+12 Valuation Base Date 1 8y
+3 Experience for PE Opportunity 2 8y
+12 PE recruiting out of college 3 8y
+18 Change in equity value as result of paying down debt 4 8y
0 2nd round interview - Case study - thoughts? 2 8y
+9 Looking for a Female Roommate in SF Area! 1 8y
+6 Lateraling VP Level 1 8y
+49 Private Equity - Carried Interest? 31 8y
+21 Potential Role: Portfolio Analyst at Top Tier PE firm 1 8y
+16 Philosophy in Private Equity 7 8y
+3 Case Study Interview at Park Hill (PJT Partners) 1 8y
+33 Private Equity 101 7 8y
+3 DELL LBO case study models 1 8y
+12 Job Offer Opinion - IB to PE 1 8y
+15 Advice Needed: Private Equity Co-investing vs Private Equity Secondary 22 8y
+15 Pay raise 11 8y
+12 Big4 MC vs MF IR 1 8y
+9 PE Secondaries/Co-investment Interviews? 1 8y
+12 Advice needed - infrastructure co-invest/secondaries 1 8y
+12 IB or Co-investments/Secondaries PE? 1 8y
+30 Raising Search Fund Out of Undergrad 6 8y
+15 Should I recruit PE out of undergrad? 2 8y
+14 Private Equity Investment sourcing 2 8y
+9 Secondary PE to Direct 1 8y
+9 Lev Fin vs Coverage Group for PE 1 8y
+6 What's the purpose of Capital Markets groups for PE firms? 2 8y
+29 Quitting PE for entrepreneurship 7 8y
+12 Board Member Compensation 1 8y
+3 Flexpoint Ford? 1 8y
+16 Technical question: modeling NOLs 5 8y
+3 Platinum Equity - Culture? 3 8y
+12 PE Fof Interview - Excel Test 1 8y
+3 Insight venture partners intern interview 1 8y
+20 Infrastructure sectors - valuing different asset types 2 8y
0 MM PE Salary Progression 4 8y
0 PE Operations Team 13 8y
+10 PE Finance Question 3 8y
+13 LLR Partners - Any Insight? 5 8y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 8y
+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 8y
+9 U4 / U5 when switching from IB to PE? 1 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay? 1 8y
+15 Family Office Private Equity Pay 1 8y
0 Special situations opportunity 14 8y
+12 Any experience w/ LBO or M&A of a Traditional Asset Manager by a PE Firm? 1 8y
+9 Direct PE to Fund or Co? 1 8y
+15 Undergrad GPA for megafund 7 8y
+5 Need Advice: Big Career Shift 3 8y
+206 Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? 45 8y
+15 How to convince a PE firm to hire you full time out of undergrad? 2 8y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 8y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 8y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 8y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 8y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 8y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 8y
+9 E&Y TAS to PE/IB Industry 3 8y
+57 Bain Capital Internship Interview 83 8y
+27 Infrastructure or Real Estate PE? 8 8y
+11 any way to get involved with Y Combinator, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz etc as an undergrad ? 7 8y
+7 How Many Deals on Experienced Resume 3 8y
+6 LBO Model Practice 1 8y
+51 How to Stall Exploding PE Offer 24 8y
+8 Move to lower-MM vs staying at BB? 3 8y
+46 Revenue and COGS build 8 8y
+9 Looking for Advanced Excel Financial Modeling Course Specifically for Equity Deals 3 8y
+33 Post-MBA PE Recruiting - HBS 34 8y
0 American capital - Any experiences? 19 8y
+13 Family Office Experience 24 8y
+3 Infra fund interview - Analyst position 1 8y
+71 How to ask someone for a job 61 8y
+21 Figuring out a path from credit investing to private equity 1 8y
+21 Private Equity Hierarchy 10 8y
+12 Bain Cap vs. BCV interview 1 8y
+34 Best summer option for breaking into Private Equity post-MBA 7 8y
+12 Career Advice Needed 1 8y
+12 How does one apply to the new analyst and summer analyst (from undergraduate programmes)? 1 8y
+33 Capital Structure for Private Acquisitions Under $20M? 3 8y
+32 Joining PE during fund raising - Associate / MM 6 8y
+8 Acronym HELP 4 8y
+4 WL Ross & Co / WLR Credit Partners 2 8y
+32 Difference between LBO and DCF 18 8y
+12 Consulting-like cases PE interviews 4 8y
+12 LBO-Modeling Case Interview - Completed Model but Fucked Up with Iterations? 2 8y
+42 PE vs. IB out of college 29 8y
+17 PE Deal Sourcing Interview/On-the-job advice 6 8y
+27 Reaching out to current Associates 25 8y
+12 Secondary PE vs. Co-investing vs. Fund of PE Funds 1 8y
+18 Becoming operator for PE backed companies 1 8y
+7 Not having any Transaction experience 5 8y
+12 Co-Invest for Carried interest, what is reasonable? 1 8y
+86 Debt and mezz fund expertise 64 8y
+15 CPP Private Investments exit opportunities. 9 8y
+3 Blackstone Energy Partners 1 8y
+34 Leaving banking early? 9 8y
+9 LBO modelling and PE interview prep resources 1 8y
+3 Thoughts on Clearbrook Capital 1 8y
+96 Are top MFins target programs for Private Equity firms? 23 8y
+3 Corporate Controllers - Valuation Control Group, Private Equity 1 8y
+12 How to discuss PE/due-diligence experience in consulting during interviews 1 8y

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