0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+18 Placement Agents/Private Placement Info Request 9 5y
+20 Advise needed 10 6y
+16 Ignore Recruiter or Politely Decline or Accept Phonecall? 7 6y
+3 HOW TO NETWORK WITH SENIORS 1 6y
+3 TD SA 2021 1 6y
+3 Greenhill M&A and RX 0 6y
+14 IB in Different Cities 2 6y
0 TD Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+9 RX Deal talk for interviews 1 6y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+4 How to find which RX deals are firms working on? 1 6y
+12 Blacklisting 5 6y
+12 First internship hunt at small PE firm - need advice 1 6y
+6 how to get more bigger picture knowledge/ understand what MDs are talking about? 2 3y
+6 London Modelling Test 1 6y
+17 London FT 2020 15 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Lincoln International - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+78 Choosing RX over M&A -- anyone recommend this? 59 6y
+9 Tech banking questions 1 6y
+3 Pass/Fail In College and CFA 1 6y
+7 Top restructuring (EVR / PJT) post-MBA associate roles? 2 6y
+15 Turnaround Restructuring to Restructuring Banking. How to make the move? 1 6y
+3 Would it be possible/make sense to move from one grad program to another? 1 6y
+19 M&A Case Study question, pls help 3 6y
+69 2021 Full-Time IB Analyst Recruiting 69 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Operations Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 6y
+36 Where does the debt syndication desk sit? 21 5y
+4 How to find work emails? 2 6y
+13 Future of O&G IB in Houston 4 6y
+13 SA recruiting in Asia 6 6y
+3 Remote Boutique Internship? 1 6y
+4 IB Division for SA 1 6y
+12 How should I best prepare for a career in investment banking as a high school senior? 1 6y
+672 Why guaranteed full-time offers make sense 175 6y
+9 FT recruiting HELP (about to graduate) 1 6y
+38 Lost 2 internship, what will happen to 2021 recruiting? 10 6y
+6 FT Recruiting Post Coronavirus 1 6y
+10 Landing IB internship w/ irrelevant experience 2 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+57 For those of you with a low gpa at a target, how many interviews did you get (SA) 30 1y
+50 Evercore 2021 SA RX Superday 87 3y
+5 Is MS open for apps now, and are they rolling? 4 6y
+70 Breaking into Houston energy groups without being from Texas 41 6y
+3 Alternative way to calculate unlevered FCF? 1 6y
+5 What are capital leases 1 6y
+12 DCF Model Feedback 1 6y
+20 Is $1800 a month on rent + utilities too much for 1st Year IB Analyst? 15 6y
+12 Not Knowing What You Want/What Direction to Go 1 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+27 What was the IB industry like before COVID-19? 9 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 6y
+3 2020 FT Start Dates 3 6y
+3 Breaking into IB out of undergrad without summer internship 1 6y
+6 Lower BB (NYC) or EB Oil&Gas? 1 6y
+3 How do I convert my GPA? 2 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 6y
+15 LSC MSc Finance Alumni - Is there on-campus recruiting at LSE? 16 6y
+20 VP in IB is a meaningless title 38 6y
+3 Moelis Women’s West Coast Virtual Event 2 3y
+19 Master In Finance for IB Australia 4 5y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Rothschild - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+42 Stock Downturn 12 6y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 6y
+12 Goldman Sachs Teams 1 6y
+17 Not Knowing What You Want 4 3y
+8 Corona Virus move SIE online? 4 6y
+6 SA OFFER w/o WORK EXPERIENCE 1 6y
+13 From hs to college to IB 2 6y
+185 My Uncle is a Partner at GS - Help? 51 4y
+6 Rothschild SA 2020 updates 1 6y
+12 S&T summer to IB 1 6y
+9 List of Upcoming Bank Presentations or Freshman Events 6 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+298 How many offers did you get? 233 4y
+56 Guggenheim 2020 SA 96 4y
+15 Applying to same US + UK EB? 1 6y
+6 HF vs RIA 1 6y
+9 Finance gigs out of undergrad 1 6y
+3 Technical question: what are some benefits of buying a company that has very liquid shares? 1 6y
+7 Intuition behind Terminal Value calculation (perpetuity method) 1 6y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+12 Bankers, how do you feel about an incoming SA referring sophomores to you? 4 6y
+13 Pre-Tax Cost of Debt Calc 7 6y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+3 How necessary is it to know the advanced section of the M&I 400 for SA? 3 6y
0 National Australia Bank - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 National Australia Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+112 RANKINGS & COMPARISONS 91 6y
+27 The current league tables based on Investment Banking Fees [as of April 2020] 15 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • 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

  • 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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