+5 Unpaid Spring Internship -- Am I Stupid 3 8mo
+10 Certares Management (Travel and leisure PE) 8 8mo
+15 Negotiating Carry + Equity for First Time Fund? 1 8mo
+26 GPA at Master's Level for Recruiting 16 8mo
+7 IRR based Royalty Model 2 8mo
+93 High finance comp ceiling India 55 8mo
0 Rapist/Abuser/Misogynist/Racist/ Predator strikes again (Momento Growth Partners) 1 8mo
0 Carlyle PE Groups 4 8mo
0 Audax Group - Interview - NA Data 8mo
+15 Jan/Sep 2026 IB/PE Off-Cycle London 2 8mo
+3 Windows laptop for modeling tests 13 8mo
0 Copley Equity Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 8mo
0 Copley Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8mo
0 IBD Analyst to BD/Origination PE? 1 8mo
+12 PE->Strat Fin -> Back to investing? 2 8mo
0 Canadian Pension Plan Offcycle Recruiting Timelines 1 8mo
+21 EQT Update 2024 23 8mo
+15 Differences between PE and Banking Internship 1 8mo
+2 LP sues GP over CV 3 8mo
+10 What's the latest on Centre Lane Partners? 8 8mo
+9 Apax services 7 8mo
0 Can you go from Biglaw to Private Credit without IB? 1 8mo
0 Atlas Holdings LLC - Review - Industrials Data 8mo
0 Atlas Holdings LLC - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8mo
+7 Deal sourcing attribution 4 8mo
+6 PE Headhunters in Switzerland 3 8mo
+11 Tidemark? 12 8mo
0 Headhunters for PE VPs 1 8mo
+18 Greenoaks, Thrive, DST, 8VC 15 8mo
+8 Partners Group 2026 Analyst Zug 13 8mo
+5 Let go from PE? 4 8mo
+2 Verbal Promotion Timeline 3 8mo
+6 PE Associate Networking Advice 4 8mo
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Fund Finance Data 8mo
0 HarbourVest - Review - Fund Finance Data 8mo
0 Partners Group 2026 Financial Analyst Program 4 8mo
0 PSP Model test 2 8mo
+65 Sketchiest PE Shops 86 8mo
+8 Accounting to PE 6 8mo
+6 Non-IB Folks in PE: What Was Your First 6 Months REALLY Like? 2 8mo
0 SAT Score for MF PE Analyst Programs 3 8mo
+143 Quitting With Nothing Lined Up 33 8mo
+12 OceanSound (2024) 8 8mo
+9 PE Firm SVCV Partners and SVCV Global to Raise $100B in the next 15 years to Become The Next Big Financial Powerhouse 1 8mo
0 Northleaf - Review - Private Equity Data 8mo
0 Northleaf - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8mo
+3 PPC 3 8mo
+37 What’s the Coolest Place a Legit PE Firm is Based in North America? 24 8mo
0 Searchlight Special Opportunities “SOF” (London) 1 8mo
+12 What job could I get (if any) in PE with my solo syndication background (7 deals ~2.5x MOIC - $8m->$20m)? 2 8mo
0 Pathway Capital Management - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
+4 Estimating Change in Deferred Revenue 5 8mo
+16 Thoughts on KKR Infra 14 8mo
+64 Middleground Capital Insight? 42 8mo
+48 Anyone just starting to care a lot less / are no longer "career" driven and obsessed? 14 8mo
+22 Cologne is making it impossible for me to work - is finance salvageable? 17 8mo
0 Instar Asset Management Updated Views? 1 8mo
+9 Excel on Mac OS using Parallels 5 8mo
+13 Abry Partners 31 8mo
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
+24 Is internal reporting at most funds really so Excel & PPT heavy still? 11 8mo
+6 Interesting disconnect between what funds say about AI and what they're actually doing 1 8mo
+14 Portfolio Monitoring Software 7 8mo
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+4 On-cycle 2027 start dates 11 8mo
0 Aptitude test 2 8mo
+9 how do you work through LBO test without shortcuts on personal computer? 8 8mo
0 vista interview insights? 1 8mo
+19 Job offers evaluation 6 8mo
0 Energy and Natural Resources Focused Investment Fund 1 8mo
0 Blackstone Innovations Investments Team 2 8mo
+110 Best Book(s) / Playbook(s) on PE Due Diligence / Value Creation 40 8mo
+1 US Undergraduate Recruiting for UK Off-Cycle Seeking Advice 2 8mo
+27 Which PE firms have the hardest interview processes? 43 8mo
+7 MF PE Asso to IB VP 6 8mo
0 Moelis Case Study LBO/DCF Analyst 1 8mo
+3 Point72 Hyperscale information 3 8mo
+6 MBB 2027 PE Recruiting, is Top-Bucket Required? 1 8mo
0 GCM Grosvenor - Interview - Secondaries Data 8mo
+7 LBO Debt Model 2 8mo
0 Screen 1 8mo
+7 1460 SAT MF PE Analyst? 3 8mo
0 Looking for Platforms or Channels for Secondary Private Deals 1 8mo
+37 Insight Partners 15 8mo
+6 Energy/Infra Case Studies 6 8mo
0 AEW Capital Management - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
0 Infra books? 2 8mo
0 PE OCR Class of 2027: How has it been? 1 8mo
0 Clearhaven Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 8mo
0 New Era Leaders - Review - Generalist Data 8mo
+6 When to contact headhunters for upcoming on-cycle PE recruiting? 1 8mo
+3 Cases 1 8mo
+6 Captona Partners 7 8mo
+478 I should have been a marketing girly (a rant) 139 9mo
+3 Heritage Holding 2 9mo
+10 Career advice needed! Finally got a breakthrough, but too late to leverage that. What’s next? 1 9mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.2%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Vista Equity Partners 98.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Private Equity

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

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Private Equity

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

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (99) $363
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (105) $280
  • 2nd Year Associate (235) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (413) $231
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (272) $124
  • Intern/Summer Associate (38) $81
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (355) $61
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