+12 Best Company Collateral 1 7y
+7 Which school is better for getting into Investment Banking? Georgia Tech or The University of Georgia? 3 7y
+3 Potential Exit Opportunities? 1 7y
+64 How Much Do You Drink Per Day in an Average Week? 68 7y
+25 Things to learn 17 7y
+5 Podcasts relating to banking 2 7y
+3 Ally financial not in S&P indices 1 7y
+17 An Honest Evaluation of the New WSO Intern 4 7y
+14 Problems with EV/EBIT vs EV/EBITDA 2 7y
+67 Macro meanderings? 22 7y
+60 Tiger Woods Wins Masters 21 7y
+60 What comp would you require to agree to work an extra x hours per week? 32 7y
+47 Career (and Life) Measuring Sticks - Where should you be by what age? 5 7y
+19 .Is This Considered Weird? 8 7y
+24 Burning Man 7 7y
+3 Did I calculate accreted value right? 1 7y
0 Become a data scientist 2 7y
+3 Any regrets on how you spent your earlier years working??? 2 7y
+69 If this man made billions in Nigeria why can't we ? 22 7y
+4 Even to those making their dream salary working the exact position they want at a BB, does anyone regret spending their time? 4 7y
+16 Sick of Patrick Bateman types? 9 7y
+12 $1,000 a day Day Trading - HOW? 9 7y
+1 What's the cringiest thing you hear finance guys say or have heard a finance guy say (about finance) 3 7y
+18 Why not sit back, relax, kick your feet up, and... 19 7y
+6 YieldStreet? 1 7y
+11 Internship & Holidays 3 7y
+2 Do any of you guys use 4chan? 1 7y
0 Who is the most prestigious troll on WSO (in 2019)? 1 7y
+9 Do you hold your FI investments in your IRA to avoid taxes? 2 7y
+5 If this post gets more SBs than MS, I will retire from posting on WSO 1 7y
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+3 Basic book on numerical methods - stochastic calculus 1 7y
+4 David Solomon next Goldman CEO 2 7y
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0 Raymond Weil Watch 1 7y
+273 How Amazon Is Disrupting MBA Recruiting 87 7y
0 Equinox - Any Discounts? 1 7y
+3 What constitutes a golden child? 3 7y
+3 Best markets podcasts 1 7y
+3 What's your biggest "I aint getting paid enough for this shit" moment 1 7y
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+196 Nicest Thing Your Boss Has Ever Done For You? 54 7y
+201 The Federal Reserve is a SCAM? 174 7y
+31 What news sources do you read? 91 7y
+36 How do you compete with Asians? 87 7y
+14 To suit up or not to suit up? 13 7y
+36 Sending Networking Emails: From Work or Personal Address? 54 7y
+114 Tell me about your favorite restaurant? 101 7y
+7 TWENTY FIVE Vids of OBL's Death 8 7y
+15 Best Interview Experience? 2 7y
+64 "The most worthwhile investment I've made is ________" 44 7y
+30 Rank these in compensation 11 7y
+54 Wireless Headphone Recommendations? 45 7y
+37 How important is height when trying to get a job in high finance? 38 7y
+70 Investment Banking and facial hair 42 7y
+44 Consulting VS Investment Banking VS Law VS Audit 28 7y
0 "I got 99 problems but a bitch aint one" - TRANSLATED FROM EBONICS LOL (great ibanking motivator) 8 7y
+6 Charlie Sheen: more prestigious than GS, KKR? 17 7y
+51 Would you still get a MacBook Pro? 41 7y
+12 Best Way to Structure My Presentation 1 7y
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+141 Favorite quote? 92 7y
+65 Target School Candidates Who Bombed an Interview 44 7y
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+92 Bankers and Bad Relationships 51 7y
+70 Funniest Work Experiences/Stories 31 7y
+13 What is the dress code where you work? 25 7y
0 Tudor Pickering Holt IB Boot Camp Interview? 1 7y
+17 ***OFFICIAL DESCRIBE YOUR....**** 171 7y
+169 If you were to start all over again, what would you pursue and why? 206 7y
0 URGENT HELP NEEDED 14 7y
+30 What's the longest a company has made you wait after the interview? 33 7y
+100 Relationships Through Early 20's 34 7y
+14 Pocket squares: Yes or no? 11 7y
+22 My Complaint About a Sunoco Gas Station 9 7y
+14 I cannot be the only one who thinks that Morningstar is a shit product. 8 7y
+3 How much of your job's compensation is tied to Time with the Company? 1 7y
+17 Non-Target with No Internships. Now What? 14 7y
+79 Your favorite financier from the past 83 7y
+98 How did you first start investing in the stock market? 157 7y
+52 Anyone else get insomnia? 112 7y
+21 What happened to our industry 5 7y
+7 How skilled were you before you started working? 1 7y
+24 Can a finance degree be taught in one equation? 10 7y
+21 The 4 Most Important Things Investors Care About in a Term-Sheet 11 7y
+6 Extreme Sports? 1 7y
+100 The Penny Stock Experience 144 7y
+3 Anyone here who worked at Abraaj Capital? 1 7y
+3 Internet marketing Jupiter FL 1 7y
+12 Consignment Leasing of Commodities 1 7y
+93 Are There Dumb Kids at Target Schools? 39 7y
+13 Citi Onboarding Question 2 7y
+12 2019 Masters at Augusta this Weekend, Who You Got? 1 7y
+3 A defeased bond is essentially a callable bond from the terms of the investor? 1 7y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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