0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+6 Infrastructure Interview Case Study 1 8y
+19 Evaluating Profitability of Private Equity Funds while Recruiting? 3 8y
+12 Double Major or Single Major w/personal learning 1 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Landmark Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
+11 Internship: secondary PE or boutique IB for direct PE? 6 8y
0 Landmark Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+3 JP Morgan Private Equity Group 1 8y
+23 Breaking into MM PE post MBA with prior IBD experience (An Int'l in the US) 6 8y
0 Partners Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+6 IFC Investment Analyst Offers (DC) 7 8y
+13 GS Merchant Bank Question 7 8y
+3 Private Equity Interview Course / Supporting Excel Files 1 8y
+12 Transitioning from law to PE 1 8y
+11 Restructuring / Distressed Companies 10 8y
+21 Deal vs Ops Side in PE 3 8y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+61 Lateraling PE to PE 13 8y
+20 Women in Private Equity? 13 8y
+14 MoIC computation 4 8y
+1 Beware GoBuyside 3 8y
0 Fosun - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
0 Madison Dearborn Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Madison Dearborn Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+13 Consulting placement from private equity rotations into private equity firms 4 8y
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+11 How to position myself to get into a private equity small-mid cap buyout fund 4 8y
+3 What CRM/Project Management SW do you use for deals? 1 8y
+10 Lower MM PE opportunity - exit opps? 4 8y
+7 Vista Equity Partners? 5 8y
+3 Private Equity consultant interview 1 8y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Review - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 8y
+12 Portfolio Tracking for Angel Fund 1 8y
+22 Co-investments -> M7 MBA -> Direct PE? 6 8y
0 Fosun - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Fosun - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Torchlight Investors - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
0 Audax Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Audax Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Apax Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Siguler Guff - Salary & Bonus - Marketing Data 8y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Real Estate Data 8y
+9 E&Y TAS to PE/IB Industry 3 8y
+57 Bain Capital Internship Interview 83 8y
+31 LBO on a $15,000 Website? 9 8y
0 The Abraaj Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+27 Infrastructure or Real Estate PE? 8 8y
+1 What happened at The Abraaj Group? 1 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 National Home Rentals - Interview - Real Estate Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
+11 any way to get involved with Y Combinator, Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz etc as an undergrad ? 7 8y
+21 Putting to rest the question of exits from foundations 4 8y
0 Ardian - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+9 How does MBB decide which PE funds can be clients? 1 8y
+7 How Many Deals on Experienced Resume 3 8y
+14 Follow-on investments in portfolio companies 2 8y
0 Safanad - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Safanad - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Eurazeo - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+8 PE Offer: References from Current Employer Required? 4 8y
+6 LBO Model Practice 1 8y
0 IK Investment Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 IK Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+28 Post MBA to PE - should I even bother? 9 8y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Restructuring Data 8y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
+51 How to Stall Exploding PE Offer 24 8y
0 Mercer - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+39 Stay at BB (keep looking for opportunities) or go to no-name PE 6 8y
0 Allied Irish Banks - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+12 Background Check - comparing unofficial to official transcripts 2 8y
+18 Models - Monthly or Quarterly / Annual 17 8y
+22 How to discuss deals experience when you dissented AGAINST an investment? 1 8y
0 Bostonian Capital Management Company - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 VIYM - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 VIYM - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 VIYM - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+3 Detailed income statement projection model 1 8y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Generalist Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • The Riverside Company 99.3%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Vista Equity Partners 98.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 99.3%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Ardian 98.5%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Bain Capital 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.3%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.5%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.2%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (100) $364
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (106) $280
  • 2nd Year Associate (236) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (414) $231
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (274) $126
  • Intern/Summer Associate (40) $79
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (357) $61
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