+18 Is this corporate or investment banking? 5 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - NA Data 7y
+5 Cost of Debt (Example) 2 7y
+35 Trick (?) Technical Question 16 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 Current Sophomore SA Schedule 15 7y
+21 Ready for IB...pivoting to start-up? 5 6y
+25 Antares Capital - Lifestyle, comp, exit, etc 6 6y
+21 Women going into IB? 1 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 7y
+13 Am I underpaid? (Commercial Banking) 7 6y
+4 Implied Perpetuity Growth Rate / - Exit Multiple 2 7y
+28 Where should I invest my bonus? 10 7y
+39 Rank the Banks! 19 5y
+31 Best Coverage Groups at Barclays & Group Networking 9 5y
+12 Boston College (MSAE) vs. JHU (MSAE) 1 6y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+12 IB to Corporate Development Modeling (on job as well as interview tests) 1 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+19 No Response after phone interview for a referred position 8 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Prime Brokerage Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Société Générale - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+3 Houlihan Lokey Boston Office 1 6y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+15 Networking or Prestige 10 5y
+3 Macquarie Assessment Test? 1 7y
+10 SF Summer Housing for Summer 2019 6 7y
0 Cascadia Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 M&A/LBO Modeling Question 1 7y
+6 BB IBD vs AM (PIMCO, Blackrock) for HF? 1 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+7 Alternatives to IB/CF/PE 5 7y
+12 Advanced Interview Questions: Actual Financial Statement Cases 1 7y
+19 Lateraling from BB Credit to BB / EB IB 11 3y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
+19 IB Boutiques that are still hiring for SA 11 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 Putting a Job Shadow experience on a resume (GCM Grosvenor) 1 7y
+7 . 7 4y
+6 Relative Valuation - Source of information 1 7y
+12 Private companies valuation - “optimal” capital structure 1 7y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+13 Internship Decision - Junior year - Local CB role vs Global better brand name non-banking role? 2 6y
0 CITIC Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+12 Forensics --> Valuation...advice? 1 7y
0 PwC Corporate Finance - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 PwC Corporate Finance - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 Cross-Border M&A Boutiques? 1 6y
+3 PJT secondary advisory SA superday UK 1 7y
+156 Marriage? 59 5y
+3 UBS Equities S&T vs MS GCM? (Hong Kong) 1 7y
+5 Are chinos appropriate for a business casual environment? 4 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets Data 7y
+6 Interview Advice with Locust Walk Summer Analyst 2 3y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Operations Data 7y
+14 MD compensation 7 3mo
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 7y
+39 King of the shortlists but can't get an offer 10 7y
+4 Excel animation 3 7y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 China International Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
+9 2 questions. 3 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+13 Southerners in IB? 6 6y
0 Mizuho Securities - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - 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
+31 How do you characterize investment banking around unsophisticated/trashy family? 7 7y
0 Application Process 2 6y
+3 Exit Opps. 1 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Ally Financial - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 7y
0 Ally Financial - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 7y
+5 ROA 3 7y
+24 Do I need BIWS/WSP if I have the Rosenbaum book? 24 7y
+282 How I Broke Into Goldman IBD From a Non-Target 52 3y
+10 2019 Bonus Watch 5 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+19 How did IB work before Excel and PowerPoint 5 7y
0 MUFG - Interview - Corporate Banking Data 7y
+41 Full-Time Dilemma - 2 Offers 21 6y
+18 Business Valuation Associate - Deloitte 10 7y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Natixis - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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