+26 Is Investment Banking worth it? 20 5y
0 APAC Return Offer Rate 4 5y
0 WACC: How do you calculate your cost of debt? 1 5y
+25 Can We Say IB is Offcially Better Now than Pre-Covid? 16 4y
+3 Summer 2021 Analyst Program Virtual or In Person??? 3 5y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 How to secure a more senior role at another firm (lateral promotion)? 1 5y
0 Non-Target International Student Recruiting - USA 3 4y
0 ADVICE NEEDED: Deferred MBA program after IB Analyst Stint. 5 5y
+7 Barclays M&A (Exclusive Sales) Group 13 3y
0 Can someone post the US Energy IB League Table for 2020? 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 BB Comp Day date 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+10 Budgeting Analyst Salary (NYC) 8 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+2 2020 Bonus Figures 4 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+12 How Often Do You Get Staffed? 17 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+1 JPM SA 21 placement (Sales) 2 5y
0 Question on the relationship between retained earnings and equity/enterprise value 1 5y
0 Switch Groups after Stub/1 Year 3 5y
+3 How many analysts does your group have per MD/ED or D 1 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+38 Where the f*ck are the ambitious/succesful women at? 26 5y
0 Nomura NYC 1 5y
+79 Dinged for "low energy levels" 44 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Keep finishing 2nd in interviews, what gives? 1 5y
+13 Quitting after stub bonus 9 4y
0 Practicing/memorizing how to do DCFs? 1 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Public Finance Data 5y
+14 Sourcing Fees for Associates 6 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 5y
+22 FIG US league table 2020 22 4y
+4 About to start FT but no longer looking forward to it 4 5y
+7 Credit Suisse 2020 Top IPO Underwriter 3 5y
+49 Dad selling business. Asked if I want to take over 66 5y
0 Best lifestyle groups 5 4y
+6 Podcasts? 7 5y
0 Commercial Banking/Corporate Banking Recruiters 1 5y
+2 Which is better 2 5y
+3 What are the Best Media and Communications groups? 2 5y
0 BB Lateral Offers 1 5y
+14 SPV Debt on Parent Balance Sheet 5 5y
0 Unsure on Equity Research at Goldman 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+5 Do analysts at BB's get to purchase company stock? 3 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 When Goldman has NOT been the Golden Ticket 4 5y
0 How to pull analyst projections for EBITDA/Revenue for spreading comps? 3 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+265 Who is happy & satisfied with their current role? 96 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Part time MBA & internships/shadowing? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Operations Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 5y
0 Project finance consultant 1 5y
+6 Approach to becoming a top performer (first impression vs showing growth) 5 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+5 William Blair to ATL? 5 5y
+3 How to break into IB as technology Analyst at a BB? 1 5y
0 T2 Consulting SA to IB ft? 8 5y
0 How is DB Frankfurt? 5 5y
+1 Abroad Internship for Freshman summer? 2 5y
0 Year End Review 4 5y
0 Which restaurants in the city would you recommend as a date spot right now? 1 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+5 Is Rothschild rolling? 8 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Boston - FT Roommate 4 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Oil & Gas Data 5y
+3 If You Could Do it Over Again... 3 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 5y
+58 What stereotypes and traits have you noticed of Indians in IB in US? 36 5y
0 asking analysts to pass your resume along... who should they be passing it to 1 5y
+27 Do I Have a Chance? (Recent Grad w/ No Internships) 11 5y
0 Year End Review Advice ( about performance, comp, etc.) 6 5y
0 FT Employees Only: How was your bonus this year compared to previous years? 1 5y
+9 Jump from coverage group/M&A to DCM after a few years 5 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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