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+4 Industry with higher quality businesses? 1 6y
+26 Preparing for PE in 2nd Year of Banking 1 6y
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+3 MCKinsey/EY transaction services to PE 2 6y
+3 Bookings to revenue waterfall 1 6y
+5 How can I make my modeling go from my weakness to my strength? 2 6y
+40 Accept LMM PE offer or keep recruiting? 9 6y
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+9 Asset vs. Share Deal LBO 8 6y
+37 Case Study Presentation 5 6y
+3 Recruiter for Apollo 4 6y
+3 What's causing this round of lay-offs? 1 6y
+18 IRR more sensitive to EBITDA margin than Revenue CAGR - why? 3 6y
+38 Minorities in PEVC - ask me anything 10 6y
+5 Infrastructure PE Excel Models 2 6y
+9 Work place "orphan" - has anyone experienced this and how did you improve your situation? 1 6y
+9 Brookfield AM/Business Partners Vs The Street 1 6y
+3 What is Upper Middle Market? 1 6y
+14 Best Lower MM/micro-cap PE firms? 4 6y
+216 Multimillionaire and retired by 30 Q&A 59 6y
+3 Bad review - life after that? 2 6y
+296 Any Others Dealing With Competitiveness Among Associates / Cut Throat Office Culture? 138 6y
+23 Can't seem to improve on modeling - advice appreciated please... 7 6y
+18 LA Midmarket - Gores, Levine Leichtman 6 6y
+35 Co-Investing Deal Structure (EXAMPLE) 8 6y
+12 Path to corporate PE post-MBA with only REPE experience pre-MBA 1 6y
+12 Infrastructure Private Equity Secondaries 1 6y
+27 Would an MBA be worth it after 3 years in IBD for PE? 9 6y
+3 Debt Fund Originators / Hard Money 1 6y
+28 Silver Lake Groups outside of its buyout / flagship fund 17 6y
+23 Advice on MBA MM PE Internships and Post-MBA Titles 3 6y
+12 Date Issues in LBO Model - Help 1 6y
+10 "Take a look at this CIM" - how long should it take? 7 6y
+6 KKR Global Impact Recruiter 2 6y
+6 Politics in PE - how bad can it get? 1 6y
+14 Time to hear back during off-cycle PE 14 6y
+8 1st round bid - detail and level of research? 2 6y
+6 GIC Co Invest and Funds Group 6 6y
+8 PE funds & headhunters with women-focused hiring program? 3 6y
+17 SaaS M&A 4 6y
+12 Intel on Lee Equity Partners 5 6y
+26 TPG Capital - consultant friendly? 10 6y
+3 Private equity interview writing test, any help? 1 6y
+27 Hard to get along with one person...should I think about leaving? 9 6y
+3 Find PitchBook ID 1 6y
+20 URGENT - Private Equity Case Study interview - how detailed does the Balance Sheet need to be? 7 6y
+12 Big Papi's at Bat in the Private Equity Game 4 6y
+13 Recruiting at Vista Equity Partners 18 6y
+3 PE Interview Resources 1 6y
+4 Leave current Senior IBD analyst position for MF PE summer analyst position? 3 6y
+23 MBB associate and ex-banker shooting for MM PE 4 6y
+53 Looking to acquire an SME, question about LBO model cases and level of risk in classic PE 19 6y
+12 Not specific enough in terms of jobs I'm looking for? 1 6y
+25 PE LBO modeling test for juniors 8 6y
+15 How to seek feedback after mistakes? 2 6y
+25 Jobs at PE backed companies 7 6y
+3 Diligencing growth -> cash flow? 3 6y
+12 Career in venture debt investing vs. venture equity investing 2 6y
+19 Want normal PE, but have REPE offer. What do I do? 1 6y
+147 Q&A- Undergrad to PE (Ask me anything) 46 6y
+15 PE Co-Investment Associate Compensation 1 6y
+3 PE Analyst for a year, now what 1 6y
+14 Stay in PE or transition out? 1 6y
+18 Good questions to ask about value creation plan? 6 6y
+3 How do you practice talking about your deals for an interview? 4 6y
+13 Worth it? MBA for Wharton grad in the LMM 1 6y
+3 PE firms partnering with strategics? 1 6y
+37 How to talk to lenders 12 6y
+12 Headhunted for role - is it worth cold emailing employees through LinkedIn 1 6y
+18 LTM Entry Clarification - help needed 4 6y
+12 Urgent question CFADS & Cash conversion ratio 1 6y
+7 CVC growth - strategy, reputation, culture? 3 6y
+3 LBO entry ebitda 1 6y
+40 Safe leverage / coverage ratio for LBOs during holding period? 30 6y
+3 Common mistakes/errors in dividend recap modeling? 1 6y
+5 Steps and complexities involved in a carve-out? 1 6y
+17 Successful investors who've made it - what do you do that helps you "get it" in a deal? 5 6y
+12 Found: Comprehensive Breakdown of Compensation and Carry Practices at Private Capital Firms 1 6y
+12 Is there anything wrong with this alternative model 1 6y
+13 PE Origination 4 6y
+9 Work place politics due to manager change - advices/books on how to navigate 1 6y
+124 Q&A: My journey, from the lab to MMPE 25 6y
+31 NEED YOUR HELP - LBO timing for modeling tasks - technical matters 3 6y
+9 KKR Formally Approaches Walgreens on Record Buyout 2 6y
+25 In what scenarios can PE firms win carve-outs vs strategics? 7 6y
+5 Tax issues in 2nd round? 3 6y
+22 What are the primary Transaction Advisory Services firms? 6 6y
+11 Sell me on Special Sits vs. LBOs 3 6y
+9 Vector Capital - info? 2 6y
+3 Extrapolation/ extending business plan assumptions 1 6y
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