0 IBD in LA: Where to live, whats the lifestyle 18 6y
+59 College Debt Inquiry 56 5y
+23 Penn (CAS) vs. Georgetown (McDonough School of Business) for undergraduate 8 9y
0 Recognize, Respond, and Report: Increase Your Risk Awareness 0 11y
+14 Indiana or Tulane for undergrad 8 6y
+30 Middlebury vs University of Washington 17 6y
0 Writing About a Job That Was Both Paid & Unpaid 6 11y
+25 What do you do on the train to work? 40 4y
0 Chesterfield Faring? 3 11y
+6 Anyone know anything about SSG Capital Advisors? Thoughts? 7 8mo
0 Investment Banking Support Position 6 11y
0 Treatment of Associates 3 11y
0 Market Commentary by: James Investment Research (3/23 - 3/27) 1 11y
+14 Classes You Wish You Took 13 11y
+15 80% chance of making 20 mil 10 11y
+11 No luck getting internship, next steps? 9 11y
0 Networking into an Elite Boutique as an Experienced Hire 2 6y
+97 "RBS Is Going To Go Ahead And Take Those First Year Job Offers Back" 51 11y
0 Recruiting as an alumnus from a target school 2 11y
0 Best moment for cold-emailing? 3 3y
+2 Thoughts on Maybank Kim Eng (Asia)? 1 6y
+19 Undergrad UW Madison vs Penn State Uni for IB 24 6y
0 BB corporate banking in continental Europe 0 11y
0 BB corporate banking in Europe 1 3y
+2 post on stuff 3 11y
+8 How much legal power does an offer letter have? 13 5y
+13 Best job for intraday downtime? 9 11y
+15 Sovereign Advisory 5 9y
0 Goooood 5 11y
0 Advice: Deciding between two 1st-year internships? 3 11y
0 A+ Student 5 11y
+11 Sneaking into Bulge Brackets: School Year Internships 6 6y
0 Cold-emailing if I don't Study in the US 4 6y
+6 Claritas Investment Certificate - CFA® Institute, worth taking it? 4 11y
+20 University Decisions, help appreciated 15 6y
0 SF 2015 full-time roommate 3 11y
0 Please elaborate on models and valuation models done at BBs? 3 11y
+213 My not-so-secrets to success 91 4y
+11 What are the most elite boutique investment banks in Canada? 8 6y
0 Linked in?? 2 11y
0 ECM Buy-Side Internship 1 6y
0 HSBC Recruitment Contract 3 11y
0 MHT Midspan 2 6y
+29 Q&A: BB IBD Associate, HS GPA< 2.0, UG GPA < 2.5 28 11y
0 Charlotte 2015 FT roommate 7 6y
0 Adding M&A fee to Goodwill 6 10y
0 Railroad industry multiples 6 11y
+30 How is Credit Suisse Holding Up in LA? 26 9y
+18 Commuting from Brooklyn to the city. Is it doable? 25 11y
0 Any IB's still hiring FT/SA in the US? 2 11y
0 Boutique? 1 11y
0 Quiet place to do a phone interview in NYC? 10 6y
0 Private Client Division Middle Bracket vs. BB 2 11y
0 Can an Institutional Banking connection land you an IB internship? 3 6y
+13 SEO-U Investment Banking 21 11y
0 Trading Comps question 4 11y
0 Programming for this Summer 2 11y
+13 Put SA on resume or not? 10 11y
0 Associate Superdays 0 11y
0 Should I go for the joint degree? 8 11y
+18 Does being a Wiessman / Presidential Scholarship at Babson have any REAL effect on Investment Banking opportunities? 6 6y
+26 Investment Banking in Madrid? 8 4y
+141 Elite Boutique Investment Banks 139 4y
0 Hiding previous applications 0 11y
+10 Macabacus vs. TTS? 4 11y
0 Housing/Living Tips for FT IB Analyst in Downtown SF 34 11y
+67 How do investment bankers keep their work life balance? 69 6y
+20 RBC and Macquarie London reputation/market standing 6 6y
+40 Planning for Retirement as a Young I-Banker 15 11y
0 2015 IBD SA NYC Start Day 5 6y
0 How do M&A advisory firms generate revenue? 8 8y
0 Selling a Non-Financial Product or Service in an Interview 3 11y
+12 Any banks still taking applicants? 7 11y
+4 How should I get the contact info without being creepy? 2 11y
+6 Lets start from the beginning.. 8 11y
0 Questions about investment banking. 9 6y
+55 Is UConn over UVA a bad idea?? 73 6y
0 PMW on resume 6 11y
0 CREDIT SUISSE -CREDIT INVESTMENT GROUP Advice 3 11y
+6 Did I just shoot myself in the foot? 7 11y
0 Really annoying website glitch 0 11y
+9 Investment banking dead? 1 6y
0 Debt Syndicate Analyst 3 11y
0 Toronto IDB - National Bank Financial 12 6y
+12 Bankruptcy Filings - where to find? 9 3y
0 SF Housing FT 2015 Analyst Class 5 6y
+19 Applying online at Credit Suisse, keep getting rejected super fast 16 11y
0 Rescue Financing Modeling 3 11y
0 Cost of equity and dual listing 1 11y
+39 Many Blackstone M&A bankers expected to depart ahead of spin off to Taubman 16 11y
+15 Next best thing 5 11y
0 Riparian Partners 0 11y
+20 1st part of IB (Rosenbaum & Pearl) sufficient for first interview? 11 11y
0 Morgan Stanley LA vs Menlo Park 4 6y
0 Need Advice - promotion instead of being fired 7 11y
0 Secondary market IB 5 10y
0 new terminal - money.net 0 6y
+9 Buy side investment banking? 1 10y
+12 IS Undergrad GPA considered for buyside/lateral recruiting? 8 11y
+11 Networking... are there jobs not on the career site? 3 11y

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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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