+17 BACKGROUND CHECK QUESTION - advice appreciated 8 11y
0 Morgan Stanley IBD LA and Chicago 5 6y
+63 Recent Trends in Investment Banking? 58 11y
0 Seeking Advice for PE/HF 7 6y
+18 Determining Working Capital/Minimum Cash Levels 1 11y
0 Non-Traditional questions! 9 6y
+19 Learning Technical aspect of IB 6 11y
+7 Baird Financial Services & Real Estate - DC? 3 6y
0 Blackhill Partners 1 6y
0 Gentleman Investment Bank 2 10y
0 Terminal value calculation 5 11y
+26 Lateral Hiring Timing 38 8y
0 Equity Research BB vs Corporate Finance Boutique 3 6y
+154 Move To The USA To Break In? 122 6y
+167 Ask DickFuld November 2014 148 11y
0 GS with another one... 1 11y
0 Lateraling/Interviewing for same group a year later? 2 11y
+15 Moelis vs Evercore vs Jefferies vs Deutsche Bank 14 11y
0 Goldman Sachs never hires applicants from PwC FT.. why? 6 11y
0 Networking for 2015 SA 1 11y
+8 Have any of you monkeys ever done any "Don'ts" said on WSO and lived to tell the tale? 5 11y
0 Cash flow model 0 11y
+26 Getting Started....early. 17 6y
0 Moving to LDN - Questions re Housing 1 6y
0 How Often Should You Follow Up After an Interview? 5 11y
0 How to grasp debt service from the financial statements? Is current portion long term debt a part of it? 10 11y
0 Deleted98i 10 11y
+11 Advising Sell-side vs Buy-side on an LBO 1 7y
+27 Shakeup in Houston 21 6y
0 INROADS to BB 2 11y
+14 Started at Big 4 Corp Fin M&A - what work should i be looking for to move to BB? 4 6y
+15 Risk Management Pay 6 11y
+33 Physics or Finance Degree? 24 11y
+10 Personal referees for summer intern? 12 11y
0 Accounting/Tax question (MLPs) 0 11y
+7 what is the consensus on IBD Summer Analyst in Asia vs US? 11 6y
+5 Moelis base pay 90k? 14 11y
+1 What to do with HR contact info? 3 11y
+102 What's your worst experience in IBD? 104 11y
+28 Was IBD really THIS high paying back in the 2007 bubble? 42 11y
+188 Official Investment Banking Rankings: Boutique and Bulge Bracket Prestige 275 3y
+10 how does LBO analysis imply a share price? 9 5y
0 Goldman Sachs IBD Superday in Dec. 51 9y
+20 Are candidates notified of rejections after offers a given out? 9 11y
+52 Has this happened to you before? Lowballed by HR. 38 11y
0 Centralized Lending Team - Analyst 2 8y
+11 Looking back, was the grind worth it? 9 11y
+10 An Open Discussion - Understanding the Differentiators of Our Firms: I-Banks and PE Firms 1 11y
0 South African student in need of career guidance 2 6y
0 Leveraged Finance League Tables 1 12y
+27 Linkedin Title 41 11y
+36 What is a "Balance Sheet Bank" 7 12y
0 Boutique Bank or KPMG EVS? 7 10y
+7 BAML Leveraged Finance (Nigeria) 1 6y
0 How to get an introduction? 3 12y
+14 asdfads 27 11y
0 Reverse Morris Trust Merger Modeling 4 12y
0 If anyone is interested in a good chuckle. 0 12y
+14 If anyone is interested in a good chuckle.. 36 12y
+10 How does the first choice/second choice location work when it comes to receiving the offer? 3 6y
0 Move graduate schemes 0 12y
0 Anyone hearing back from London for SA? 0 6y
0 Do you typically hear back with an offer the same day as others? 2 12y
+13 M&A job difference between Banks and Accounting firms 14 11y
+17 Healthcare IB in San Francisco 15 6y
+33 Having a girlfriend as a young investment banker 20 11y
0 Wall street virtual academy sponsored by BAML 1 12y
0 Junior Recruiting Help 3 12y
+18 SA Networking Timeline 15 11y
0 Goldman Credit Risk Advisory? 1 12y
0 How to play the tax game 1 12y
+29 2nd year analyst at a FoF - could I "start over" as a first year in banking? 33 11y
0 product controller GS vs PWC M&A, 1 12y
+22 GPA Post-banking 7 11y
0 Careers in IB 2 12y
0 Is the week that BBs dedicate to series 79 training enough? 9 12y
0 Summer Analyst/Associate Dings 4 12y
+7 Which banks are still recruiting FT analysts for 2015? 7 11y
0 BAML Psycho 0 12y
+13 How Sale of PPE flow through the 3 statements? (with some twists) 4 12y
0 UBS Data Management Internship-Krakow 2 6y
0 Can I Afford This? 12 6y
0 Applying to London SA Positions as a US Citizen/Student? 5 6y
0 EBITDA and provisions 0 12y
0 Internship in Corporate Banking 0 9y
+25 First Year Analyst Promoted to Associate 38 5y
+21 Rank BB FIG Groups 30 9y
0 Does this model make sense? 4 12y
0 Goldman Sachs vs Wolverine trading for technology? 4 12y
0 Submit a question for upcoming "Best Practices for Technical Interviews" webinar 3 12y
0 Investmetn Banking losing it's lure according to the Economist. 5 12y
0 New Hire Expectations 0 6y
0 Interesting Bond Investment decsion 2 6y
0 How would mortgage payments affect IRR? 0 12y
+16 Cornell Hotel for IB? (vs. UMich Econ [currently]) 15 6y
+43 SF IB groups 44 6y
+17 Best research platform for M&A? 6 12y
+2 Still Searching for IB JOB 4 12y
+9 Relevant Skills to Lateral 6 11y
0 Applying to MBA as an Associate 14 3mo

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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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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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