0 Developer to Global Macro Fund Manager - Any advice would be appreciated 2 10y
0 Banking Tech- Business Analyst v Developer 4 14y
+30 A reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan to a pretty girl seeking a rich husband 13 6y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 14y
+9 Eliminating a year from your life for MBA - Fucked up one year 4 14y
0 Americas Growth Capital - Review - Investment Banking Data 14y
0 Local Bulge Bracket Internship at an Overseas office or Local Internship Bulge Bracket 5 14y
0 Would You Rather Get Into Y Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars...or Harvard Business School? 6 14y
+7 Marketing to Investment Banking 8 9y
+14 Weird job offer. Need advice 11 14y
0 Fieldstone Private Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 14y
0 Junior Internship - Thoughts/Opinions? 2 14y
+19 Postponing BB IBD start-date (full-time) 29 14y
0 Private Jets, Buffett and Taxes 0 14y
0 Got an email to call interviewer 9 14y
0 Follow Up with HR 4 14y
0 Where you go to school matter? (Accounting and Big 4) 12 6y
0 Really weird interview process.... 4 4y
0 Current Housing Trend 4 14y
+72 hot girls in banking? 156 9y
0 Modeling Interest Expense 1 14y
0 Lazard Case Study 5 14y
+1 Meaning of DSP in context of IPOs? 1 14y
+22 UBS Consumer/Retail 22 8y
0 Why do banks recruit at ivies? 14 14y
+24 Centerview Partners: how hard is it to intern or get a job? 31 14y
0 Please talk me out of this - 2nd Year BB Associate 40 4y
0 Mastercard for Summer internship? 4 14y
0 Ultimate Career Goal 10 14y
0 Exit Opps Coming out of Asia 0 6y
+17 Time Between Submitting Online Application and Hearing from Company 24 2mo
+25 JP Morgan Winning Women - Selection Process? Competitiveness? 98 9y
+42 I don't understand the IB process 48 14y
+20 M&A / LBO models from scratch 20 4y
0 Waiting for response 4 14y
+6 Low GPA and non-target. Can I take courses at an Ivy? 15 14y
0 Investment Banking League Table 17 14y
+11 Banks asking for facebook info from 1st year analysts 17 6y
0 Asia 9 6y
0 Sovereign CDS - Payment & Pricing 6 6y
+13 Two Different Answers for Interview 3 6y
0 Contacting a contact for updates 6 6y
0 Plan B - Screwed up during recruitment 13 10y
+12 Advice - M&A/Corp Dev at a F1000 3 14y
0 The Vant Group - Salary & Bonus - Financial Advice Data 14y
+40 On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and a Perp Walk Down Memory Lane 10 14y
0 Allegiance Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 14y
0 Operations final round intervew 7 14y
0 Roadshow Tips 6 14y
0 Summer Recruiting Advice 6 14y
+4 Which tech space are you interested in? 7 14y
0 SocGen Risk Summer Internship 1 14y
+17 Thank You WSO - SA spot with a great boutique 9 6y
0 Capital introduction vs. sales 4 9y
0 Summer Advice 2 14y
+87 Best masters in finance for financial analyst roles? 88 6y
0 What is my probability being selected? 10 14y
+32 Best way to make pitchbooks? 48 6y
0 JP Morgan Phone Interview: No Response 5 14y
0 Sample Valuation Project Request 1 14y
0 Boston Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Debt Data 14y
+28 Zynga bought Draw Something with said $200 million 13 14y
+53 Excel Help! - Cells do not update when they reference another Excel file 47 8y
+38 Should WSO Use Cash for Silicon Valley Oasis? 39 14y
0 Corporate Auditing 4 14y
+9 What bonus can you expect for a mid-market IBG Associate position? 14 6y
0 Summer SubLease 3 14y
0 Commodities Research With Large Commodities Firm 1 14y
+7 The life 11 14y
+6 Anyone working in Philly this summer looking for housing? 4 14y
0 Decisions, Decisions - Current sophmore 11 10y
+34 Sour grapes or sour dough? 15 14y
+59 The Airport Test 43 8y
+17 BB's Going Down, Boutiques Going Up? 7 14y
0 Calling all third years 2 14y
+13 Can I date an Occupier? 25 14y
0 Choose Offers 6 6y
+8 Barclays Psychometric Assessment? 12 14y
0 IBD and Africa 4 6y
0 Which internship should I choose(Sophomore Summer) 7 14y
+13 SA Drug Testing 35 14y
0 Bit of a tricky situation here... 8 14y
+19 Pubic hair for SA gig: pros, cons? [NSFW] 33 14y
+11 Best NYU dorm for midtown SA intern? Help Please! 21 14y
+24 I'm 16 and in college. 48 14y
+24 Did Paulson Get the Last Laugh? 18 14y
+50 How are military personnel viewed for MBA programs? 73 8y
0 IMAP 0 14y
+9 Belt Loop: Which way does it go? 28 6y
+9 Project Finance Technical 4 8y
0 Ben Shalom Bernanke - He saved the economy 4 10y
0 FX Seats 0 14y
0 MS Office version used on Wall Street: 03/07/10? 13 14y
0 Campus Recruiting Crisis 3 14y
+214 Compensation Growth in Finance vs. Technology 159 3y
+25 LA vs SF for IB 23 14y
+12 The REIGN of the IVY LEAGUES is over! (bloomberg-recruiting) 29 14y
0 UBS BB internship: application turnouts? 6 11y
+72 Analysts - weekend hours? 127 14y
0 Average metrics for an industry 5 14y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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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

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

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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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November 2026 Investment Banking

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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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