0 RBC Energy Houston 10 6y
+38 Lateraling as an Associate Without Deal Experience 15 8y
+85 Not getting interviews 82 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+16 Your Advice Will Singlehandedly Change My Life 1 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 What to do when your connections dont work in IB anymore? 1 8y
0 Société Générale - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Advice on how to break in to investment banking. My story. 0 8y
0 Union Square Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 What happens when Debt > EV? 2 8y
+82 How to *really* add value as a first-year analyst in a deal team? 19 6y
+13 I have the opportunity to transfer to a target (LSE) from a Semi target (Bath)? IB query 12 6y
+26 UBS Sonru Video Interview (London) 8 6y
0 Making a move from Dubai to Wall Street 0 6y
+41 How much can connections help you 72 8y
0 Levfin to Restructuring Lateral 3 8y
0 Major GPA vs Cumulative GPA Question 13 7y
+25 Piper Jaffray vs Apple 8 8y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Duff & Phelps - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
+27 Free Cash Flow vs. Net Income 5 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Question Regarding FSM & DCF Models 0 8y
+116 Q&A: Big 4 Consulting to Lower MM IB to MM IB (No MBA). 29 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Oil and Gas Data 8y
+42 Does TMT Banking offer the most lucrative exit options? 9 4y
+28 Bounced back after being fired from IBD. How to survive new gig? 11 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
0 Junior need for suggestion (From China) 0 6y
+61 Analyst says "be more proactive" 15 6y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+32 What are good sophomore summer internships if you want to break into a BB/EB for junior summer these days? 41 8y
+12 Lazard Accelerated Superday 17 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Broadhaven Capital Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+133 What is life like at no-Bulge Bracket Investment banks? 49 8y
+13 Duke, Northwestern, Michigan, Virginia? Are these schools targets? 9 6y
0 Marlin and Associates - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Commerzbank AG - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 8y
+65 Which banks are still interviewing for first rounds? (BB/EB's) 67 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Zions Bancorporation - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 8y
0 Please, help with the problem! 0 8y
0 Any Full Time spots open for top tier boutiques in Hong Kong/Singapore? 0 6y
0 First Superday - Analyst at PJC Coverage Group 1 8y
+28 Best groups at Morgan Stanley? 23 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
+9 JPM Aug 10th Hirevue Ambiguous Email 8 4y
+96 When did LBO become a valuation technique? 24 8y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 8y
0 Sunrise Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 LSE MSc Applicable Mathematices & Imperial MSc Applied Mathematics: My Chances 0 6y
0 Interview Location 1 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+35 The anxiety about what's next doesn't end once you break into IB... 5 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+17 ADVICE: Non Traditional Background + Chance of success at top IB firms 1 6y
+26 Rip my resume to shred-Science guy 7 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+32 Modeling in Restructuring? 19 6y
+13 Recommendations on Resume? 2 4y
+9 Email contacts coming to campus for OCR 5 4y
+19 Equity raising? 20 8y
+16 USA IB sponsorship survey 4 8y
+32 Why BBs don't create separate unit to get more deals in small and mid-market M&A? 17 8y
0 Millstein and Co - Interview - Restructuring Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+44 Which league does Duff and Phelps exactly falls under in 2017? 25 7y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 IndustryPro - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 IndustryPro - Review - Technology Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 8y
+1 How much time to accept BB SA offer? 3 8y
0 IndustryPro - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+14 Comps help 1 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Cover letter for summer internship 4 8y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Invest Like the Street Program 1 7y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 How accurate is the Vault most prestigious banking firms list? 13 8y
0 SEO Edge CV Template vs. WSO IB Template 2 6y
0 Follow up after recruiting coffee chat? 1 8y

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 98.8%
  • 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 (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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