0 Capstone Headwaters - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+29 Advice for SA WFH Experience? 18 3y
0 Net Working Capital - A Question 2 5y
0 Salary Request 1 5y
+7 Ghosted by Old Connections 3 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Evercore - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 JPM 2021 London IBD Full-time Analyst London 18 5y
0 HSBC IBD 2021 off-cycle analyst program, London, March intake 2 5y
0 Pros & Cons of CFA 1 5y
0 Is this reneging? 6 4y
+5 Goldman Tech Group 3 3y
+15 what to do when Q1 + Q2 + Q3 revenue already greater than FY revenue 5 5y
0 GE Capital Exit Ops - IB possible? 1 5y
0 Seabury Capital - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Banking into Government Roles? 3 5y
0 Ghosted by Recruiter After Interview? 2 5y
+11 How to network at virtual roadshow? 3 5y
0 Marathon Capital Associate Pay 1 5y
0 Incoming IB Summer Analysts 7 5y
0 Off cycle internships in London for 2021? 6 5y
0 Lateraling Early -> Affect MBA Admissions Later? 1 5y
+1,530 How can we do better? 333 11mo
0 GE Capital Exit Ops - IB possible? 1 5y
+10 Best Non-Banking Internship for Sophomores 4 5y
0 IB Dubai or IB London? Exit opps, exposure and lateral. Joining on associate level. Both are middle market. 1 5y
+25 Hiring Ex-IB Analysts in Texas 35 5y
+16 Should I Quit? 10 5y
0 Desjardins - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Desjardins - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Why Capital Markets 1 5y
+9 Interview: Where do you want to be in 10 years? 1 5y
0 Morgan Stanley Securitized Products Group? 5 5y
+61 Lincoln Chicago Culture 26 5y
+9 Do sophomore summer internships matter? 23 5y
+35 Wells Fargo? Expanding IB 43 4y
0 Could I get a job in IB when I move to US?-Want your viewpoints and suggestions 1 5y
0 FF News: Covid Cases APEX in SA...?? 1 5y
+2 Is it true that BofA makes it easy to switch offices from SA to FT? 4 10mo
0 PIPE / SPAC / pre IPO - Financial modeling 4 5y
+28 Extra curriculars for IB 12 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+2 Goldman Sachs Ops Associate Compensation 3 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 5y
0 Forgot to disclose robinhood account- not used, and nothing in the account. What do I do? 3 5y
0 How does Citi perform so well everywhere? 3 5y
+13 Made a mistake - worried about trustworthiness 6 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Stifel Financial - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 5y
+20 How is Wells Fargo LevFin so highly ranked? 17 5y
0 Citi/Barcap/CS SA 21 -> GS SA 22 7 5y
+3 Analyst asked me to send an invite--do I send one with a phone number or one with a Zoom? 2 5y
0 Boutique Investment banking 1 5y
+31 Possibly going blind 20 5y
0 What’s best : Studies or Not So Relevant Internship? 1 5y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Citizens Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
+11 Top UK / EU Cities to Live/Work Because the US is a shitshow 7 5y
0 Do office politics matter if I'm leaving after a year or two? 1 5y
0 DBO Partners - Interview - Technology Data 5y
+26 Jefferies vs DB 18 5y
0 Sophomore Trying to get into IB. Should I be reaching out to recruiters? 1 5y
+9 Citi Early ID 2021 46 5y
0 Completing Analyst Stint 1 5y
+37 Traded in Robinhood All Year 37 4y
+27 Does anyone on WSO make 7 figures? 19 5y
+4 Desjardins / Corporate Banking - Toronto 11 2y
+17 Consulting comp > IB? Nordics 16 3y
0 LInkedln link in resume 8 5y
0 DCM SA 2020 Hours? 8 5y
+8 Anybody have any info on Barclays Menlo? 5 5y
+47 Oil and Gas IB in a Blue Wave 70 5y
+9 Accepted SA Offer - What to do until then? 3 5y
+7 NO technical questions in a technical interview? 2 5y
0 Lateral Role - Post-final Interview Purgatory 1 5y
0 Corporate Finance Institute| CFI - Sensitivity Analysis for Financial Modeling Course 1 5y
0 Corporate Finance Institute| CFI - Sensitivity Analysis for Financial Modeling Course 1 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Best TMT Groups in NYC Investment Banking 3 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 DB Spac Team 1 5y
0 Financial Sponsors Group Specific Technicals? 1 5y
0 Being Always Online WFH | "Away"/"Offline" Status on communicator? 6 5y
+17 Rainmaker MDs in London 10 5y
+12 FT IB Tier 3 Offer (Mizuho, Berenberg, BNP, etc.) or prestigious Master Scholarship (Schwarzman, Yenching, Rhodes etc.) Offer? 11 5y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+3 Applying To Both Evercore M&A And RX? 5 5y
0 Lifetime Value Calculation (SaaS Metric) 6 5y
+6 Applying to both Moelis NYC and LA? 6 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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