+30 Analyst Pushed Out 16 4y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Best places to look for roles - experience hire 1 4y
+3 How long should it take to learn the skills needed for IB? 4 4y
+28 Nomura vs Wells Fargo 15 2y
+18 How would you go from big 4 to HF? 20 4y
+3 Comp Breakdown / Budget for SF Analysts 5 4y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 4y
+4 Business degree or Math degree 3 4y
+3 Sell Side Trading to IB 5 4y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 4y
+21 PWP Best Groups? (2022 Update) 36 4y
+18 Outlook / opinions on LevFin for 2022-2024 7 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+193 SWE sucks compared to the NBA if you’re athletic 44 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+8 Understanding Risk 3 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+7 Lev Fin vs RX 3 4y
+3 William Blair Biotech IB 1 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+6 Senior women in finance are OP 3 4y
+28 Bank of America is Paradise 10 4y
+14 Corporate Banking BMO Pay 30 2y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+4 Wharton is Paradise 5 4y
+419 How I stay Healthy in Investment Banking 45 4y
+45 Not falling asleep in the office 34 4y
+10 URGENT - Exploding Offer 2 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+7 Vacation logistics 6 4y
0 National Bank Financial Markets - Review - Infrastructure Data 4y
0 National Bank Financial Markets - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
+3 Evercore Diversity program 1 4y
0 Shea & co - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+4 How to tell who the rainmakers are? 1 4y
+6 Offer letter 1 4y
0 Integrity Square - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 7 Things I Hate About BofA 2 4y
+18 Pay Cut Jumping To CorpDev/Strategy 8 4y
+37 Best of the Worst PCA Secondary Advisory 3 3y
+57 Era of the New Banker? 15 4y
+6 Career change? 1 4y
+6 Will Comp Come Down for VPs and Above? 1 4y
+3 Why the BofA hate? 1 4y
+8 PWP SF Tech - Updated Views 2022 3 4y
+8 Paying back Signing Bonus 11 4y
+9 4th stage interview - not sure what to ask 1 4y
+7 Background check - job title discrepancies 4 1y
+57 How to deal with WLB in banking 18 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+10 What happens to your personal stock/ETF holdings when you start working in IB full time? 1 4y
+14 Compass Point: Any reviews / anecdotes? Is it FBR's successor firm? 1 4y
+3 Hate sitting at a desk in Investment Banking 3 4y
+3 Any thoughts on TD Securities IBD TMT M&A 2 4y
+8 Maturing on WSO 4 3y
0 FocalPoint Partners LLC - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 DELETE 1 4y
+7 Objectively Ranking the Top 50 Banks by Prestige 14 4y
+14 How to work on the side? 4 4y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Leerink Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Maxim Group - Salary & Bonus - Life Sciences Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 4y
+5 Weird shit MD's do 3 3y
0 Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance" 7 4y
+15 Credit Suisse guilty in COCAINE CASH LAUNDERING Case 8 4y
+13 IB in Europe; Positioning of Barclays, BNPP, Deutsche, Soc Gen, HSBC, ING etc. 1 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
+11 IB to Diplomatic Job 8 2y
+4 Emerging Leaders Series 2022 Goldman Sachs 13 3y
0 Student Loan Repayment 2 4y
0 Student Loan Repayment 1 4y
+3 How often do users become certified? 5 4y
0 LBO doubt 1 4y
0 What's in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division? 4 4y
+424 The Hardest Pill to Swallow About Investment Banking 88 4y
0 London- Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan? 2 4y
0 Oberon Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+21 Are you happy? 20 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Staffer Tools 1 4y
+3 Calculating PV in excel 4 4y
+51 which EBs are known for drugs... 21 4y
+9 How to balance IBD as a possible choice for a Software Engineer career changer? 1 4y
+9 Growth and Exit Opportunities: Real Estate Sales at a Middle Market Investment Bank 1 4y
0 DNB Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+12 Citi is killing it! 12 4y
0 DNB Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Where are you invested? 2 4y
+6 M&A Fees for MegaCap Deals 0 4y
+175 IB sucks compared to SWE if you are smart 136 3mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 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

October 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

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 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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