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0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+10 Who's left for 2020? 4 7y
0 Goldblum Lentz - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Goldblum Lentz - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+9 How to network with PE firms if you are currently doing a deal together? 1 7y
+3 ASKIVY.NEt 1 7y
+6 GIC Direct Investment Group 3 7y
+3 Bump in IB Associate pay, upcoming increase in buy side associate pay? 1 7y
+3 2020 PE Interviews 1 7y
0 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors - Review - Growth Equity Data 7y
0 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Growth Equity Data 7y
+3 Buyside Recruiting Kicked Off? 1 7y
+3 Does anybody have any insights on 3G capital's AB InBev global management trainee program ? 1 7y
+9 https://www.supplementgate.com/orange-grove-cbd/ 1 7y
+16 PE Recruiting Help!!!! 4 7y
+33 Leave Career-Track PE Job for MBA? 4 7y
+3 Bain Consulting co-investing in Private Equity client deals 1 7y
+3 Antares Capital LP - Leveraged Lending Analyst Interview (Atlanta) 2 7y
0 Accel Partners - Review - Venture Capital Data 7y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Westlake Securities - Review - NA Data 7y
+30 Doing a second pre-mba Associate stint at a larger PE firm 9 7y
+6 Which UMM / MF have started informal coffee chats / receptions? 3 7y
0 Jupiter Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+12 PE Recruiting Timeline 1 7y
+3 Who are the private equity and/ or private debt funds focused on Smart City, IOT, and/or 5G investments? 1 7y
+43 Worth it to join no name MM PE Fund for the experience? 12 7y
+3 HarbourVest Final Round Interview 1 7y
+6 How to follow up after a successful cold call in which an MD says forward resume and he'll get you involved in recruiting? 1 7y
0 Temasek - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+3 HGGC Headhunter 1 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 7y
+9 Sponsor/Strategic consortium - How does it work? 1 7y
+12 Model Balances but...still kinda wonky. Can anyone provide some insight? 1 7y
0 Russell Investments - Review - Alternative Investments Data 7y
0 Russell Investments - Salary & Bonus - Alternative Investments Data 7y
+29 FT PE Analyst from Undergrad 5 7y
+10 Only way to enter PE is via Headhunter? 8 7y
+3 Has anyone heard of WAVE - Annual Women in Alternatives Career Forum? 1 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Real Estate Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 7y
+13 CSC Generation PE Associate - Anyone familiar? 5 7y
0 John Hancock - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Grade Finance Data 7y
0 Neuberger Berman - Review - Generalist Data 7y
+10 Categorizations of debt in LBO 4 7y
+12 NewCo LBO 1 7y
0 OMERS - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 OMERS - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Tailwater Capital - Interview - Energy Data 7y
0 Strategy& - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Strategy& - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+97 Q&A: Senior Associate at MM PE Fund 47 7y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 FIG Partners - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 FIG Partners - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 AEA Investors - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 AEA Investors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+25 Interview - Case study help (Urgent) 9 7y
+43 Mental Deal Frameworks 6 7y
+19 MBB vs MM PE 6 7y
+12 When calculating DPO and DIH in Working Capital schedule, do you base that off of COGS, or COGS + D&A? 3 7y
+32 How to get my foot in the door of Private Equity 18 7y
0 Golden Market - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Antarctica Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+3 Eldridge Industries Interview 1 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+12 incorporating share buyback in entry multiple 1 7y
+27 "Walk me through a deal" for consultants 3 7y
+3 Any Info on Carlyle Energy Mezzanine? 1 7y
+12 How involved are MF associates in pulling interviewees into the screening process? 1 7y
+12 Mid-Market PE Firms pushing digitalization to manufacturing portfolio co's? 1 7y
+6 Bank Merger Model 2 7y
+17 Career in PE: MBA Finance or Master of Finance? 11 7y
0 Platinum Equity - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Leonard Green and Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Apax Partners - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Apax Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+9 MM Funds - On-Cycle vs. Off-Cycle 1 7y
0 Altamont Capital - Interview - Strategy Data 7y
+15 Sell services to PE 2 7y

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June 2026 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.2%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Bain Capital 98.1%
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Private Equity

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