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Inside the Wall Street Recruitment Wars Pitting Banks Against Buyout Firms

Speed-dating-style interviews that can drag on until 3 a.m. Job offers that require a response within a day. A fear that your current boss might find out what you're doing. All for positions that don't even start for two to three years. Welcome to the frenzied world of private-equity recruiting, where recent college graduates who have barely started their first gigs as analysts at big banks vie to secure coveted positions at buyout firms.