When do PE firms typically do background checks? If I accept an offer to start Summer 2024, should I expect it in the next 3 months or a month before my actual start date?

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What's one thing you're grateful for in your life or career at the moment?

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I’m interested in reaching for a position as manager for a local retailer, but I hate having to play the bad guy. How can I become more comfortable with fulfilling that role?

Has anyone ever sued Big 4 for unfair firing?

Im thinking of creating a Vegan/Plant Based Group. Is that something anyone here would be interested in?

What is the typical salary range in NYC for a strategy director with 6.5/7 years of experience? Was offered 100K but seems low.

2nd year insurance defence associate wanting to transition out. Have considered doing different areas of litigation, but would ideally like to move to in-house work. How (un)likely is this to happen without transactional or employment experience? Any practical advice for how to market my experiences or make the transition?

How do vesting schedules typically work for LLCs giving interest to an advisor?

Hi Fishes, How often LTI gives opportunities abroad? Does LTI help for H1B? Is there any criteria for the same? Larsen & Toubro Infotech #LTI

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Has anyone done an online DrPh while working full time? If so- was it manageable? Would love to chat with you about your experience :)

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I had cleared 3 technical rounds in L&T for the Saudi project.

Directly will be trained and working from saudhi for 2 years and can be extended.

Did u hear these types of projects before anytime please

Need ur inputs

Currently am working from india only

Can you recommend me a contracting agency? For temp work. I am based in NYC and a Product Manager

I work for a small management consulting firm and we want to expand our DD practice. How do you guys typically approach new clients and how important is a pitch/M&A expertise deck?

Hi everyone!

After years of hard work, I just got my first position in a leadership role! Yay! I’ll be leading a team of 12.
I wanted to know if you had any tips for me, things you wish you knew before, or things previous leaders did for/to you that you found admirable or stayed with you. I want to make sure I’m there for them and want to be a leader they will remember positively.

Thank you so much!!

Suggestions on how to spend the next year before starting MM PE gig? Don’t have a lot of modeling experience, any tips on prepping or is it mostly learning on the job?

I have been applying for internships the last few months. Got few first round interviews but never concluded further in the application stage. Lots of rejections because I am not from a target university.

Still looking for a summer internship within a Quant Fund, Hedge Fund or Trading firm (HFT,Quant or Systematic). Anyone with tips?

Bit of background. I am a Physics and Math undergrad with previous experience in Capital Markets and Research.

Thanks in advance!

Currently in ibanking as an associate and want to see if I can make the move to PE. Is the CAIA viewed favorably at all?

Who are the main headhunters for PE ops and how many YOE do they generally look for?

Anyone know about the VC fund Next Coast Ventures?

Anyone know about Great Hill partners ? Culture/comp and all the above

How useful is having worked with the PE practice (deal strategy, CDDs, etc.) of a consulting firm vs any other one when trying to break into PE? I understand it's probably better to come from such units but I wanted to understand in which ways it helps. Is it actually irreplaceable skills vs understanding of sector dynamics vs pure prestige?
Ps assuming MBB/Tier 1 consulting firms

Is direct lending/private credit technically buy side?

Invited to a recruiting/networking session for an analyst level role at a Bain Capital. Excuse my naivete, but is business professional (full suit) the expectation here? Unfortunately my only well fitting suit was torn recently so trying to see if I can get away with another outfit

Typically what fund size do you need to target to get $225k+ in total comp (base+bonus) as a 1Y Associate? HH’s are mentioning sub-200k salaries to me across all opportunities coming my way, LMM funds ($600M-$2B).

Can you recruit via headhunter while in an MBA program?

What do you think about the outlook for AM / HF jobs in the future? Will they continue to be there, or will they be slowly canceled by passive investing? Thinking about going into IM post MBA, but this thought is holding me down

What are some cool perks/ benefits at PE firms? I know it isn’t close to MBB but anything?

I have a VC/GE interview coming up (phone screen) and personally don’t know much about the space , it’s just an area that has always seemed interesting.

Does anyone have Recommendations on how to get up to speed/good questions to ask during the phone screen?

I would assume the first call will be pretty standard to any other company, but just want to be prepared.

I've spent a good amount of time working strategy, product development and change management/PMO projects . Data Scientist by training with a small amount of DD and financial modeling experience - so hopefully have the analytics chops to learn new skills as needed.

Working through getting some concrete M&A/ Valuations experience to make me a better candidate for a PE/VC firm. One question.

Will a shop take you and teach you on the go - or should I build that resume more?

A large part of my job involves building models or making reports that involve copying numbers from one document to another. Sometimes, if I get interrupted, I lose my train of thought and make mistakes in getting the right number. Nothing disastrous has happened, but I’m trying to figure out how to get better at not losing my train of thought when doing work that basically involves looking up numbers from various documents. Any suggestions?

Do any investing team roles work like 40 to 45 hours a week, thinking VC or Growth Equity. I enjoyed the work, but can't see 70 hour weeks

Is it realistic to pitch an LBO candidate that has a negative P/E? How am I supposed to get accurate financials on private companies I’m trying to pitch?

What does comp look like for PE ops associates?