IB GROUP(NY) or PE arm of BB, best path to Mega Fund? 8 6y
+12 Latam (Santiago-based) boutique IB analyst hoping to work in NYC PE - What are my options? 1 6y
+25 PE Recruiting from a Regional Office 8 6y
+15 Moving from IP Law to PE 2 6y
+15 MM PE Lateral from Non-core city to NYC 4 6y
+9 Sterling Investment Partners 1 6y
+27 Switching careers from law (with some IB experience) to private equity 8 6y
+5 Will HHs reach out to me if I'm at a non-NYC BB? 4 6y
+9 Request New Geography (West Coast v. East Coast Office) Before Start Date 1 6y
+22 Midlevel Comp - Market Check 15 6y
+14 What should you take into consideration when deciding what types of fund to recruit for? 1 6y
+15 EB In Chicago ---> PE in NYC (the logistics) 5 6y
+4 Insights on KKR Information Breakfast? 2 6y
+12 Finishing up my first PE internship, not sure where to go next. 1 6y
+10 Recruiting East Coast PE from full time in the West Coast 5 6y
+15 Struck out on on-cycle...hope for off? 3 6y
+3 Thoughts on Apax Partners in 2019 1 6y
+12 Analyst Level Interview w/ no IB experience 1 6y
+7 Negotiating a Pre-MBA Offer 5 6y
+19 Transfers/Moves from US Private Equity to European Private Equity 6 6y
+18 Unpaid internship - to continue or not? 3 6y
+13 Backing Out ot Post Banking Position 2 6y
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+16 How to Find Work Life Balance in PE/Direct Lending, Etc 2 6y
+23 Private debt comp (excl NYC) 17 6y
+7 Head hunters for Colorado or Austin PE? 2 6y
+3 Questions about talking with headhunters 1 6y
+20 LMM PE Associate to UMM PE VP? 2 6y
+20 Need to outsource work to a private equity contractor - know anyone? 4 6y
+31 Rant thread at stupid college students and 1st year analysts 5 6y
+26 Lateral PE Headhunters 16 6y
+3 Tech Private Equity Funds in NYC 3 6y
+2 SF IB to NYC PE 4 6y
+18 Growth to Buyout Transition 6 6y
+58 PE Lateral Recruiting Advice/Stories/Help? 14 6y
+4 Silver Lake Headhunter 2 6y
0 Blackstone, THL Bid Over $15 Billion for Fidelity Information Services, Reminiscent of KKR First Data Buyout for $29 BIllion 0 6y
+21 Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs 1 6y
+15 Top MBA / MF PE Chances from a State School 3 6y
+20 Private Equity Salary Expectations 2 6y
+9 Expected Analyst Comp at a Fundless Sponsor 1 6y
+12 BX REPE vs BB (GS/MS) IBD 3 6y
+16 Due Diligence on PE Deal 5 6y
+9 Boutique PE firm vs. Deloitte Federal? 1 6y
+18 CDD strategy consultant interested in PE 1 6y
0 Triton Pacific Capital Partners 3 6y
+124 The Next Big Thing 180 6y
0 Grey Mountain Partners 6 6y
+10 Hotels 101 5 6y
0 Resource Land Private Equity 4 6y
0 San Diego Private Equity finafunbds looking for public-companies investments 0 6y
+22 Zynga, Facebook, Groupon Colossal Valuations! 18 6y
+14 MBB ---> PE Megafund - what's the gameplan? 3 6y
0 TPG Specialty Finance - San Fran? 0 6y
0 Let's make a deal 5 6y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
+86 Uber last 3.5B$ Raise - Debt disguised as Equity? (Technical Disc.) 29 6y
+82 Cracks in the PE Bubble Beginning to Show? 52 6y
+15 Non-GS/MS/Q/JPM BB tech group placement for SF PE? 7 6y
0 Treasury at a PE Shop 0 6y
+22 Los Angeles Private Equity/Family Office Scene 18 6y
+13 Internship at a small Venture Fund in SV - Salary? 6 6y
+32 Just joined WSO and looking to get into PE 9 6y
0 Sexual Harassment Issues in Silicon Valley 2 6y
0 Family Office Introductions-how hard is it? 3 6y
+151 Would you live here for $200k? 60 6y
+45 PE Firms w/ Dog Friendly Offices 10 6y
+15 About to graduate, what kinds of jobs will give me a chance at getting into PE? 4 6y
+6 MM Brokers in West Coast? 3 6y
+8 Chicago LMM IB to Los Angeles PE 4 6y
+15 Brookfield Private Equity 1 6y
+10 PE Opportunities in LA? 8 6y
+3 Ares Management - Anyone Hear Back From Superday / Final Stages Of The Process For LA Analyst Position? 1 6y
+1 Private Equity Firms in Scottsdale AZ or Denver CO? 4 6y
+3 DTCP, Outlook and Opinions 1 6y
+15 Final round interview advice - PE operations role 2 6y
+6 List of west coast technology-focused credit funds? 3 6y
+22 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 6y

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