0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 2y
0 HSBC - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
+13 Goldman Sachs Low Tier/Back office Financing Group (ECM NR) or Low Tier Bank (Soc Gen) but respectable group (M&A) 15 2y
0 Equity analysis 1 2y
+1 Best / Funniest out of office auto replies you’ve ever seen? 2 2y
0 Investment Banking vs Corporate Finance 2 2y
+8 Can I Start A FT Position Elsewhere Then Quit? 12 2y
+8 Project finance Interview 12 2y
+10 Referral Removal 10 2y
+13 Mining IB Technical Questions 3 2y
0 Does Jefferies sponsor visa for full time roles UK? 2 2y
+40 Is the "Incoming IB Analyst at xyz" still gay if oncycle takes place so early now 17 2y
+4 Fundamental Analyst at Quant Shops 3 2y
0 Product Control to IB 1 2y
+6 EB placement at MF 3 2y
+11 technical final round 4 2y
+4 Acceptability of Movember while interviewing? 6 2y
+13 Deferred revenues +10 on the FS 3 2y
+3 Aeris Partners 2 2y
+1 Houlihan Lokey (Healthcare) vs Wells Fargo (Healthcare) 2 2y
+6 Reneging on cycle offer? 6 2y
+3 Moelis FT IB London: any updates? 24 2y
0 CRA Exit ops 0 2y
+12 Renege US BB CB for MM IB SA 4 2y
+16 NYC - Best Late Night Foods for IB hours? 6 2y
0 Heard from friends that sometimes banks try and fill out incoming analyst classes in latter half of the prior year 1 2y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
+7 How do you guys find exits outside PE? (preferably non-US) 3 2y
0 Crosstree Capital Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 2y
+19 Obsession with IB prestige ruined my life. 20 2y
+14 Expectations for a mid level Associate 3 2y
+1 Senior analyst to associate 4 2y
+3 I have a HireVue interview with JP Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank - Investment Banking Analyst 5 2y
+13 What tools and/or systems do you use to stay organized? 4 2y
+174 Dealing with psycho analyst behavior 48 2y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 2y
0 Jefferies & Company - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 2y
0 How would you value XYZ industry? 3 2y
+8 Series 79 3 2y
+6 Full Time Recruiting Advice? (WF) 1 2y
+6 Senior bankers can’t meet deadlines 1 2y
0 (Urgent) How long to wait before results of assessment center are out? 3 2y
+6 Apply to SA Applications without connections? 5 2y
+23 Talking to Bankers at Informational Sessions 4 2y
0 MUFG - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 2y
+19 [Sht Post I think - but not sure] Why Investment Banks Like To Hire Military Vets 5 2y
0 Expediting Process with unrelated offer? 1 2y
+1 Accretion/Dilution 2 2y
0 PE sophomore internship to IB recruitment junior year 4 2y
0 BDO - Review - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
+22 PJT RSSG in 2023 42 2y
+16 Model doesn't balance 10 2y
+6 Data table error 14 2y
+43 JPM London Strongest Industry Groups 27 2y
0 Odds of Getting Buyside Interviews out of a Canadian Bank 2 2y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Derivatives Data 2y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
+25 IB Myth: Hours and lifestyle get better after you make VP 16 2y
0 Société Générale - Review - Corporate Banking Data 2y
+3 None 10 2y
+8 EY Investment Banking (EY Capital Advisors) 7 2y
+3 Internship 1 2y
0 Raymond James Healthcare 2 2y
0 Industry Boutique or BB PubFin for Summer 1 2y
+6 Can I Be Asked To Be DeStaffed / Shuffled? 3 2y
0 Morgan Stanley non-IB hirevue 1 2y
0 Morgan Stanley non-IB hirevue 1 2y
+61 EB Senior Hiring Surge 15 2y
+13 What percentage of 2nd year analysts and associates at your firm have closed a deal? 4 2y
0 How to get an internship in IB and related positions? 3 2y
0 Nomura Groups 2023 1 2y
+99 HL Reputation 39 1y
0 Chemicals Exit Opps 2 2y
+5 How To Deal With Terrible ED 5 2y
+7 How often do you guys have to make PIBs? 14 2y
+4 Baird Industrials? 5 2y
+26 Yup, it's one of "those" threads 25 2y
+59 H1B process for internationals 26 2y
0 PJT Partners - Insurance Strategic Advisory 1 2y
+4 Prospective 1 2y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
0 Schwab Automated Investing vs SPY 1 2y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 2y
+9 Moving Back to IB after Blocked from Internal Transfer 0 2y
+141 IB rankings by placement per headhunters - actual data 47 2y
+4 Who is Fenchurch Advisory Culture? 3 2y
+14 What is classified as MM in the US Markets? 9 2y
+3 Non-Target to Semi-Target after signed offer? 1 2y
+3 IB CASE STUDY 5 2y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 2y
+6 Switching from Goldman Sachs IBD Engineering to IBD Strats 1 2y
0 Gravitas Securities Inc - Review - Generalist Data 2y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 2y
+3 Acuity Advisors and Smith Square (London) 2 2y
+16 Bank Street Group Reputation 3 1y
+12 DC Advisory London 20 7mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (56) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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