+6 HR Problem at My Current PE Firm 1 2y
+15 Suicidal exec director + other workplace struggles 7 2y
+1 UFCF vs FCFE 1 2y
+13 When to respond to headhunters given new timeline 5 2y
+10 How do I navigate PE recruiting from MBB? 1 2y
+10 WSJ Article- PE+HF Brace for Coming SEC Overhaul 3 2y
0 Parthenon Capital Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 2y
+14 Sustainable jobs after PE? 7 2y
+10 MF PC vs DB/JEF/Gugg 9 2y
+173 ON CYCLE 2023 MASTER THREAD 205 2y
+3 Blackstone SA perks 12 2y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+11 Pension Fund career trajectory 5 2y
+3 Asset management at PE firm comp progression? 1 2y
+3 Blackstone PE Summer Intern 2024 Pymetrics Interview (Hirevue) Info 2 2y
0 BDC Venture Capital - Review - Strategy and Operations Data 2y
+120 A PSA: doing your own deals is nothing like being an associate at a name brand fund 14 2y
+18 Career Choice Advice 5 2y
+13 Comp Negotation 6 2y
+10 Does it look better to recruit for PE as an analyst or associate? 4 2y
0 AEA Investors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 2y
+3 Any insight on Crestview Partners out of undergrad? 1 2y
0 Private Equity Winter Internships 2 2y
+15 Lateraling as PE Associate 1 2y
+3 DRW Venture Capital vs OCA Ventures 2 2y
+11 Anyone know anything about Symphony Technology Group (STG Partners)? 9 2y
+5 Options for non-bankers wanting to join PE 2 2y
+25 Getting into PE from Oil and Gas Company (varied experience)? 12 2y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 2y
+12 Moving to US growth equity funds with a background in PE in Brazil 6 2y
+66 Anybody have a minority growth equity model example / test? Interviewing soon 197 2y
+6 Analyzing Consumer vs Software Growth/VC Deals 1 2y
+3 Warburg Early Insights C/O ‘25 0 2y
+6 Warburg Pincus Insight Series 10 2y
+10 Whose competing in software? 13 2y
+13 …….. 1 2y
+46 Apax vs Bain vs CD&R vs Carlyle vs H&F vs NMC vs TPG 14 2y
+6 Bain Capital 2024 Real Estate Analyst FT 1 2y
+33 How many people actually got on-cycle offers? 38 2y
0 HPS vs Blackstone Tact Ops 2 2y
+9 What will better set me up for life? M&A Valuations or CIB? 1 2y
+3 Anybody Taken Origin Infrastructure Capital Test? Interviewing Soon 1 2y
+16 How to find ultra lmm firms? 7 2y
0 JMI Equity - Interview - Growth Equity Data 2y
+5 US PE to UK move? 1 2y
+6 Blackstone 2024 SA - First Round GMAT Based Math Test Questions 1 2y
+4 KKR / BX / APO Comp and Conversion Rates 2 2y
+3 Thoughts on this Investor Product Strategy role at Blackstone? 5 2y
+6 Submit a Three Stat, DCF, Compare Comps, LBO model when applying? 2 2y
+10 Carry Vesting / Non-Compete Terms 10 2y
+17 Leaving IB 1 year early to be Associate 1 MM PE; perception and future exit ops? 12 2y
+41 Thoughts on Junior's Experience at a SWF? 16 2y
+7 Raine Group: Reputation/Culture/Comp/Exit opps 14 2y
+5 Modeling Software Lbo 3 2y
+19 Career paths after being a PE Associate? 1 2y
+9 Diligence Work Plan? 1 2y
+3 Entrances and exits 1 2y
+15 Alvarez & Marsal Restructuring Modeling Test 10 2y
+2 GMAT Score - Retake 760? 7 2y
+3 LMM vs UMM/MF for comp and WLB 1 2y
+3 Blackstone Math and Corporate Finance test - SA/OC 2023 London 4 2y
+63 1920's Goldman CEO Middle School Dropout vs. Jamie Dimon 14 2y
0 TPG Employees? 1 2y
+8 REPE Associate Comp 5 2y
0 London Associate & VP Infrastructure Private Equity Compensation/Salary? 4 2y
+9 How to break into aquaculture PE? 3 2y
+3 VC/PE arms of banks? 2 2y
+3 Does SF still drug test for weed? PE 1 2y
+4 Excel shortcuts 3 2y
0 PE va IB recruiting timelines 1 2y
+64 Mental illness in PE/IB 27 2y
+13 SaaS LBO Assumptions 3 2y
+9 Lateral move as an associate or VP 1 2y
+2 Blackstone Hirevue? 1 2y
0 AEA Investors? 2 2y
+23 Question about Infra PE (MF level if it matters) 18 2y
+9 Should I Join A Private REPE Fund 4 2y
+18 Is anyone else so confused post-grad 2 2y
0 Hazelview Investments - Interview Process 1 2y
+9 Deleted 1 2y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 2y
0 Rothschild - Review - Private Equity Data 2y
+22 To take or not to take - Family Office PE exit 6 2y
+8 Headhunters of ME SWFs 6 2y
+3 Research Role & Case Study 1 2y
+3 Too late for off-cycle Summer 2024 start? 1 2y
+10 MBB or MM PE analyst post undergrad 4 2y
+13 MM PE Europe vs. MENA SWF 8 2y
+9 What to expect following PE offer 3 2y
+3 Inhouse IR 1 2y
+8 Questa Capital - Thoughts? 2 2y
+3 Cohort Analysis in Case Study 1 2y
+27 Thoughts on LLR? 9 2y
+13 Lateral IB Associate to PE 11 2y
+9 Del 2 2y
+6 Pricing Data for LP led Secondaries 1 2y
+7 Work culture at Advent? 2 2y
+3 Starting FT PE Analyst out of UG versus doing 2-year in IB out of UG 1 2y
+16 Impact of Chat GPT on PE 5 2y
+57 KKR SA 2023 344 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.3%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Bain Capital 98.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 99.2%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Ardian 98.5%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

  • Bain Capital 99.6%
  • The Riverside Company 99.3%
  • Blackstone Group 98.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.5%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.1%

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June 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (98) $365
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (104) $281
  • 2nd Year Associate (235) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (411) $229
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (272) $124
  • Intern/Summer Associate (38) $81
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (355) $62
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