+3 Where to look for FT openings at other banks? (lateral) 2 8y
0 Stephens Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+5 Bonus Timeline 3 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 PwC - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+17 Did not land IB SA: Is MM Banking at a top bank > IB possible? 2 8y
+12 Summer Internship as final year student 2 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Imperial Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+14 S&T->one semester of PhD->IB? 2 6y
+33 Thoughts on Cowen NY HC group? 21 6y
+14 Industry Reg. to FT Analyst Program 4 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
+9 NOLs 1 8y
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Corporate Banking Data 8y
+3 What does "hedging across various verticals" mean? 1 8y
+29 Modeling question: creating your own CFS 7 6y
+3 *Apologies for dumb question* What's the new marginal tax rate? 1 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+46 Recent graduate interning at a Big 4 in Audit - how can I move to IB? 20 8y
+17 Houlihan Lokey CF / IB Groups 6 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Societe Generale, Walmart, and P&G 0 8y
+21 will taking a semester off college for personal reasons jeopardize my internship offer/future job? 5 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+16 Reading / Theory or Modelling? 7 8y
+25 Beginner: Financial Statements question 5 8y
+8 How was banking done before computers? 4 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+22 2 IBD offers - what to do? 10 8y
+3 BB Corporate Banking or Terrible Bank Investment Banking? 1 8y
+41 Investment Banking in Energy From Top Business School 17 6y
+57 PE Scene in Asia 38 6y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+3 Background check quick question 1 8y
+23 2 companies that should merge 10 8y
+23 What exactly do these international J Banks do in IB? 4 4y
0 China Construction Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 China Construction Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+37 DCM and LevFin in Canada 18 11mo
0 Cascadia Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+11 Unique situation, want to get into IBD 1 8y
0 Mizuho - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+20 Moelis Boston Office 24 5mo
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
0 TAP Advisors - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+19 When do investment bankers get their own office? 22 8y
0 Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 B. Riley & Co. - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 BMO Exit Opps? 1 6y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+17 Quit EB/BB before first year of analyst program is up? 4 6y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Review - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 8y
+3 Investments to liabilities ratio 2 8y
+13 13" laptop for modeling? 7 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
+53 SA Class Sizes 119 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Mooreland Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Rabobank Group - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+29 IB Summer Internship before first year of college 7 8y
+14 G Suite Vs Office 1 8y
+30 London best Saturday night clubs for professionals 15 6y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
+77 At what age you got into Investment Banking? 22 6y
+12 In need of a serious course of action 1 8y
0 Cross Keys Capital - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+28 exit opps - shareholder activism group 38 1y
+15 Investing in stock market post IB 2 6y

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 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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 97.1%

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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