0 lateral Interview drama 1 9y
0 Is this internship in vessel valuation worth it? 2 9y
0 Mooreland Partners - Foster City office 3 8y
+13 Impressive resume but still no job........ 15 9y
0 Merchandise banking? 0 9y
+18 PE or Corporate Finance Internship Offers - Thoughts? 6 9y
0 Would this be realistic? 0 9y
0 Do Summer Financial Analysts at Banks Get Money for Lunch and Dinner? 3 9y
0 Should I drop my second major? 0 9y
0 Junior Year Summer Technology Analyst -> Full Time Investment Banking 3 9y
0 Sophomore Summer Internship- Good decision? 0 8y
0 Quick Modeling Questions 0 9y
+160 Where is the "big" money now? 136 9y
0 Best financing options 0 9y
+17 Need a little career advice 9 6y
0 Morgan Stanley Analyst Bonuses? 0 9y
0 University of Idaho IB Interview 0 6y
0 Seaport Global Securities? 4 6y
+4 I'll be in the WSO Chat Throughout the afternoon 1 9y
+30 URGENT HELP - Shipping company valuation 7 9y
0 Too leveraged for LBO analysis ? is that a thing? 3 9y
0 Do US firms hire from top UK university campus? 2 6y
+27 Lateral Hire: Passed the take home Case Study - Now What? 6 9y
0 Credit Research to Private Debt / Direct Lending 6 5y
+8 Question: Why MO/BO roles? 3 4y
0 What is Snap (Snapchat) worth? 4 9y
0 Lateraling from Healthcare IBD to PE 1 9y
0 Hudson's Bay to take over Macy's, will it truly happen? 0 6y
+19 Excel/Computer Shortcuts 17 9y
+42 Best Time to Cold Email? 49 9y
+98 Low IPO Fee for Snapchat 71 4y
0 Oil & Gas Interview Guide? 0 9y
+11 Anyone had Oppenheimer Interview 22 9y
+74 Tools of the Trade: Pro Tips 39 4mo
0 Studying Abroad and IB? 0 9y
+24 Breaking in 9 6y
+12 IU Kelly? 6 9y
+16 TSA Pre-check 11 9y
0 Delayed start for a 1st year BB analyst? 4 6y
+4 Emailing and Response Time for Analysts 2 9y
+425 I just went 3 days without sleep to see what i-banking felt like...honestly I don't believe ANY of you! (My hourly breakdown) 401 2y
0 Quick Question about Undergrad 0 9y
+9 J.P Morgan Industrials Good or Not? 21 6y
0 business valuation and research case study 0 9y
+14 Always looking for an exit? 3 9y
0 Big Oil internship? 3 9y
+18 Professional Summary on Resume 14 4y
+7 JP Morgan Leveraged Finance 2017 3 4y
+17 Investment banks that sponsor work visas for internationals 6 6y
+79 Houston energy banking GS vs CS vs Barclays vs Citi - GS for PE exits? 44 6y
+11 Incoming BB Analyst Looking for Pre-Training Resources 3 4y
0 Collateral Associate - What is next? 0 9y
+24 Barclays Restructuring vs Evercore Restructuring 19 8y
0 Things to do during Semester Abroad 1 6y
0 2017 IB Turnover 0 9y
0 deloitte m&a personal trading/wfh 0 9y
+11 Dartmouth, Cornell, NYU (Stern) - presence and OCR? 12 9y
+17 McCombs for NY offices 9 6y
+42 Summer Associate Interview Prep, MBA candidate 30 9y
+21 Coverage - Excel templates? 3 9y
0 martinwolf M&A Advisors? 2 9y
0 NYC - Weekend Golf Membership Options (IBD Analyst) 2 6y
0 BTIG? 1 9y
0 Citi FSG 0 9y
+3 EBITDA 2 9y
+7 Two Internship Offers - Thoughts? 3 9y
+19 Will drug test follow background check test immediately?? 16 5y
0 Thoughts on BB BO/MO Rotation Programs 2 9y
+20 FCF and Equity Value for a one year company? 7 9y
+18 F100 MA Internship vs PE Internship 6 6y
+12 Answer to Why ECM? 0 9y
+5 BAML NYC : M&A vs LevFin (Summer MBA Associate) 3 6y
+21 Stay or Look External? 1 9y
+157 Q&A: BB Operations MD 119 5y
0 One E-mail to Change the Game 0 9y
+2 GCA Altium vs GP Bullhound for SA position 3 6y
+96 Deutsche Bank To Scrap Bonuses For 2016: As Many As 90% Of Bankers Affected 31 6y
+27 Foros Group - any intel? 15 6y
+20 FCF calculation differences between DCF and LBO models 5 6y
+27 Why IPO? 18 9y
0 ABN AMRO Clearing Bank Market Risk 0 6y
+374 I am leaving investment banking to be a cop 137 6y
0 Valuation Internship vs FDD 0 9y
+35 Moving from West Coast Banking to NYC Banking 27 6y
0 What would your schedule look like in UG? 2 9y
+55 Thoughts on Corporate Finance? 53 9y
+13 Civil Engineering degree - What are my chances of getting into IB? 12 9y
+10 Are any Investment Banks still hiring? MM or lower MM? 1 9y
+132 I haven't found IB hours to be that bad- where do the stories come from? 54 6y
+5 GPA Question Diversity Candidate 7 9y
0 Incoming analyst - two questions 0 9y
+26 Big Four Corporate Finance Offer Need Advice 6 9y
+14 How do salaries / bonuses, banking fields and hours in Switzerland compare to the US? 4 1y
+20 Is an internship at Vanguard able to feed to wall street internship the following year? 14 7y
0 CFA ba ii plus 0 9y
+13 IBD Post-MBA Associates When Do You Start Work/Leave Work? 10 9y
0 Get your loan quickly 0 9y
+24 Non-target school tiers 26 5y
0 JP Morgan Diversity Events 0 9y
+5 JD/MBA have a shot at IB Associate? 3 9y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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