+6 Canadian GPA vs Experience 6 6y
+5 Who earns more: Investment Banker or Accountant 21 3y
+11 Fastest way to learn excel material like VLOOKUP, pivot tables, etc. 5 13y
+12 Is a Brigham Young MBA better than Notre Dame for I-Banking? 13 13y
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0 how should I make my experience in social media as an advantage 4 13y
+9 Unique Situation as a 1st Year IB Analyst 3 13y
+14 Multiple cold-emails backfired. Now what? 13 6y
0 SBI Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 13y
+18 RBC Capital Markets M&A Group 34 6y
0 Help on Residual Earnings and Abnormal Earnings 0 13y
0 Throwing Good Money After Bad 19 13y
0 Corporate Finance Summer Internship for Freshman 4 6y
+16 How can I move from compliance to M&A 18 7y
0 NewOak Capital 8 8y
0 Analyst - Associate Promote Signing Bonus 2 13y
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0 Converting Debt / Interest Rates 6 11y
+15 Foreign Bulge Bracket Summer internship comp 8 10y
+8 Hammond Hanlon Camp 6 6y
+121 Interested restructuring- good or bad idea? 172 13y
+26 Struck Out on IB Summer 2013 Recruiting 26 6y
+38 Boutique ibanking offer 27 6y
+21 Stupid econometrics question 5 13y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 13y
+9 What should I say in response? 10 13y
0 Sophomore Summer: Lazard ER vs. Boutique IB 8 13y
+4 healthcare primers - bonds 2 13y
0 What to do now? HELP! 6 13y
+7 Where to find WACC? 5 13y
+63 How has I-Banking changed since the 2008 crash? 44 13y
+15 Input On What This Internship Entails - Global Markets Division 3 10y
0 Which is most effective? 5 13y
0 Connecting before Internship 4 13y
+7 Most valuable thing learned on WSO 19 13y
0 Interview Questions Search 1 13y
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0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 13y
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0 Association for Corporate Growth, join as a student? Any benefits? 14 6y
0 code money in the BO? Worth it or not? 2 4y
0 HY Capital Markets 5 13y
0 MINNEAPOLIS - Roommate 0 6y
0 Asset backed finance interview 4 10y
0 Pitch analysis help 1 6y
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+3 Blackstone Future Women Leaders Program 7 9y
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+1 please delete 5 12y
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+1 Club Room Shirts 4 13y
0 Internship decision - 3 Potential offers 1 6y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Advisory Data 13y
0 Freeman and Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 13y
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+24 FIG or Corporate Banking? 7 6y
+74 OMFG, I can't BELIEVE IT 61 13y
0 Mid-tier PE vs third year 5 13y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 13y
+6 senior in high school college decision help 11 10y
0 Getting through GATEKEEPERS 9 13y
0 graduation date and full time offer 3 13y
0 Siemer & Associates - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 12y
+13 No more big bonuses for senior bankers in Europe 10 6y
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+26 Drop out of banking? 5 6y
+29 What experience for MBA? FLDP vs boutique/mm IB 14 6y
+5 O&G reserve reports ??? 6 13y
0 Where can I find a list of all Chinese investment in foreign shale gas? 1 13y
0 Duke Engineering? 4 10y
0 Preparation for valuation 5 13y
0 Debt origination 1 13y
0 CMBS offering/loan info - Do i need a bloomberg? 1 13y
0 10 reasons you should go to the wso conference 3 6y
+14 If I get a B- in undergraduate finance can I still become an ibanker? 16 12y
+21 Product group tradeoff? 9 13y
0 Arts & Science Economics vs Kenan Flagler? 1 6y
0 Where to find internships now? 4 13y
0 Advice on getting into a target b-school for IB? 10 13y
+21 Michigan Ross summer analyst placement information 26 6y
+8 Networking with bankers at bank that did not make you an offer 1 13y
0 MYC4 - African Investing 1 6y
+35 How to Outperform in Investment Banking? 20 13y
+15 Tax-Free Transaction 8 13y
+12 Notre Dame MBA worth it? 14 9y
0 A-Level Insight Days 2 13y
+9 Any advantages to networking with an Analyst? 24 13y
+21 Apr 9, 2013 - What happened in the stock/bond markets last week? 2 13y
0 Told them they were my first choice 12 7y
0 Harvest Management Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 13y
0 how does lateral networking differ from sa and 1st year networking 1 10y
0 Boutique trend: lots of older, more experienced people as VPs, younger, middle-aged as directors? 3 13y
+15 Major Change in Background Check 10 12y
0 Launching Leaders Spring Experience 2013 13 13y
+62 Cold Email Template 74 3y
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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 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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 (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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