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November 2026 Investment Banking
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Evercore 01 99.5%
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Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
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JPMorgan 01 98.4%
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Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
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Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%
Overall Employee Satisfaction
November 2026 Investment Banking
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Moelis & Company No 99.5%
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Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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Evercore 01 98.4%
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Banco Santander 02 97.9%
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BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%
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November 2026 Investment Banking
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Evercore 01 99.5%
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Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
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Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
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Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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JPMorgan No 97.4%
Total Avg Compensation
November 2026 Investment Banking
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Vice President (16) $429
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Associates (57) $264
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3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
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2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
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Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
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1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101
16 IB Interviews Notes
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From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
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Do you have an mba or 4 years of experience? What is your comp?
125500 base
6-15% bonus
Hcol or lcol?
I have over 4 years of experience with no MBA.
HYPS undergrad
(Ignore my title I’m not an MD)
What level can a PE sr associate/VP (5-6 years of total work experience) expect to join and at what comp?
why do you find the role engaging?
what’s the career trajectory?
thanks!
Probably 210-250 as management / VP. You can probably negotiate pretty heavily. Everyone is prior IB/MBB and one guy is a prior entrepreneur who sold his company. It’s definitely an interesting crowd.
Work is special projects that can add value to the company. You could be calculating the impact of trade (shortages) or calculating margins on the thousands of products and recommending ways to improve. You work with the C-suite and board so it feels better than just editing pitches or models in IB. You’re treated as a mix of M&A and internal consulting. It’s a lot of meetings and requests for work that haven’t been done with little data. I enjoy the problem solving.
Promotions tend to be quicker than traditional corporate development.
Bananaed
what does your career progression look like and how’s your work life balance?
great to see you are enjoying it!
What type of modeling is typical of strategic finance roles?
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