+3 Insight into General Atlantic in 2022 1 4y
+1 MF PE vs BB/EB IB -> Exit Finance 6 4y
+81 What is the best moment in your career? 34 4y
0 Silver Lake - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Assessing Progression Potential? 1 4y
+3 PE Summer Internship Interview Questions 1 4y
0 RE IRR vs Pension fund payouts vs Stock market returns 1 4y
+11 Career path guidance 4 4y
+3 2023 Headhunter outreach tracker 1 4y
0 PE fund economics model 1 4y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Venture Capital Data 4y
+9 Would you sacrifice bonus to make the jump to PE? 18 4y
+2 Best place to learn about liquidation preferences? 8 4y
+7 Breaking into BX or other PE firms summer analyst programmes from undergraduate level 10 4y
+3 Blackstone ICS - thoughts? 1 4y
+6 2023 on cycle 13 4y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+4 Please tell me everything you know about Bain Cap 6 4y
+6 Staying motivated after receiving PE offer 2 4y
+21 Resigning before bonus? Private Credit Offer 13 4y
0 NYU CAS student looking to break into Singapore PE scene 1 4y
0 What do you learn in PE that you don't at MBB? 1 4y
+4 Keeping track of notes & learnings 6 4y
+3 BMO M&A Toronto 0 4y
+6 Delete 1 4y
+27 How Often does this happen in the industry? 22 4y
+9 Acquisitions Analyst for brand owned by a PE firm. Is this is good role to take up? Will it open doors? 1 4y
+12 Tough Choice To Make 7 4y
+24 I want to be a ski bum 25 4y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group Info 1 4y
+9 How to spend the rest of my time in PE 11 4y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+6 Where to go from private credit/direct lending 7 4y
0 KKR Client Partner Group 1 4y
0 Take-Home Modeling Test 1 4y
+7 Full Remote 14 4y
+3 Deal structure question 4 4y
0 West Coast Tech PE Scene 2 4y
+6 How to reconcile equity value between a DCF and Multiple method? 1 4y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
0 Constellation Software Inc - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+9 PE at Pension Fund vs PE Secondaries (incl. Co-invests)? 11 4y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+9 My friend just took a job at Setter Capital and I'm worried for him 8 4y
+4 Questions to Ask PE Partners 1 4y
+3 Will you want your children to go into IBD/PE? 10 4y
+51 Private Debt/Direct Lending Exit Opps? 21 4y
+3 Lateraling Up Fund Size in Credit? 5 4y
+19 PE Secondaries 18 4y
+2 Working as a Contractor - How to Structure for Tax Efficiency? 2 4y
+9 Thoughts on Bain Capital Public Equity 1 4y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 PE Secondaries Advisory vs Investment 1 4y
+6 Blackstone Insurance 1 4y
+6 Do you find your work to be a creative outlet in any way? 1 4y
+6 Carry and Future Tax 10 4y
+7 0000 9 4y
+3 Guggenheim/Rothschild Exits? 1 4y
+1 Brookfield/Apollo Case Studies 2 4y
+3 Are family offices considered private equity? 4 4y
+2 PE firms that give carry at Associate or earlier level 8 4y
+6 Pension Fund Case Study 1 4y
+19 How 'accepting' is PE culture of disabilities? 11 4y
0 Brookfield Private Equity 1 4y
+4 PTO? 5 4y
0 Blackstone Energy Partners 3 4y
+14 Call from HR after Superday at a top PE firm, is it a verbal offer? How should I follow up? 13 4y
+9 Buyside Mezz Credit - ASO job opening 1 4y
0 Apollo PE: 2022 Update on Culture 2 4y
+15 Private Equity Pay London MF->LMM 2 4y
0 Greenlight Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+6 Delete 1 4y
0 MBB to mega funds 1 4y
0 bpifrance - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 4y
0 Fund-of-Fund from a Placement Agent 14 4y
+5 Is Insight Partners recruiting for FT 2022? 15 4y
+6 Any 2023 on cycle updates? 1 4y
+1 jcncnxjjsjdkdncncnncnccnncnc 9 4y
+25 Cerberus culture/work environment (NYC) 37 4y
+3 Usefulness of Arabic in London Buyside 9 4y
+1 IB vs PE Career Strategy 2 4y
0 Constellation Software Inc - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Constellation Software Inc - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Bain Capital Credit Interview 1 4y
+54 Mega fund vs UMM fund for non-target IB Analyst? 18 4y
+4 gaap vs. cash ebitda? What?? confused. 12 4y
0 Apax Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Work Dilema 2 4y
+8 Best HC Shops 7 4y
+2 Wild hobbies 8 4y
+12 Was in an interview for senior role at Top 5 PE, and the interviewer started talking politics, and got annoyed when I didn’t agree. 4 4y
0 KKR Hirevue 1 4y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 4y
0 NYC Base and Bonus for Secondaries data 11 4y
0 Presentation technique 1 4y
0 What are considered Megafunds? 5 4y
+6 PE - Managing banking team 1 4y
+4 Stupid Student Question - How Does LP Liquidity Work? 3 4y

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  • Blackstone Group 99.3%
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Private Equity

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  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 99.2%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
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  • 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
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