+127 IB 39 19h
+72 IB 40 2h
+38 RE 9 3h
0 Advice for incoming analyst RE 0 6s
0 Bonus Level RWEST? TR 2 58s
+3 HL Business Services (LA) or Raymond James Industrials (NY) IB 1 4s
+18 BofA trader death TR 18 27m
+4 BC or BU for IB? IB 5 5s
+19 PE / IB in NYC from Cambridge compared to US colleges PE 12 37m
+11 % hit rate on quarters HF 8 7s
+15 Where is there untapped value in secondaries? PE 5 57m
+226 IB SA 2025 thread - Canada IB 789 22s
+3 2024 Updated NYC Moelis Culture? IB 2 9s
+27 How is Northwestern? IB 6 2s
+160 Ex Apollo Associate Q&A (But I Actually Answer) PE 198 50s
+12 Stopping spiders black widows brown recluse TR 1 2h
+34 TD Securities and TD Cowen questions IB 21 2h
+17 Mensa on CV RES 11 2h
+44 Q&A: 2 yrs @ Big 3 Restructuring (forced out)-> 3 yrs Transaction Advisory -> Founder @ AI Startup VC 19 37s
+9 Preparing to Start Full-Time Recruitment for Corporate/Commercial Banking, Rip my Resume Apart. RES 3 25m
+3 RBC M&A vs GS TMT IB 3 2h
+3 Old Fund Refusing To Cooperate As A Reference (Starting Competing Fund) HF 1 2h
+28 Two top ranked guys in my team (Top EB) quit without anything lined up due to a VP... IB 21 1h
+23 How much does fit actually matter to you? JOB 7 2h
+9 HELP Finance Question Internship IB 0 2h
+36 Wharton vs. UChicago undergrad BSCH 29 2h
+12 Capitalize Latin Honors or No? RES 6 20s
0 Why Canada Job Bank is more popular in Canada JOB 0 36s
+19 Columbia vs Penn (CAS) IB 8 1h
0 BTG S&T? TR 0 3h
+9 Best HS courses to take for someone who wants to go into IB IB 7 2h
+9 IFC Investment Analyst Interview Process (2024) PE 2 58m
+4 Gpa issue-have 2025 offer IB 4 2h
0 ib and transferring IB 2 1h
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+6 What to look at on a M&A deal? IB 6 1h
+33 UBS Actual Buyside Exits 2024 Post-Integration IB 11 4h
+17 If Potential Major Is Math, Penn Vs. CalTech, Which One Do You Vote? TR 13 3h
+14 Incoming SA in FiDi living in JC? IB 7 1h
+233 What Actually Happens in a Sell-Side M&A? IB 8 1h
0 CIBC 2025 Global Markets SA TR 0 4h
+11 Are New York, Chicago, and Toronto still worth it? JOB 5 3h
+6 Best Ways to Optimize Time Outside of Work? IB 0 3h
+6 HF Sinclair Rotational Trading Program - Insight? TR 5 2h
+7 Campbell Lutyens SA 25 IB 100 3h
+3 Fund Financing Interviews CR 0 2h
+3 Which PE firms are on the up? PE 0 5h
+41 Princeton vs Stanford BSCH 28 2h
+7 What is GS Private Equity like? PE 4 5h
+2 NYU Clubs OFF 2 5h
+34 How Much Parental Assistance Do People Actually Have? IB 10 5h
+9 Help/Advice. What should I do? HF 1 5h
+18 M&A background to CRE Advice RE 3 3h
+1 Going from Good to Unstoppable at Excel IB 2 6h
+3 Groups with Less Modeling IB 2 3h
+4 How do VCs value companies and potential? VC 3 6h
+10 William Blair Perks IB 14 3h
+6 Can I accept multiple offers? IB 1 6h
+7 How long is an acceptable amount of time to work a role? RE 1 6h
0 JP Morgan Consumer Retail 2024 IB 4 3h
+12 Moving from equities to rates/fx TR 2 5h
+3 LA Investment Banking Upcoming Lateral Interviews - Urgently Need Information On Groups IB 4 4h
0 SM HFs that take undergrad interns? HF 3 7h
+19 Mizuho / Greenhill Acquisition Aftermath IB 6 7h
+9 Private Credit - Infra Debt CR 0 6h
+4 Laid-off Analyst, any ways back into IB? IB 3 7h
+61 Updated views on CD&R PE 36 6h
+11 How much money have you already paid in RENT altogether in your lifetime TOTAL? OFF 15 6h
+1 How to deal working with people that you can't stand? OFF 2 7h
0 Equiteq SA 2025 NYC IB 2 6h
+15 2023 Corporate Banking Bonus Thread IB 39 8h
+10 Am I spending too much? OFF 7 5h
+23 BlackRock 2025 SA AM 57 8h
+3 National Insurance? UK OFF 4 6h
+192 Best SM seats in 2024? HF 115 5h
+6 Background Check / Background Screening IB 3 6h
+12 Tried and hated PC, will I hate IB? IB 8 6h
+6 IB/IM Early Career Switch IB 1 7h
+17 Why Jefferies IB 16 8h
+15 Is construction profitable? How do you raise capital? RE 3 7h
0 Life Insurance as Analyst in NY OFF 1 7h
+3 Does private credit kill HFs? HF 5 8h
+75 Pod Shop Regret HF 25 8h
+97 If and when to move to a pod? HF 29 7h
+3 Is Equinox Worth It? IB 6 7h
+24 Is transferring after sophmore year worth it? IB 12 8h
+76 Do you regret going into public markets investing? HF 41 6h
+3 Ease of transferring from summer intern office to NYC/Chicago FT? CO 3 4h
+6 cybershieldfortress.buzz Malware while on WSO WSO 9 6h
+24 Hope Hicks off the dating market IB 17 7h
+3 WF IB (Charlotte) or JPM MMBSI (Chicago) IB 13 6h
+51 Neuberger Berman (NB) - my experience/overview PE 17 8h
+97 Sr Asso / VP Unemployment Check-in PE 58 7h
+2 GS Emerging Leaders Series JOB 6 7h
0 Market Projections RE 1 8h
+5 Top MM vs Stone Capital vs Insight Partners for FT IB 6 9h
+11 O1 Visa for Investment Banking IB 4 6h
+15 How to learn more about Cyclicals? HF 6 7h
+500 I've been using WSO for 5+ years and I think the anti-diversity rhetoric has gotten so much worse OFF 96 9h
+195 Career Bankers, Was It Worth It? IB 67 9h
+325 Looking to raise a Billion Dollar Fund - College Junior IB 45 9h

Career Advancement Opportunities

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Jefferies & Company 02 99.4%
  • Lazard Freres No 98.8%
  • Harris Williams & Co. 25 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 04 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Harris Williams & Co. 18 99.4%
  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
  • William Blair 03 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Lazard Freres 01 99.4%
  • Jefferies & Company 02 98.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 98.3%
  • Moelis & Company 07 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 05 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (21) $373
  • Associates (91) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (68) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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