+3 Major/Minor for IB or S&T (not sure yet) 1 7y
0 Daiwa Securities Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+50 Reputation of Union Square Advisors, FT Partners, and RBC? 17 4y
+7 GPA tanked second semester freshman year. Am I doomed for sophomore internships? 2 7y
+17 Why would one prefers the sell-side? 5 7y
+18 IMPERIAL COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR IB 11 5y
+3 Societe Generale? TMT? 3 7y
+48 Most Vacation Days a Job Has Given You 66 7y
0 Is Wharton business school still prestigious in 2019 6 6y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
+3 Greenhill Lateral Modeling Test Insight 2 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 7y
0 Bank of Montreal - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 7y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 7y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+3 Morgan Stanley SF IBD 1 6y
+3 Jeffries: Advanced technology & Mobility Division? 1 6y
0 CIT Group - Review - Healthcare Data 7y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+9 Pushed timeline for Full time Opportunities 3 7y
+28 Guggenheim top groups and exits (SA2020) 26 6y
+3 State of RBC NY in 2019 1 7y
+13 State of RBC (NY) in 2019 2 6y
+3 Buy --> The Practitioner's Guide to Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance 1 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+2 Interviewing for other full-time offers during internship - good idea or not? 1 7y
+9 2019 NYC FT Housing/Roommate Thread 1 6y
+32 Qatalyst Partners First Round Interview for Full-Time 8 6y
+3 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Sector & Deal Flow 1 6y
+3 RBC Capital Markets Healthcare Sector 1 6y
+8 Qatalyst FT2020 interview 2 7y
+6 GS Virtual Insight Series on Resume 6 7y
+17 SA 2020 late summer/fall recruitment 15 7y
+24 Guggenheim Structured Finance - Updated Info And Reputation? 7 5y
+21 Appropriate to take LSAT during analyst training? 8 7y
0 UniCredit - Review - NA Data 7y
+3 College Selection for Wall Street 1 7y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 7y
+22 Any insight on PJ Solomon NYC? 11 6y
+8 Pointless Thread 4 7y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+3 Bump 1 7y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+12 Summer Internship Background check question 1 7y
+3 How do you move from ib to portfolio manager? 1 7y
+17 LBO Valuation to extract floor value in a divestiture case 4 7y
+12 How much networking is needed for a weak semi-target for IB? 2 3y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+3 Secondary Advisory summer analyst 1 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+3 What to prepare for the Leveraged Finance internship? 1 7y
+9 I Failed Mckinsey PST, What To Do Now? 2 7y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+6 Wall Street Prep Exams 2019 4 5y
+4 Credit Suisse Sponsors 4 6y
+3 Just Interviewed with a firm for SA position - were these good responses? 1 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+238 Do banking and PE make you a better business owner? 76 6y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 7y
+3 Is Lazard London a sweatshop? 1 6y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
+27 Barclays Group Placement 21 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+326 The Path to Least Resistance: Why IB May Not Be What You Really Want 52 4y
+80 What's Your Dream Job/Title/Position or One of them 42 5y
+15 KEA Consultants London - Experience 1 6y
+6 How are MDs hired? 1 7y
+12 Seeking Advice for FT 2020 Recruiting 3 6y
+3 At what price would you buy Ride's stock? 1 7y
+43 Breaking In: Should I Relocate for Regional Boutique?? 18 7y
+3 Accounting & Finance at Warwick VS Finance at Indiana (Kelley School of Business) 1 6y
0 Leerink Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Rabobank Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+102 JP Morgan 2020 SA 323 6y
+4 Blair Kuro Personality Test/Interview for LIFT Program 1 7y
+9 Networking during SA? 1 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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