0 Send email to an alumnus 6 16y
0 BB's for new starts 2 16y
0 J.P. Morgan IB Intern Interview 36 16y
0 Going into Work Today 7 16y
0 Industrial Engineering VS Acct and Finance for Ibanking 15 13y
+15 Polyphasic Sleep: pros and cons 25 9y
0 equity wipe out 3 16y
0 Integrated Financial Model - Please Help 3 10y
0 Series 79 - Investment Banking License Material for sale - NEVER BEEN USED!! 10 16y
+15 Has any of you ever thought about dating an actress or singer now that you're in ibanking? 19 5y
0 Do 2nd years get salary bump in the summer if they got a stub S&T bonus in February? 1 16y
+22 Control Premium's Financial Justification 8 16y
0 Summer intern at GS London - what do i need? 4 6y
0 Difference in Associate pay? 5 16y
0 Calculating the risk premium on a stock index 7 16y
0 Allen & Co, why do you hide? 16 10y
+59 Accenture full time vs JpMorgan internship 39 15y
0 Lebron James the $1 Billion Dollar Man 5 6y
0 Loan to value & Housing Prices Ratio 0 16y
0 Are you looking for a job?? 5 16y
0 London School of Economics - Lehman internship 5 6y
+6 IB in Moscow 17 6y
0 Getting Networking Contacts From Pitchbooks 1 16y
+10 European Parliament caps bankers' bonuses 4 6y
+3 Private Message 3 16y
+22 Out of the blue I was offered a Credit Analyst position 12 16y
0 Texbook suggestion, and valuation question 3 16y
+29 Prostitution & IBanking 20 4y
0 Asset management bonuses #'s for analysts in research and PAG 0 16y
0 Was Jeffrey Chiang really a Russian spy?!?!? 4 6y
0 Quick Accounting Question 4 16y
0 Gary D...a young Tony Soprano 1 16y
+11 Best CNBC shows to watch? 24 9y
0 Am i underpaid for a tech role in investment banking sector? 6 6y
0 No Internships/Military Obligations 8 16y
0 How to best present myself?? 3 16y
0 Common practice for transfer students? 0 16y
0 How good is the average Goldman analyst? 26 16y
0 Replying to MD's email 8 16y
+10 No JP Morgan Internships? 27 15y
0 iBanking internship help for newly transfered student. 5 16y
0 Goldman Sachs Swiss operations 3 6y
0 Why is DCM/ECM not as good? 10 16y
0 sell ur Training the Street materials to me 0 16y
0 Which forum is for quants here at WSO? 5 6y
+22 Where can I find equity research reports? 45 8y
+11 So did all you 1st Year Analysts go out and buy a low-end BMW or what? 29 16y
0 Raise with stub bonus? 1 16y
0 HSBC Private Bank Summer Intern London 0 6y
0 Major Boutique Start up HK office vs. Major Bulge Bracket NYC 6 6y
0 How to value exploration companies 1 16y
0 IB with ZERO UCAS points, possible? 2 16y
0 Is it Taboo to... 3 16y
0 Study for series 79 and 63 before training? 9 16y
0 Interning at a non-NYC BB Office 3 6y
+22 A serious question regarding CFA® ..... 5 16y
0 Queens Honors Economics - Banking or Consulting? 5 16y
+39 Most useful foreign language? 38 6y
0 Goldman Takes Top Spot in Global M.&A. Rankings 8 16y
0 Criteria used to layoff Associates? 10 16y
0 mba book 5 6y
0 BB Trading Internship 3 16y
0 Middle market London compensation 5 6y
0 Using an MBA to break in 3 16y
0 Buy-side versus sell side M&A experience 9 16y
0 Private members' club as an analyst - perceived negatively? 17 16y
0 3Br in Menlo Park-roommate needed 0 6y
0 New Financial Reform Bill 2 16y
+17 How much more competetive is the US than the UK? 13 16y
+20 To everyone who thinks they are hot stuff 32 16y
+19 University of Maryland--IB 30 6y
0 How to calculate rolling VWAP 3 16y
0 View Wallstreetoasis like you're AT the World Cup! 3 16y
0 Buyout Blunders or Distressed Dandies? 3 16y
+17 Turning Down Ross School of Business 28 4y
+17 Financial Modeling 101 6 4y
+12 philosophical questions 18 16y
0 What do you do when you are told to do something you don't want to do 20 16y
0 Catterton partners email convention? i've tried everything 5 16y
+93 Brutal recruiting reality for Harvard's class of 2009 65 16y
+54 Is the party over? 30 16y
0 CIT Group Background Check? 5 16y
0 Taxes paid (cash taxes)? 1 16y
0 Transaction Exp? Noob Ques. 3 16y
+13 Transitioning from Law to Finance and Back Again? 6 6y
0 case studies during training 1 16y
0 Too Casual? 3 6y
+29 Upenn Econ or Rutgers Undergraduate 35 8y
0 Asking for help with other firms 3 6y
0 CFA + MCA + 5 yrs experience in IT 2 16y
0 League tables YTD M&A 9 16y
+41 Restructuring Career Paths 29 6y
+14 Rodman & Renshaw - Any opinions? 46 10y
+24 VP Salary 47 9y
+48 How to Copy Exact Formula in Excel (without Changing Reference) 55 7y
0 Job offer or Duke MMS? 13 16y
0 Are we seeing more people go to DB, CS? 7 16y
+45 Paying Own Travel Costs for Interview 94 4y
0 How will a global bank tax affect banking in the future? 2 16y
+6 Equity Value calc ? 5 16y

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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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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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