+1 Barclays Natural Resources Banking 1 5y
+11 MORGAN STANLEY - tells US staff to be back in office in September 4 5y
0 Which companies do banks use for internship training? 4 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Banco Santander - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 Leerink 3 5y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Mizuho Analyst Super Day 5 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+7 FCA Exams - Securities & Regulation | London 12 2y
+1 Do I have to disclose broker accounts of family members if living in their house for the time being? 3 5y
+3 MS Interns Officially In Person? 6 5y
+3 How to avoid fraud in banking/finance? 5 5y
+21 Does anybody ACTUALLY like banking? 11 5y
0 GS IBD AFG Return Rates 1 5y
+3 JPM Background Check 12 4y
0 Lending Restaurants 2 5y
0 Berenberg Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 William Blair - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Berenberg Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+10 How Do Barclays/GS/Centerview Get Good Talent? 16 5y
+6 MF/UMM Chances From Nontarget 7 5y
+2 GPA Rounding: Let's Go 3 5y
+10 GS FT Orientation/Training Only 3 Weeks? 2 5y
+3 Is a Printer for WFH required? 9 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Alliance Bernstein in Chicago 1 5y
+21 Intern Depression 10 5y
+11 Back Office PE vs Front Office Boutique IB 4 5y
0 IB/PE Internal Mobility 1 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Greenhill - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Stocks or Real Estate 3 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 None - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 Are precious applications stored? 4 5y
+9 Barclays CRG UMMPE/Growth Placement? 2 5y
+11 PJT Partners Overview 2021 1 3y
0 Jordan, Knauff & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+21 Anyone have a Peloton? Thoughts? 14 5y
+11 Can I negotiate relocation bonus? 23 5y
+23 Lifestyle as an associate at MM/EB (trying to decide if I should lateral or not...hot market) 10 5y
+12 How much to prioritize coverage group for future career prospects? 2 5y
+48 RX vs M&A 29 4y
+179 Leave $105,000 Financial Analyst job with 20 hour weeks for Investment Banking? 44 4y
+11 Better exit opps: JPM or CS or Barclays? 12 5y
0 LionTree Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+13 MS Return Offer Rate 11 4y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+6 PJT Comp? 1 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+1 MFPE vs. BB/EB 3 5y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Energy Data 5y
0 Laptop recommendation 2 5y
+3 D.A. Davidson Acquires Marlin & Associates 1 5y
+3 PJT Breaking into O&G/Energy 1 5y
+33 Any Other First-Year Analysts That Don't Know How To Model? 19 5y
+18 Foreign Special Forces looking for advice 11 5y
+9 WFH - Little/No Workload. What to do? 3 5y
0 Help on Modelling faster?? 2 5y
+157 Director wants to meet me for drinks but I am not fully vaccinated yet 103 5y
0 PJT Partners - Review - NA Data 5y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 5y
+53 2022 RBC Pathways Diversity 62 4y
+1 What is Citi on? 4 5y
+16 Sector(s) With the Least M&A Activity 8 5y
+3 JP Morgan Preference Survey 7 5y
+6 EB comp at the VP/Director level? 6 5y
+3 Goldman Sachs IBD DRG, Bengaluru 2 3y
+3 JPM Recruiting Process 1 5y
+4 Credit Analyst/IB 6 5y
+5 SA 2021 Return Rates 6 5y
+14 Goldman Sachs Employees Hugging each other in the office as WFH ends (Hilarious Bloomberg Article). Just lol at GS 10 5y
+168 Shitting on the Job? 53 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Wells Fargo IB Internal Mobility SA to FT 6 3y
+27 Investment Banker Married to Consultant: Asking for Protips 6 5y
+6 Need help! E&P valuation 4 5y
+266 From rehab to offers in IB 56 1y
+3 Anyone cleared a background check at Goldman Sachs recently? 1 5y
+3 PJT case study interview? 5 3y
0 KPMG - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 ATB Financial - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 5y
0 Livingstone Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Livingstone Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+1 Do relationships exists if you are in IB? 4 5y
+1 LBO Technical Question - Whats the answer? 4 5y
+2 EB Comp at ANL/ASO Level? 2 5y
+1 Talking about announced private company deals 3 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (24) $180
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (82) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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