+32 How the heck do you learn all of this stuff? ER 10 19h
+76 Developer Layoff Imminent - Take Job as Lot/Land Developer?? RE 23 19h
+3 BofA Public Finance 2025 SA IB 26 19h
+9 I Actively Discriminate Against Target Students OFF 9 20h
+1 JPM Ditching WallStreet Office IB 2 20h
+100 Top Long Only vs Small SM HF HF 32 20h
+6 The Fear of the Ex Employee WSO 10 20h
+15 How to not be mentally drained by this job? AM 1 20h
0 Bain & Company - Review - NA CO Data 20h
+8 PubFin IB or TAS? IB 5 21h
+8 Informal references PE 2 21h
+5 Arma Partners 2024 September Intake (Graduate Internship Programme) IB 21 21h
+11 Morgan Stanley Capital Markets London IB 17 23h
+8 IBD exit is non-existent in Hong Kong IB 3 21h
+6 Morgan Stanley Getting Back Post Interview JOB 3 21h
+12 Is BIWS good enough for REPE/dev prep? RE 7 21h
+24 Goldman Sachs Is Cutting About 125 Managing Directors Globally IB 13 22h
0 Good Paper Trading Account for HY Bonds? CR 3 21h
0 Anyone work with Meena Flynn (Lakdhawala) at GS? IB 0 21h
0 KPMG - Interview - Accounting Data 21h
+226 Goldman CEO DJ Dipshit Fails Again IB 65 21h
0 RANK: Bocconi Master of Finance vs. RSM Master of F&I vs. ESSEC MiM vs. St. Gallen MBF vs. SSE Master of Finance BSCH 4 21h
+16 EU Master's - Options (HELP PLZ) BSCH 13 21h
+9 Can I break into IB? JOB 3 21h
+4 3, 9, 14, 12, 36, 41, ? HF 11 23h
0 Carbon Trading Exit Ops TR 1 23h
+100 GF doesn’t care about her looks OFF 63 23h
0 MUFG reviews JOB 1 23h
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+17 Citi Asset Based Finance CF 5 23h
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0 Does anyone have details on ADIA PE case study test? PE 2 1d
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+1 Goldman Sachs London SA IB 3 23h
+9 Colgate or Villanova BSCH 6 1d
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0 Does anyone know if Kroll sponsors internationals for IB roles? IB 1 1d
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+4 Cinven London Model Test Tips IB 2 23h
0 Hardest part of the job HF 1 1d
+104 Another one bites the dust…Ashcroft Capital RE 103 1d
+3 Janney Montgomery SA 2025 IB 3 1d
+10 Wardrobe Advice FASH 4 1d
+3 Citadel FCAT HF 5 1d
0 Infra PE Materials PE 2 1d
0 Morgan Stanley Freshman Enhancement Program IB 1 1d
0 KPMG - Review - Audit Data 1d
0 Brown Gibbons Lang Comp IB 3 1d
+9 Is it over for me? JOB 6 1d
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Interview - Risk Data 1d
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 1d
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Review - Engineering TR Data 1d
+6 Transferring into IB or PE from industry IB 1 1d
+6 Private Credir Summer Intern - Should I rerecruit for IB? IB 2 1d
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Engineering TR Data 1d
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0 US Bank - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 1d
0 Secondaries Advisory Compensation. JOB 0 1d
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0 PE -> Startup in Operating Role? PE 2 1d
+9 Career advice: Transitioning from LatAm Early Stage VC to US LMM PE? JOB 0 1d
0 Alpine Investors PE PE 0 1d
+40 What's going on at Columbia? OFF 28 1d
+9 HELP!! GRAD SCHOOL IN BOSTON WORTH IT? JOB 3 1d
+2 PCA Recruiting IB 1 1d
0 Citi FSG(Financial Strategy Group) potential exits, bonus, extra comments? IB 1 1d
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+11 Citi 2025 SA APP OPENIN IB 45 1d
0 Can I break into Wealth Management? WM 1 1d
0 Interview with small SM Hedge Fund - prep? HF 3 1d
+132 Thoughts from a Stanford MBA and PE Associate BSCH 58 1d
+14 Engineering vs Business degree? BSCH 7 1d
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0 Nuveen Investments - Review - Infrastructure PE Data 1d
0 Nuveen Investments - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure PE Data 1d
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0 Infra Modelling Test IB 0 1d
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Career Advancement Opportunities

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Jefferies & Company 02 99.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 19 98.8%
  • Harris Williams & Co. New 98.3%
  • Lazard Freres 02 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 03 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

April 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

April 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

April 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (19) $385
  • Associates (87) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (66) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
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