0 Hedge fund exits for BX, EVR, GHL, PWP analysts 2 6y
+64 Dartmouth vs. Brown vs. Cornell Undergrad 53 6y
0 S corp vs. C Corp 4 12y
0 For those of you at DB or Barcap - how are things looking for analysts? 5 12y
+10 Does anyone who isn't a gross hippie like the band Phish? 13 11y
+24 Checking out at work 19 12y
+11 New to CapIQ, what do you "screen"? 4 8y
0 Need Guidance, Please!! Situation with On-boarding and ethnicity selection 0 6y
+9 Moelis/Evercore/Greenhill Associates 7 11y
0 Signing Bonus?? - First year FT IB analyst 14 12y
0 Matching Exercised American Options with the underlying stock position when their are multiple options 0 12y
0 Need some pitch book inspiration? 3 12y
0 Retired bankers lecturing the Wall Street culture 0 10y
0 Can someone help me with a financial statement? 2 11y
+2 Can an Associate move from IBD Ops to other divisions of IB Firms/Banks? 1 12y
+29 Offer Rescinded for No Reason 47 12y
+36 BIG Change: New WSO Technical and Behavioral Interview Guides 50 6y
0 IBD Associate 4 12y
0 My story. 6 12y
0 BAML Corporate Finance Group 4 11y
+8 Got a job - not got paid 2 6y
0 Starting out... 1 12y
0 If Summer Analyst positions are still shown on the website, are they still open? 13 9y
+11 GCA Savvian versus Houlihan versus Moelis? 12 11y
0 Trading Bases ? 4 12y
0 Thoughts on Technology Banking and the Industry as a Whole 4 12y
+3 Risk Management vs. Econ Consulting for post-MBA IBD job prospect 2 12y
0 Del- 8 12y
0 Palantir - anyone know anything about this firm? 9 9y
+16 IB Behind US Airways / American Airlines Merger? 28 12y
0 Stock Yield question 2 12y
0 Graduating at 26 1 12y
0 Seeking input on early career decision 4 12y
+18 NYC Income Tax - Loopholes? 8 6y
0 Goldman just LOVES their CEO 3 12y
+58 Critique your boss with extreme care! 17 8y
0 Superday Group Discussion/Interview 1 12y
0 Anyone need a roommate in NYC this summer? Also - is $3350 for the summer expensive? 1 6y
+28 IBD vs. Buy Side SA Dilemma 12 11y
0 Stick with M&A boutique or go to MM ER for internship? 6 12y
0 Yet so fast: @GSElevator Gets a New Book Deal 0 6y
+32 Q&A: Public Finance Banker 43 5y
0 The Most interesting Banker in the Word (?) 0 12y
0 @GSElevator gets a new publisher 3 6y
+31 All nighters lead to brain damage? 23 7y
0 Can someone offer me some help? 6 12y
+14 Is China Going Down? 4 12y
0 Debt Capital Markets - Sovereign Debt 0 12y
0 SA Group Allocation NYC 1 6y
+5 DB Non-Target 22 12y
+20 Try again for FT? 15 12y
0 $1 M Leveraged Dividend 2 12y
+27 Work 21 12y
0 Manhattan Apartment for 1st Year Associates 8 12y
+20 Bush-league Question - Writing a CIM for an interview 2 6y
0 2014 San Francisco FT Roomate Thread 1 6y
0 UBS FT Analyst-Transcript Requested? 5 12y
+3 Changing Interview Date? OK or Auto Ding? 4 12y
0 The Drug Test Question (London) 6 6y
0 Up and coming student aspiring to be a Monkey 0 6y
+12 Third Year, Semi-Target, 3.25 GPA: Couldn't Land SA IB internship, what to do to best prepare for FT IB recruiting? 2 6y
0 Haven't found SA 2014 Housing? Beautiful NYU Alternative :) Female Roomate Wanted! 5 12y
+26 Non-Target, 3.91 GPA, Could Not turn Interview into SA Offer, Now Try to Fight for FT, Need your Advices/Help 25 6y
+27 Q&A: Former Analyst at Big 5 Canadian Bank 28 9y
0 will they find out? 4 12y
+67 Networking into a Hedge Fund? It's Unstructured. 26 12y
+29 2014 Summer Analyst Athletes 43 12y
+62 Undergraduate schools best for I-Banking 73 4y
+44 Attention to Detial Is Overrated 28 12y
+12 How many investment banking analyst are there in US? 19 12y
+13 JMP Securities Offer 14 7y
+7 Model Question 7 12y
0 IBD BB DCM or ER Boutique 7 6y
+87 IB in Continental Europe: Paris to Vienna to Moscow 34 4y
0 S&P Ratings Services Analytics/Research Internship 8 12y
0 BNY Mellon Depository Receipts Internship 7 12y
0 Thomson Banker One - adjusting periods 0 12y
0 Freshman Interested in Finance 3 12y
0 Report/research about possible m&a 0 12y
0 High school alumni 18 8y
0 Hypothetical- You just found out a family friend used to be a HF partner 6 12y
+169 Insubordinate Intern - How to deal? 134 12y
0 Interesting FT article on Apollo 6 12y
+16 ATENTION ALL: If you have an app, call up your local investment banker today! 8 12y
0 Operting Model 3 12y
0 Morgan Stanley GCM Group 4 12y
+16 Messed Up on Interview 10 6y
+13 Linking Excel exhibit to Word and PowerPoint 7 12y
+33 Not So Fast: @GSElevator Loses Book Deal 34 12y
+21 McGladrey/Grant Thornton Valuation better than Big 4 Audit? 6 10y
0 Cor Dev at junior mining firm or Back Office at BB? 7 12y
+210 J.P. Morgan Junior IB Analyst Program 938 9y
+27 RBC NY vs. UBS NY 36 6y
+16 Help with Summer Analyst Offers 10 12y
0 Sophomore Closing Doors 6 6y
0 Judge finds that RBC had conflict on interest in Ambulance deal 5 6y
0 Where to apply for this summer? 1 12y
0 PubFin vs DCM vs ECM pay progression 6 5y
+28 JPM FIG or M&A or FSG 13 11y
+102 Investment Banking to a Hedge fund... Can You Make the Jump? 37 12y

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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

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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%
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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
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