0 New Wall Street Leverage/Capital Requirements 2 16y
+86 Ask Tech Buyout: 56 4y
+11 Execution trader Vs Credit Risk Vs Corporate Dev 9 16y
+22 GS IBD groups: Consumer Retail & Healthcare 23 9y
+25 Morgan Stanley vs. Rothschild - M&A 29 16y
+18 Big 4 vs Bloomberg? 14 16y
+11 HF Internship Vs. BB SA Position 7 16y
0 A female looking for a roomate 10 6y
0 Winter Internship - Advice 4 16y
0 Pro forma income and balance sheet statements 2 16y
+7 Crosstree Capital Partners 6 16y
+7 What's Chicago best known for again? Hedge funds? quants? or Forex? I-Banking? 23 6y
0 Should you tell your current employer you are looking for a summer internship? 4 16y
0 Lazard's future 9 16y
+31 Working Xmas, just found out! :-( 37 16y
0 First Year Associate Stub Bonuses This Year + First Full Year 3 16y
+40 When should you give up on IB? feedback & thoughts? 27 13y
+18 Wells Fargo Spoils Citi's Party (Again) 5 6y
0 Masters in Energy and Earth Resources at Univ of Texas 2 6y
+15 Wall Street Rates 7 6y
0 Relational investors interview 4 16y
0 Morgan Stanley IBD Study Abroad Interview: Results? 8 3y
+32 Transferring from US to HK 38 6y
0 Techincal Accounting Question 5 16y
0 Leveraging non-IBD alumn? 5 16y
0 Reneging show up on a background check 7 16y
+21 Interaction between Industry Groups and M&A 11 16y
+34 Non-target - Credentials 33 10y
+23 Healthcare IB --> PE 21 8y
+45 Answers to these banking interview questions? 30 16y
0 are there any formatting guides for IB docs out there? 4 16y
0 GS HK associate interviews? 5 16y
0 Applying for S&T, M&A Banking, & CRM at the same bank. 3 16y
0 Study abroad apps 3 16y
+48 Minimum Wage for Bankers 45 16y
+28 Top Bank worth 1 more year? 16 16y
0 Super interview day BLUNDER 8 6y
+33 How much Summer Analyst salary saved? 41 6y
+14 IPO vs. Merger Model 11 16y
0 Morgan Stanley FSG 26 9y
0 Do these deal sizes show an ultra-small boutique? 1 6y
+31 Taibbi: Obama's Big Sellout 9 16y
+31 Email to an MD? 49 16y
+60 how selective is piper jaffray/jefferies/etc 49 9y
0 Plain-Text Resume on Company Website 4 16y
+16 Poll: Which would you be? 31 6y
0 Large banks exit TARP (BoA, C, WFC) 5 16y
0 'House Strikes at Wall Street' 8 16y
0 6 Month Review: 1st Year Analyst 6 16y
+7 Wow, it's been awhile. 11 16y
+25 Analyst Compensation 36 16y
0 SBA Underwriting 3 16y
0 "Would you rather be the BEST of a LOSING team or the WORSE of a WINNING team?" 10 16y
+6 No more making fun of Jefferies?? Exxon Mobil XTO Energy Deal 29 16y
+7 Citi Repaying Some Tarp 3 16y
+20 DCF/Valuation Question 12 16y
+45 Financial Statement Overview: Which Statement is the Most Important? 39 7y
+17 Does not being hardcore about IB hurt you as an Analyst? 8 16y
+29 Travel/Volunteer or Start Work? 23 6y
+20 Pros and Cons of IB in LA, SF, Chicago, Houston? 31 6y
0 Which boutiques are hiring first / second year analysts on West Coast? 1 6y
0 Electricity power plants 5 16y
0 JP Morgan study abroad interviews , any news? 6 16y
0 SF to LA 13 16y
0 cold emailed associate for lunch....... 3 16y
0 Transaction Type 6 16y
0 Morgan Stanley Study Abroad Superday: Who's going? 6 3y
+44 Equity multiples vs EV multiples 25 9y
0 MBA has to be in Finance? 1 16y
0 num deals / year for an M&A analyst 1 16y
0 best place for an ex-marine 3 16y
+50 Special Situations Groups - Exit opps? 63 4y
0 Which broker for my Roth IRA? 4 16y
0 Recuiter DB 9 16y
+32 Market Risk Vs Credit Risk Management 22 4y
+33 2 weeks enough? 14 16y
+16 Does Goldman + other IBs check your CREDIT SCORE? 30 11y
+15 70/10? for every bank? 26 16y
+19 BB Pubfin vs MM tech 22 4y
+1 Goldman - Power and Utilities Deals 2 16y
0 All-Stock Bonuses 0 16y
0 Are we using excel 2007 yet? 6 16y
0 Accounting at a major PE shop 3 16y
0 Credit Suisse - Shared Services CFO 3 16y
+18 Assessment Centres 19 5y
0 Windows 7? Office 2010? 9 16y
0 Why XYZ company ? 2 16y
+9 Goldman Sachs Study Abroad Super Day 32 16y
+2 Are SAs expected to go clubbing with analysts/associates? 10 16y
0 Perpetuity Valuation Question 14 14y
+18 GS TMT & MS M&A: Mortals allowed? 19 3y
0 LSE AIC - Any advice? 1 10y
+6 BofA ML SA Offers 14 16y
+24 Technical Question - Buying back stock with debt 20 10y
+7 Huge blow to UK Bankers 10 16y
+16 So Darling (Alistair) is not being such a darling after all (UK bonus tax to be 50% over 20K) 7 6y
0 Ready to quit 43 16y
+16 IBM Corp Finance> MM IB>MBA>PE 17 16y
+4 Perella Weinberg & Accuride 5 16y
+1 Columbia MBA Resume Format 2 16y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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