+3 Declining on cycle interview requests? 3 2y
+4 mdp and bdt HHs? 5 2y
+9 On Cycle 2025 coffee chats 55 2y
+3 MBA and Repe 1 2y
+5 No interview invites 6 2y
+3 How to think about PE ownership in equities 1 2y
+3 Did TPG go out 2 2y
+12 How to go about on cycle and off cycle PE recruiting from a nontraditional background (analyst at a MM PE firm) 3 2y
+26 Should I leave my cushy PE job for a role at a mega fund? 16 2y
+3 BC Partners Associate On Cyle 1 2y
+14 Undergrad straight to buy side - am I fucked? 2 2y
+5 On Cycle 2025 Thoughts 18 2y
0 Private Equity internship interview? 1 2y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 2y
+8 What are the target diligence differences between a PE acquisition vs private credit investment? 1 2y
+3 (London) GS PE Off-Cycle 14 2y
+12 On-Cycle Reclass 11 2y
+123 Lower Middle Market Private Equity is Paradise 15 2y
+14 How much does location for PE matter? 5 2y
+7 Analyst getting canned for bad comment to VP 4 2y
0 Buyside prep course materials 1 2y
+12 PE Resume from First Year IB Analyst 1 2y
+21 Is on-cycle PE recruiting worth it this early? 8 2y
+7 How does on-cycle work? Do headhunters email opportunities? 5 2y
+4 On cycle 2023 14 2y
+18 LMM IB to LMM PE or MM IB? 5 2y
+2 When will on cycle kick? 10 2y
+11 On-cycle 2025 (as A1) vs 2026 (as A2) 8 2y
+70 On Cycle 2025 Advice 10 2y
0 EB but no hh emails? 1 2y
+6 Did AEA start on cycle?? 7 2y
+18 Can a PE firm lend itself money? 8 2y
+3 Support s/o during OCR 0 2y
+3 Let's trade invites/RSVP for oncycle information sessions 1 2y
+3 Parthenon Capital Partners 3 2y
+6 Is it too late to reach out to head hunters? 3 2y
+16 Dumb On-Cycle Interview Q’s 4 2y
+6 new city for PE job 1 2y
+14 When's she dropping 11 2y
+27 Private Equity Interview Bootcamp OPEN NOW 1 2y
+3 Firm Events for oncycle 3 2y
+21 PE Prep - Must Know Concepts 4 2y
+8 On-cycle what do you need 5 2y
+6 On cycle 2025 as second year analyst 7 2y
+3 On-cycle coffe chats 1 2y
+9 Career / Recruiting Advice Need - Strategic Development to PE? 4 2y
+3 PE Recruiting Timelines Thread 1 2y
0 On Cycle?! 1 2y
+3 Trying On-Cycle with No Deal Experience? 3 2y
+14 Brand Name MF/UMM Fund vs Up & Coming Fund 15 2y
+11 Pay step up from AS2 to SA 9 2y
+8 LBO Assumptions 5 2y
+7 PE associate comp in Vegas? 5 2y
+13 Hiring Analysts without Recruiter 6 2y
+3 KKR Client and Partner Group 1 2y
+26 You know what? Fuck PE 14 2y
+3 Goldman XIG PE Super Day 2024 1 2y
+27 Is Ares PE a UMM/MF Anymore? 26 2y
+10 KKR Consumer Retail Menlo Park 9 2y
+6 Apax Partners - Updated views 7 2y
+3 Blackstone Quantitative Insurance Solution 1 2y
+9 (Urgent) Thoughts on the Services Vertical for Private Equity 6 2y
+6 Possible to transition from Big 4 Transaction Advisory / Valuation to Private Equity? 5 2y
+7 Global Infrastructure Partners - Culture / Experience 11 2y
+3 2024 PE positions 3 2y
+3 Recent application - CPPIB Senior Associate 1 2y
+8 Undergrad straight to buy side - am I fucked? 3 2y
+19 PE Analyst Lateral 8 2y
+24 Lateralling at VP level 5 2y
+5 Lateral for senior associate? 2 2y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 2y
+6 What next? 1 2y
+9 Asset managment to Private equity 1 2y
+9 I'm an intern, and maybe I will be effected at the end of the year, but I want to go away for private equity. 0 2y
+3 Laid off from PE 1 2y
+6 KKR PE Group Locations 1 2y
+3 List of turnaround/value or distressed PE funds 2 2y
+9 Headhunter Intro Calls - how to state what we want? 1 2y
0 Experian - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
+10 Work Visa (TN) Process with Job Offer 4 2y
+15 WTF will OCR expectations for incoming A1s be???? #thisisabsurd #crisis 3 2y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
+11 Laid off from BB - Are my hopes of PE over? 16 2y
+3 DC Based PE Funds 4 2y
+6 Good software LBO candidate? 13 2y
+3 Franchise Equity Partners 1 2y
+25 Partners Group London 19 2y
+3 Houston / Texas PE Comp 4 2y
+3 Help evaluating MM funds 1 2y
+6 Stats on receiving carry 3 2y
+20 Opportunistic Credit in Europe 14 2y
+15 Thoughts on the MM Infra Play? 6 2y
+6 Getting Software on the Radar of Value Creation teams 1 2y
+421 Did on cycle just start? 543 2y
+13 Will I be fine skipping on cycle PE recruitment? How to approach 3 2y
+11 Struggling with PE behaviorals 4 2y
+6 PE to Corp Dev title and comp 13 2y
+13 Family Office Comp Benchmarking 15 2y
+9 Digital Asset/USDT Recovery!!! 1 2y
+4 Student looking to start out in brokerage then transition into PE 2 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) 99.3%
  • 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%

Total Avg Compensation

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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