+8 Philly to NYC - comp equivalent? 10 6y
+8 Salary at a "500 Startups" backed company? 1 6y
+8 Monitor Clipper Partners 13 6y
+8 Not a list, but the SINGLE best PE headhunter 21 6y
+8 Lee Equity Partners: Culture? Compensation? Exit opps to B-School? 13 6y
+7 Head hunters for Colorado or Austin PE? 2 6y
+7 Negotiating a Pre-MBA Offer 5 6y
+7 2016/17 PE Recruiting 2 6y
+7 small pe in ct 7 6y
+7 Private Equity Novel Earns Stellar Reviews 2 6y
+6 High Impact Non-Profits in NYC 1 6y
+6 Boston PE - the basics 1 6y
+6 New York City VCs. 2 6y
+6 Blackstone/KKR/Apollo Internal Audit vs. Small Hedge Fund Investments Analyst 3 6y
+6 Boston Search Group? Any info? 3 6y
+6 Stone Point Capital - Office 0 6y
+5 Should I ask HR to move me out of the office they put me in? 1 6y
+5 Will HHs reach out to me if I'm at a non-NYC BB? 4 6y
+5 2020 PE Recruiting Has Kicked Off Officially 1 6y
+5 Siguler Guff - Fund of Funds 2 6y
+5 Just out of curiosity 3 6y
+4 Silver Lake Headhunter 2 6y
+4 London PE MF pay? 4 6y
+4 Exit Intern Opportunities 2 6y
+4 Insights on KKR Information Breakfast? 2 6y
+4 Thoughts on H.I.G. Capital (NYC)? 4 6y
+4 Ironwood capital in Avon, CT 3 6y
+4 axel johnson 1 6y
+4 Follow Up After PE Interview? 3 6y
+3 East Coast MM PE Headhunters and Client Lists 2 6y
+3 Tech Private Equity Funds in NYC 3 6y
+3 Questions about talking with headhunters 1 6y
+3 What are the best MM PE shops currently? 1 6y
+3 Best MM tech funds in NYC? 1 6y
+3 Comp expectations for secondaries associate nyc 1 6y
+3 Thoughts on Apax Partners in 2019 1 6y
+3 Megafund Principals 1 6y
+3 EB Exits 1 6y
+3 REPE internship: should i asked HR to move me out of the office they put me in? 1 6y
+3 Parthenon Capital | Anyone have any insight to lifestyle, reputation, comp, etc.? 1 6y
+3 Private Equity @ Bloomberg Invest Summit in New York 1 6y
+3 anyone know anything about acon investments? 1 6y
+3 Which PE firms should i be targeting? 2 6y
+3 Stepstone Private Equity ? 4 6y
+3 TZP Group Associate Interview 3 6y
+3 Anyone have a street opinion of Union Park Capital? 1 6y
+3 anybody knows anything about Beacon Tree Capital in Boston? 1 6y
+3 Past Interns 1 6y
+3 Private Equity Analyst Positions Still Hiring 1 6y
+3 Apollo Real Estate in Los Angeles? 2 6y
+3 JD/PHD - any career opportunity in PE? 4 6y
+2 SF IB to NYC PE 4 6y
+2 Private Equity Internship 4 6y
0 Amerra Capital? 0 6y
0 Re-Thinking Cost to Company ( CTC ) ... In Industries Prone to Disruption 0 6y
0 CITIC - Private Equity in NYC 0 6y
0 Upper MM Funds on West Coast 4 6y
0 Prepping for PE interviews (pre MBA MBB consultant) 3 6y
0 Comp, upside, and trade commission "etc" 0 6y
0 Advantage working in HQ Office for PE firm? 0 6y
0 List of PE firms in New Jersey 0 6y
0 Sun Capital Question, NYC and LA 1 6y
0 HIG MM PE NY office 4 6y
0 How is Carlyle Strategic Partners? 0 6y
0 MBA implications of pre-MBA role 0 6y
0 Emerging Markets Hybrid Private Equity/Hedge Fund Interview 1 6y
0 'Diva of Distressed' Lynn Tilton to Face U.S. SEC Fraud Trial 0 6y
0 PE Recruitment - Emphasis Placed on Desired Location 0 6y
0 Apollo Global Agrees To Acquires Rackspace For $4.3B 10 6y
0 Corporate finance certificate (Georgetown) and/or CFA viable options for entree into finance ? 0 6y
0 Looking for Boston Roommate 0 6y
0 In Person PE Prep NYC - anyone know a good service? 0 6y
0 Move from Deloitte S&O / Accenture Strategy to PE with only one year of experience. 1 6y
0 Leaving institutional allocator (pension fund) for boutique PE firm 0 6y
0 Analyst in PE: Introduction 0 6y
0 Artemis Capital Partners 2 6y
0 3i group 4 6y
0 Deciding where to start my career (boutique advisor internship) 2 6y
0 KPMG Winter Internship Living 0 6y
0 Boutique IB (non-elite) vs. Boutique Mng Consulting (but does 30% PE dilligence work) for PE? 0 6y
0 Summer 2016 PE Recruiting Still Going on? 4 6y
0 NYC vs Chicago for Health Care PE 1 6y
0 Clients for CarterPierce? 5 6y
0 Relativity Media Bankruptcy - Who's Getting Out Alive? 0 6y
0 Moving from East Coast to West Coast 11 6y
0 Used copy of Advanced LBO Modeling for sale 0 6y
0 Advice Needed - PE Investment Ideas 1 6y
0 Moving Coasts 0 6y
0 Private Equity Placement Analyst 1 6y
0 PE in different location than Analyst stint 3 6y
0 Advice needed for BB analyst 3 6y
0 What to choose - LDCM (more MO) at a to 5 Global IB or Rating Agency? 9 6y
0 1-Month July Sublease - Upper West Side 0 6y
0 Comparing compensation between cities 2 6y
0 9 Months into my IB job, looking at next steps 0 6y
0 Internship Choice 7 6y
0 Recruiting advice needed 1 6y
0 High School Entrepreneurs 2 6y
0 Where to meet co-founders? 5 6y
0 PE operating arm roles post consulting 0 6y

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  • 3rd+ Year Associate (106) $280
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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (274) $126
  • Intern/Summer Associate (40) $79
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