0 Salem Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Healthcare Data 8y
0 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 MUFG - Review - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 MUFG - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 8y
+3 How to make myself appealing when cold calling boutique banks for internships 2 8y
0 PMCF - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+26 2 offers. Need some help 13 6y
+10 Leerink Partners - Interview (SA), Culture & Exit Opps 16 6y
+18 What is the next best thing instead of Investment Banking, prestige and pay wise? 9 8y
+4 Send updated Resume/GPA? 1 8y
+3 What happens if you get rejected as a sophomore? Can you reapply junior year? 2 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+18 DIversity sophomore summer internships 10 8y
+22 International students & IB internships in the US 24 8y
+8 Is it easier to get an IB internship sophomore or junior year? 5 8y
+10 Debt Advisory interview - What to expect? 1 8y
+9 Raymond James NY Insight 9 6y
+9 Wall Street Prep - Excel Test 1 8y
+3 Cain Brothers - Interview (SA), Culture & Exit Opps 2 8y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+10 IBD In Germany 5 6y
+34 Citi Bank Public Finance 28 8y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+16 London LMM Investment Banks 1 6y
+3 List of London Investment Banking internships accepting applications from Final year students? 1 6y
+9 What to do when arriving at a semi-target/target from a CC 1 8y
0 Kurt Salmon Associates Capital Advisors - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Kurt Salmon Associates Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 J.P. Morgan Infrastructure IBD 2 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Discrepancy between resume and start date for job in background check - is this an issue? 1 8y
+15 Job Offer Rescinded Because of Expunged Records 7 1y
+11 Ratings Agency to Lev Fin 6 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Restructuring Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
+26 Referral from former MD of a prestigious IB 10 8y
+15 Am I getting an offer? Nondiversity event 14 8y
+4 12 months to wait after applying again at Goldman Sachs? 1 8y
0 Newport Capital Group - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+3 Background & Drug Test 1 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+38 Morgan Stanley Healthcare 8 8y
+9 Do Investment Bankers Penny Pinch? 2 7y
+38 Critique my cold mail 10 8y
+3 Has anyone ever failed the UBS online test? 1 8y
0 Rothschild - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+2 Is the ECM more client-facing than coverage groups/M&A ? 1 8y
+13 Issue with Background Check 3 8y
+20 Qatalyst vs MS Tech vs GS TMT 16 5y
+18 Hearing about others who get offers, but contacts telling me they're not interviewing until August? Advice 4 6y
+8 Bonus/Salary at good Boutiques (not elite) 7 5y
+94 Bank Map 2: Electric Boogaloo 25 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Public Finance Data 8y
+53 What should I do the summer after freshman year? 30 8y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+5 LBO Exit Multiple 3 6y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Power Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 8y
+3 Trailing vs. Forward Multiples 2 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+22 HELP: Awaiting offer letter/contract, but getting invited to other interviews 16 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Swiss Re - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+13 Am I too late?? 12 8y
0 Swiss Re - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Swiss Re - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Swiss Re - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 EPS - impact, meaning, how to increase it, link with the P/E ratio 5 8y
+3 Company growing less than inflation 1 8y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Newbie to M&A's about to enter first internship - are there any 'top' sectors? 1 8y
+23 DCM/Lev Fin - need help 7 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Midtown Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+13 MBA vs Undergrad Impact 3 8y
+4 2021 SA Question 4 8y
+12 Getting an interview - Summer vs FT (grades) 2 8y
+57 $m or $mm when abbreviating Million 44 4y
+32 Energy Sector Primer 31 5y
+20 Need urgent help with offer decision! 5 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Operations Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+9 GM Balance Sheet Forecasting 2 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+29 Help with decision - Student with no idea what to do IB 2019 33 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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