0 Current MM LBO Debt Mix/Rates/Terms 4 10y
0 Test scores 1 6y
+1 Pegasus IB in Chicago? 3 3y
+3 Didnt get into major, now what? 6 10y
0 University of Ottawa- Finance vs Queen's Applied Economics 1 6y
+11 Is my networking strategy gonna potentially Black Ball me from firms? 6 10y
0 Summer internship final decision 0 10y
0 Banking Coverage Groups and Entrepreneurship 2 10y
+12 Insight into Associate Learning Curve 6 8y
0 More prestigious: big law vs. small consulting/banking. 6 10y
+11 Internship question: IB in a boutique or Asset Management in a big local bank 1 6y
+13 Baruch for IB 13 10y
+20 Cornell ILR School... How Screwed Am I? 11 10y
+182 What do sophomores usually do for internships? 260 6y
+5 Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Urgent Quick Question 8 10y
0 Should I update my interviewer about unrelated internship? 2 10y
0 Model driver with accelerators 6 10y
0 HSBC M&A vs. Middle Market 3 3y
+7 What makes more sense: IB (BB) to Consulting (MBB) or Consulting to IB? 12 4y
+10 Best IBD group J.P. Morgan London 1 6y
+3 Houlihan drug test 2 10y
0 Is it too early to talk recruiting for 2017? 0 10y
+28 Sophomore Year- Investment Banking Vs. Private Equity 22 4y
0 Transfer from UMass to Vanderbilt? F100 Internship soph summer? 4 6y
+19 Didn't Land a Junior Year Summer Internship, Need Advice 9 6y
+185 How WSO has enhanced my IB/PE career 43 10y
0 Guys need your advice - IB/PE/Media holding 0 6y
+65 Messaging on LinkedIn 70 10y
0 IB associate after post-exp. MFin or IB analyst after pre-exp MFin? 10 10y
+18 Renege and Redo Full Time Recruiting? 13 4y
+27 DCM at One Man Boutique? 14 10y
+21 Emory vs USC 23 6y
0 Travel Industry Coverage 3 10y
0 Any short summer workshop in investment banking for PhD? 3 6y
0 Training Length 2 10y
+5 When is a good time to start omitting GPA from resume? 6 10y
0 What are my chances - Professional services advisory to MM IB/PE? 0 6y
0 Working Hours Equity Research Internship 0 10y
0 ? 5 10y
+42 MBB internship junior summer >> Banking Full time? How feasible? 22 9y
+1 Study Abroad or AT&T Flite Internship? 2 6y
0 What's my IB SA Take Home Pay? 6 6y
+26 Starting young 17 10y
0 3.4 vs 3.5 GPA 5 7y
0 Chance me for 2017 SA recruiting (SG/HK/LON) 0 9y
+5 Accidentally Washed My Hand Drug Test and Retake 9 10y
+2 Recent Mezzanine Rates 4 10y
0 Joining diversity groups - thoughts? 5 10y
0 BBs and EBs with offices inside SF 8 6y
+64 Switching IB Groups for FT after SA stint? 70 6y
+4 Impact of current market conditions on hiring 1 6y
0 BB off-cycle internship while attending LSE 6 6y
0 Ivey vs. Columbia Value Investing 3 6y
0 Best Roles Outside IB/Trading within an Investment Bank 5 10y
0 2016 Background Check 3 10y
0 Best Citi Industry Groups 10 7y
0 Graduate programme: rejected then called back about an opening. What should I expect? 2 1y
+7 Perella Weinberg & Tudor Pickering Merger? 9 3y
+13 Another CapEx question.. What is it on here? 12 10y
+31 Fulltime recruiting: How many slots are there? Associates and Analysts 35 10y
0 Terrible Internship Options 4 6y
+2 Pay for International Banks in NY: Nomura, Macquarie, BNP, Credit Agricole, Societe Generale, MUFG 4 10y
0 Summer Associate to FT transition rate 1 10y
0 UK EB ---> ??? ---> US HF/PE 4 4y
+61 Stanford Wall Street Placement East Coast 23 4y
0 GM Financial ABS internship to IB fixed income? 2 10y
+7 tfw no gf 12 8y
0 Remote analyst internship? 4 8y
+16 Queen's Commerce vs NYU (Not Stern) Undergraduate 5 6y
0 PROJECT FUNDING AND INVESTMENT 1 4y
0 ASU or Bard College... to BB internship? 0 10y
+310 Young People of WSO: What is with this fascination towards IB? 196 3y
0 FactSet hot keys on personal computer 0 10y
+18 IB vs S&T Summer Analyst Job Openings 7 10y
0 Do people ever get out of FIG? 0 10y
0 Regional MD leaves before your SA stint 3 9y
0 Robert W. Baird in London 12 6y
0 EB Analyst to CorpDev? 1 5y
+27 Oxford vs Cambridge (vs LSE) - Undergrad 10 6y
+103 PE Recruiting Failure 51 6y
+14 Becoming an Industry Expert 17 10y
+40 Observation on career happiness 24 10y
0 Are you allowed to fully use at the tools at your disposal? 0 6y
+194 Still no MD after 30+ Years 36 6y
0 The importance of learning how to rock and roll on a PC 1 10y
0 If There Was 1 Thing About Banking That You Could Change, What Would it Be? 1 10y
0 Big 4 Job offer - Manhattan 15 6y
0 How to navigate FT recruiting as a rising senior with SA offer at a small PE firm? 0 6y
0 How many Jared Vennetts do you guys know/have you guys met, along the way? 4 10y
0 Transfer College decision 1 10y
+13 Delaying Graduation to get an IB internship 12 10y
+25 USC Marshall vs Michigan Ross Preferred Admit (Social, Weather, and Placement) [Undergrad] 22 6y
0 FT Drug Test for EB 2 10y
0 McCombs MBA vs. M7 MBA 6 6y
0 Investment Strategy at BB? 0 10y
0 Bonuses at the MD level - Jefferies 0 10y
0 About 04/27 WSO meetup 4 6y
0 Valuing/selling a single stand-alone restaurant - thoughts? 5 10y
0 Should I Mention Medical School ? 1 10y
+32 Undergrad Berkeley $19k/yr vs Vanderbilt $12k/yr 25 6y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

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