Partners Group

Partners Group's Selection Process defines four features for every hiring loop: unconscious-bias training for all hiring managers, a diverse interview panel, multiple rounds with various stakeholders (the exact count varies by seniority and the role), and a case-study evaluation tailored to the position. For the Financial Analyst Program the case study is the load-bearing screen, run alongside rounds with investment-team interviewers. A case-study round is preparation-intensive — well beyond a behavioral set — so a candidate stacking this against banking final-rounds in the same window is committing meaningful days to preparation in advance of the interview day itself.

Partners Group publishes four early-career tracks, each rooted in the firm's private-markets focus:

• Financial Analyst Program: a 2- to 3-year rotational program with year-long rotations across the firm's four asset classes (Private Equity, Private Debt, Private Infrastructure, Private Real Estate) plus Client Solutions, preceded by a four-week training program. Hubs are Zug, Singapore, and Denver. The 2026 cohort page targets candidates graduating between December 2026 and July 2027.
• Summer Associate Program (US): a 10-week summer internship at the Broomfield, Colorado regional headquarters, restricted to candidates currently enrolled in a two-year MBA or equivalent master's, with placement on Private Equity, Private Infrastructure, Private Real Estate, Growth Equity, or Industry Value Creation. Right to work in the United States is required.
• [Summer Analyst Program (Europe)](https://jobs.partnersgroup.com/content/Summer-Analyst-Program-Europe/?locale=en_GB): a hands-on program for penultimate and final-year undergraduate and graduate students that the firm states "exclusively target[s] talented female candidates" as a response to underrepresentation in private markets; placement is on one of Private Equity, Private Debt, Private Real Estate, or Private Infrastructure, and successful completion can lead to a Financial Analyst Program offer.
• Off-cycle Internships: rolling internship placements scheduled around academic calendars and posted individually on the careers portal.

The flagship FAP commits two to three years up front, so an applicant choosing it is choosing private markets as a sector rather than a single summer's trial.

For the 2026 Financial Analyst Program cohort, applications close 31 July 2026, with the program open to candidates whose graduation falls between December 2026 and July 2027. Partners Group does not publish a consolidated key-dates page covering its other tracks; the Summer Associate Program (US), Summer Analyst Program (Europe), and off-cycle internships are posted with their own deadlines on the careers portal as cycles open. A late-July FAP deadline sits earlier than the autumn cluster used by most banking and consulting employers, so candidates targeting both should expect to draft their Partners Group application well before the broader cycle peaks.

A few firm-published facts set Partners Group apart from larger, multi-strategy asset managers:

• A pure private-markets focus at USD 185 billion in assets under management, organized around four asset classes (Private Equity, Private Debt, Private Infrastructure, Private Real Estate), per the FAP page. There is no public-markets desk.
• Year-long rotations across all four asset classes in the FAP, rather than analyst recruitment into a single deal team from day one.
• A balanced three-region hub structure for the FAP — Zug, Denver, and Singapore — so the same program admits cohorts in EMEA, Americas, and APAC each year.
• A separate Europe-only summer program specifically created to address female underrepresentation in private markets, run as a feeder into the gender-open FAP.

For an applicant comparing this firm with multi-strategy buy-side managers, the practical question is whether year-long rotations across all four private-markets asset classes are a faster route to genuine investment exposure than narrower specialization at a larger shop.

Yes. Partners Group currently has 2 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom and Singapore. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

Partners Group has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to Partners Group go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. Partners Group does not use third-party submission services.