+8 Need capitalIQ help! 3 10y
+8 Houlihan Lokey FAS interviews and salaries 10 8y
0 Healthcare boutique interview 2 10y
0 What's better for IBD/Equity research - Credit Risk @ BB or Transaction services @ Big 4? 4 7y
+30 Energy IB Exit Opportunities? 37 6y
0 Capital Markets Groups within Funds 3 10y
+149 Cold email advice from analyst 112 10y
0 I'm not sure what to write for the location of where my internship took place 1 6y
+27 Stern>Harvard for college? 12 10y
0 Size in diffirent Industries 2 10y
0 BB Interview - Dinged Due to Internal Candidate? 2 10y
0 Advice needed for masters in finance 2 10y
0 How would I value a high capex intensive business with proportionately increasing debt? 1 10y
0 "Formal Credit Training" 1 10y
+7 So is Blackstone Still in M&A? 4 10y
0 Is it worth the cost? 1 6y
0 Conflict of interest on buy side M&A deals? 3 10y
0 Google Capital? 6 5y
0 Struggling Wt Revenue Model for Online Job Portal Business 1 6y
0 RANK: Stifel, FT Partners, Piper Jaffray, Petsky Prunier, HL FAS, PJSC, Mizuho, TAP Advisors, GLC Advisors, Oppenheimer 11 10y
0 Which banks offer internships for freshman? 12 10y
+18 IBD Associate A2-A3 - Canada (U.S. MBA, MM exp) - Recruiting Tips, Compensation 9 6y
+53 How hard is it really to go past the first round (resume round) without networking? 45 10y
0 Third Party recruiters 0 10y
0 WF Securities: Principal Investments Analyst Interview 2 10y
0 Broker Dealer Arms of PE Funds (Any advice much appreciated!) 0 10y
+3 FocalPoint Partners in LA? 4 6y
0 Beta for Illiquid assets 1 10y
0 Consolidated/Unconsolidated/NCI Question 0 10y
0 Going to an internship interview while already having another internship offer? 3 10y
+15 Holiday vs. New Job (dilemma) 15 6y
0 Purpose of Recreating DCFs by Other Investment Bankers? 1 10y
0 DCF for a company that has historically invested heavily in Capex? 3 10y
+24 Power of Managing Directors? 40 10y
+28 Symphony as a replacement for Bloomberg? 11 10y
0 Incoming Senior Stressing About Finding a Job 3 6y
0 Working in the US 3 6y
0 PE Recruiting: S&T --> Cap Markets --> Coverage (GS/MS)...how would it work? 5 10y
0 Interview Question: "What is an Investment Bank?" 10 10y
0 Considering transferring colleges - Which schools should I be looking at? 2 6y
+90 What would you do if you weren't in finance? 237 10y
0 Need Advice for Study 1 6y
+2 Importance of Being Normal 21 10y
0 Full Time IB Program Question ( analyst programs) 0 10y
0 Goldman Sachs Insights Day NYC 2015 5 6y
+4 Salary for 1st year associate at Goldman, Natural Resources Investment Banking 5 10y
+107 Where the CFA® can and can't help you? 79 7y
+44 JP Morgan IB RIsk Exposed Part 2 10 5y
+13 GS M&A Group, Financial Sponsors Execution? 12 8y
+60 Intern Burnout, Considering Full-Time 41 10y
+124 Professional Athlete or Investment Banker? 81 9y
0 Accounting Question from M&I 2 10y
+82 Q&A: Non-Target -> Target -> MM IBD -> Corp Dev. 32 10y
0 College senior looking for advice 2 10y
+8 Internships are harder to get than full time jobs? 8 6y
0 Dallas Freshman BB Internship 14 6y
+92 UG Recruiting Part II: The first round interview 30 10y
0 Some recruiting questions 4 6y
+24 What is Your Bank's Dinner Allowance Policy? 29 1y
0 Wells Fargo ABF Superday 9/11 2 6y
0 DCM fees? 8 6y
+25 Banking in the PNW and other advice 10 6y
0 Summer Analyst Deadlines 1 10y
0 Accepted MM IB in Chicago SA Offer - When should I hear back? 4 6y
0 Applicants Speak English with an Accent 5 8y
+7 JPM Consumer/E&P or BAML Lev Fin? 1 10y
0 Interview Pre-Screening Call 0 10y
0 Oppenheimer M&A vs. Houlihan Lokey FAS 3 10y
+9 Getting a Normal Woman in Wall Street, Quality of Women in Wall Street 12 7y
0 Help with starting recruiting process 4 8y
+61 How Well-Known is WSO? 31 10y
+14 Investment Banking Case Study 6 10y
0 Free Cash Flow Model 1 10y
+31 DB first round, very technical 25 10y
+5 Talking about Networking on Resume 8 10y
0 Do companies with stable earnings usually have a lower beta? 2 10y
0 Internship wars: IB SA vs Research SA? 3 10y
+10 Global heads of banks 4 10y
0 Loan portfolio M&A / Advisory 0 10y
+15 What percent of people on wall street eventually get promoted to managing director? 15 8y
0 College Internship Question 1 10y
0 Individual to Institutional 0 10y
+69 Be wary of greener grass; there are always tradeoffs... 26 6y
0 Lazard real estate m&a london 1 6y
0 Energy Market 3 6y
0 Modelling experience through valuation case study in CV? 4 10y
+27 If you screw up undergrad...are you doomed for life? 24 10y
0 Making the 'Big Ask' to alumni contacts 3 10y
0 Anyone with Cap Markets experience at Baird? 4 10y
0 How to spin this 1 10y
0 What do Capital Market Analysts do at Tech firms like Google? 1 9y
+22 After VP, Career Path in Investment Banking, CFA or MBA 5 9y
0 TMT Banking vs Tech Product Management vs Corp. Fin at Tech companies 2 10y
+29 JPM Tech Banking Analyst Nabbed by Fed's 16 6y
0 Lateraling as analyst-Less relevant group with lots of deal flow vs relevant group with none?? 3 6y
+147 Military Vets with MBAs Recruited Heavily 93 10y
0 Boutique IB offer - Should I take it? (with big four background) 5 6y
0 Mentioning getting an offer on CV? 3 10y
0 First time chat w bankers when reaching out 1 10y
0 Mergermarket and CapIQ 0 10y

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

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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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