0 Credit Suisse - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+4 How hard is it to break into a middle market bank compared to BB and EB? 5 5y
0 MM IB vs EB Private Capital Advisory 1 5y
0 IB Analyst Training Program 1 5y
+15 When is the crash coming? 10 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+1 Dude, what is wrong with DB? 2 5y
+6 Payback signing bonus? 14 4y
0 Drake Star Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Optimal deal size to work on? 2 5y
0 Imperial Capital - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Barclays LDN HR Email 1 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Investment banking - fixed income analyst 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
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0 TAP Advisors - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 GME 1 5y
0 2021 Corporate and Investment Bank - Sub - Saharan Investment Banking Analyst - 2021 (January) position 1 5y
+22 Why Is Everyone Complaining about IB? 3 5y
+6 BDA Partners Interview/Test (HK) 12 2mo
+28 Is Centerview really that good? 13 5y
+10 Is Gamestop the end of finance / markets / IB 25 5y
0 Susquehanna International Group Freshman Discovery Day 1 5y
0 Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Management 1 5y
+6 WFH has ruined banking (?) 2 5y
+1 Best culture for BB and EB? 4 5y
0 Citi Early ID 1 5y
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+8 Nepotism, Entitlement, and Selling your Soul 5 5y
+3 What's your favorite company? 4 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 Investment banking or asset management? 3 4y
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0 Moelis & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+34 Amplify trading - Scam or real 32 1y
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+20 Citi Corporate Banking vs Tier 2 strategy consulting 13 4y
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+10 IB SUMMER INTERNSHIP ADVICE.... 2 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Trainee 2021 (Brazil) 1 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Stifel Financial - Review - Healthcare Data 5y
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0 Buying Options at IB 1 5y
+18 Taking a gap year? 6 5y
+25 Banks focused on culture/fit rather than technicals? 49 4y
0 Stifel Financial - Interview - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 Issuer Services(IB) 1 5y
+4 85k prorated? 13 5y
+20 Analyst Exit: Restructuring to Corporate Development? 4 4y
+6 Non M&I 400 Interview question 19 4y
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+9 Citi EID 2021 57 4y
0 If I Already Have a S79, Will I Really Have to Get a S7 Upon Lateraling? 6 5y
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0 Rothschild 1st Round insight? 3 5y
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+15 Vault Investment Banking Prestige Rankings 9 5y
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+15 How to predict inflation? 4 2y
+12 Career Advice. 1 5y
+5 Final Round Assessment Interview Citi 9 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
+166 Q&A: Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry 107 5mo
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
+13 JPM London 9 5y
0 Drug tests for SA 2021 1 5y
+26 Vault Banking 25 - Moelis & Co in Top 3? 23 5y
0 How much do people make in hedge fund prime brokerage at investment banks? 1 5y
0 Do you get a deal toy for a SPAC IPO? 3 5y
0 Capital One - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Capital One Securities - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+7 Does Lazard sponsor MBA? 10 5y
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0 Harris Williams & Co. - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Cowen Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Confused about Stub bonus? 1 5y
+28 NYC Suburbs as Associate 44 4y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Master of finance 1 5y
+5 Best groups/locations at Brown Gibbons Lang? 14 5y
+3 Will I be looked down upon for living in Brooklyn? 7 5y
+3 What percentage of iBankers are gay? 10 5y
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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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