+61 Considering buying automotive repair shops 18 6y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Investor Relations Data 6y
+9 Work place "orphan" - has anyone experienced this and how did you improve your situation? 1 6y
+9 Brookfield AM/Business Partners Vs The Street 1 6y
+3 What is Upper Middle Market? 1 6y
+25 Non-Compete Agreement? 23 6y
+14 Best Lower MM/micro-cap PE firms? 4 6y
0 Brookwood Financial Partners - Review - Real Estate Data 6y
0 Brookwood Financial Partners - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+14 O&G Engineer at PortCo to Associate IB/PE 3 6y
0 Realterm - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+6 How important are pre-MBA PE references for post-MBA recruiting? 1 6y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 6y
+176 What do you look for in your other half? 54 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Venture Capital Data 6y
0 bcIMC - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
0 CIM Group - Review - Investments Data 6y
0 CIM Group - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 6y
+216 Multimillionaire and retired by 30 Q&A 59 6y
+3 Bad review - life after that? 2 6y
0 360 Global Capital - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 6y
+3 Gary Vaynerchuk & Steve Schwarzmann 1 6y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+296 Any Others Dealing With Competitiveness Among Associates / Cut Throat Office Culture? 138 6y
+56 "Walk me through a recent deal" sample, newsletter alert 7 6y
+23 Can't seem to improve on modeling - advice appreciated please... 7 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 6y
+4 Best Associate Programs 3 6y
+13 "Off-cycle" 2021 kickoffs 4 6y
+12 Advice for a young student? 2 6y
+37 Advice for a young kid in CC? 7 6y
+16 Joint Venture Payment Terms - Asshole terms or Is this Common Practice 1 6y
+16 Kauffman Fellowship - surprisingly no thread on this 8 6y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
0 StepStone - Interview - Research Data 6y
+18 LA Midmarket - Gores, Levine Leichtman 6 6y
0 UBS AG - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Tikehau Capital - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Susquehanna Growth Equity - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 HarbourVest - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+6 Firms that don't require an MBA to reach Principal 2 6y
+3 A question about internships/apprenticeships 1 6y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+35 Co-Investing Deal Structure (EXAMPLE) 8 6y
0 JMI Equity - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 6y
+12 Path to corporate PE post-MBA with only REPE experience pre-MBA 1 6y
+40 What are the best Industrials-focused PE firms? 21 6y
+3 Private equity vs mutual fund after MBA? 1 6y
+28 Search fund model vs Sponsorless PE Fund 8 6y
+12 Infrastructure Private Equity Secondaries 1 6y
+3 Sycamore and its retail deals - what do you guys think of it? 1 6y
0 Blackmore Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Blackmore Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+3 From Fund Accounting To Finance 1 6y
+27 Would an MBA be worth it after 3 years in IBD for PE? 9 6y
+3 Has anyone here heard of Real Vision Finance Group? aka the "anti-CNBC". 1 6y
+7 Anyone have 3hr LBOs they can send me? 5 6y
+36 PE interview question: sources & uses 23 6y
+9 Scaling Internal Teams/Resources for a DTC/eCommerce PE fund? 3 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 6y
+29 What does a "research analyst" do at a PE firm? 9 6y
+39 Lower MM 3rd Year Associate Salary 23 6y
0 Peak Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+45 VP role for PE - is it worth pursuing an MBA outside of H/S/W? 10 6y
0 Bernhard Capital Partners - Interview - Infrastructure Data 6y
+14 Interview Question: Which company to invest in? 1 6y
0 Copley Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+9 Carry where multiple distributions 1 6y
0 Loeb Capital Management - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Debt Fund Originators / Hard Money 1 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Harvey & Company - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 6y
+28 Silver Lake Groups outside of its buyout / flagship fund 17 6y
+23 Advice on MBA MM PE Internships and Post-MBA Titles 3 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 6y
0 Rocket Internet GmbH - Review - Back Office Data 6y
0 Rocket Internet GmbH - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 6y
+12 Date Issues in LBO Model - Help 1 6y
+3 Insight Partners SA/FT 2021?? 1 6y
0 Novacap - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Novacap - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+11 PE Portfolio Operations - Lifestyle, comp and career path 2 6y
+25 Questions to ask during interview for new fund 7 6y
0 Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+20 What is carry paid out on? 2 6y
+74 Paying for carry at fund 33 6y
+3 Would allowing an investor to blow me help create rapport? 2 6y
+34 Infrastructure Private Equity - Interview help 25 6y

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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
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  • Intern/Summer Associate (38) $81
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