0 Acquisition accounting 1 11y
+32 Richard Ivey Students: How Does IBD Recruiting Work At Our School? 16 6y
+44 Excuse for switching firms 19 11y
+13 DCM vs. ABS Structured Credit vs. FX Sales 8 10y
0 Looking for masters in finance programs with my profile 4 6y
0 Advice on San Francisco IBD recruiting 5 6y
+29 Marijuana Deals 22 11y
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+136 Thoughts on Evercore? 142 1y
+155 Most Prefteejus High School? 120 10y
0 Please please HELP! (IB recruitment) 0 6y
0 WSO Mock Interviews - Had 10+ Interviews with SA IBD - Looking to Transition Into RE 2 10y
0 Blackstone-PJT, Lazard, GS 2015 start dates? 0 10y
+9 A Valuation Question - unexpected cash found at Year 0 4 11y
0 Base pay at lower middle market Investment Banks? Cowen, Raymond James, Wunderlich Canaccord 8 4y
+10 BAML/CS/CITI FIG NYC vs LAZ/EVR/PJT non NYC/SF 2 6y
+12 Advice to get a job in IB (with not-perfect A levels) 5 6y
0 Front office and back office at tech firm 2 11y
0 Is IB a realistic option for me? 19 11y
0 Terminal Value Questions 2 11y
+11 Advice needed: Should I join the boutique IB firm? 3 6y
+5 LA: HLHZ ADG v LAZ v ROTHS M&A 6 11y
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0 Lateral Investment Banking Analyst 5 11y
+4 Ernst & Young M&A 8 6y
0 2015 Investment Banking Interview Prep Pack PLUS...Special Deal 6 6y
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0 Calculating FCF/NI Conversion Ratio 1 11y
0 Can anyone with bloomberg/Capital IQ do me a favour? 0 11y
0 Is a phone conversation before weekend meet up necessary? 1 11y
+8 Urgent: need help with VBA 18 11y
0 Piper vs Cowen HC in SF 2 11y
+9 Good Book for Advanced M&A/Corporate Finance & Accounting? 1 10y
+10 Question about FCFF and Interest Expense 4 11y
0 Computer Science/Business or Cognitive Science/Economics w minor in Computer Science 4 11y
0 Lateral after SA Dinge? 1 11y
+19 Do you buy the coffee before info interview? 18 8y
+8 CS SF TMT vs. Barclays NY 6 6y
0 Would I be looked at by companies 5 6y
0 How the IB application process works 1 11y
+26 Do you have to build a full operating model when performing a DCF analysis? 5 8y
0 JP Morgan 8/17/15 Superday 6 11y
+26 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets 42 6y
0 PwC advisory and a Tier 2 European Investment Bank 1 6y
+1 Why Finance is perceived to create less value than Tech 2 11y
0 BB ECM/DCM/Lev Fin to Coverage as 3rd year 3 11y
0 Working in M&A at a place like Aon as your first job? 1 10y
+15 Really upset over my internship this past summer 6 11y
+18 Lincoln International Chicago/NY/LA 39 4y
+24 Does HR verify extracurriculars at all? 13 11y
+8 FT Decisions: GS/BAML/BarCap/Guggenheim 7 11y
+25 Interesting thoughts on comp - looking for perspective 10 11y
0 Accounting and Finance combo at Ross 1 11y
+86 How to relax after work to be able to sleep? 72 11y
0 Clarification on Call/Put Bonds 2 11y
+22 Modeling & Valuation in a new space 29 11y
0 FT Analyst Drug Test Timeline 2 11y
+1 Why is everyone obsessesed with M&A? 4 11y
0 Financial Model - Valuation - Textile industry 0 11y
+32 Impact of banking on social life 33 11y
+10 BB group-specific FT recruiting: why is it such a shitshow? 2 11y
+14 Negative Premium 6 1y
0 BAML Global Loan Producs - Analyst Programme Info 9 10y
+64 Importance of Social Life in College as an Asian for IB? 34 11y
0 Barclays IBD - FIG 4 11y
+8 IB Networking in Frankfurt & Munich - M&A TMT 8 6y
+24 Transitioning from IMD to IBD 4 8y
0 Multiple valuation (year & ND) 7 11y
0 Roommate in Boston 1 6y
+2 How many prior work experiences should you include on resume? 2 11y
+22 Naming deals on CV 24 11y
+192 Freshmen: What to do during your freshman year summer 242 11y
0 What is Goldman Sachs "West Region Advisory"? 1 11y
+16 Investment Banking Networking Question 5 6y
+10 Best Houston investment banks for Oil and Gas (specifically Midstream) M&A work? 11 6y
0 Where do bankers look for jobs these days? 2 11y
+8 Why finance earn more than tech 7 4y
+21 What Would You Do? The Trials and Tribulations of ALOT of Time to Kill 17 6y
+20 Goldman FIG Interview 3 6y
+246 Why YOU Aren't Getting Offers 79 6y
+7 Please HELP! Looking for practice problems for accounting - line item adjustments 3 11y
+1 JPM NYC Superday 8/10 3 6y
0 Winternships - do interns work over Christmas and NY? 0 11y
+19 Getting into IB as an associate - worth it? 15 6y
+5 What did YOU do? 5 11y
0 Does work permit in a country affect my employability chances 1 6y
+12 Lazard TMT Boston 22 6y
+7 How do you apply for Investment Banking SA internships in 2016 0 11y
+10 Goldman Sachs 8/11/2015 Superday 20 11y
0 3 Reasons You Should Buy Financials In The Second Half Of 2015 6 11y
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0 A question as a lateral hire 5 6y
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0 MBA Networking 1 11y
0 JPM Mobility Interviews 2 11y
+21 Stock & Bond Market Analyses (8/3 - 8/7) 0 11y
0 INTL FCStone IBD Fall Internship 3 11y
+5 Goldman Sachs recruiting events 14 6y
+3 Business in (Western) Europe; Yeah, It's cute! 0 6y
0 IFRS or GAAP in Asia IB recruiting? 2 6y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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