+31 R.I.P McCain Feingold 14 16y
+14 SEO, Goldman Sachs Undergrad Camp, JP Morgan Freshman/Sophomore, etc 18 16y
+2 Urgent help needed - Interview Tomorrow 4 16y
0 Accel-KKR 3 16y
0 Discount Factor for Equity Valuation 9 16y
+7 IBD concepts [for free] 6 16y
0 Updated MM Analyst/Associate Salaries 6 16y
+31 IBD Analyst Deal Assignments and Staffers 17 16y
0 How dead am I? 15 16y
0 Urgent - MD asked for my resume & cover 9 16y
0 PE = Sovereign wealth? 6 16y
0 Corporate Strategy/Development Compensation? 7 16y
+5 The Indymac Slap in Our Face 2 16y
+6 Has anyone done GS scholarship for excellence? 12 16y
0 My Big Fat Greek Default 15 16y
+9 How does cash management team interact with IBD? 11 16y
+40 Shia LaBeouf Is The Real Deal 49 16y
0 working at DIFC in the summer as an intern 2 16y
0 1st Round Associate 2nd Round Analyst? 3 16y
0 Superday SA Interview 0 16y
0 Aleynikov Charged in GS Doomsday Machine Theft 2 16y
0 Attitudes online vs. reality 9 16y
+18 What level is ideal? 10 16y
0 SA/Analyst Comp at no-name boutique 7 16y
+21 Advice needed please... GS: TMT vs Healthcare 5 16y
0 Deloitte S&O looking to move into ibanking 6 16y
0 The quick switch 7 16y
0 SA's hired but no FT opps??? 4 16y
0 Recent trends in healthcare & Real Estate? 2 16y
+1 FBR Capital Markets email structure? 1 16y
+7 am i crazy? 23 16y
0 BAML Dress Code 21 16y
+12 Bank CEO Bonus figures 19 16y
0 JPM & Sempra 2 16y
0 Talent!! Hang onto your talent! 8 16y
0 Worried sick .... please advise 23 16y
+9 Strategic & Acquisition Finance? 3 16y
0 What does this mean? 6 16y
0 UBS vs. Lazard 7 16y
+156 "Are Markets Efficient?" asked the MD 90 16y
0 Miller Tabak + Co and Gilder Gagnon and Howe 1 16y
0 2 balance sheets from different sources, will SCF balance w BS ? 2 16y
0 338 (h) 10 election 1 16y
0 recruiter requests informational? 6 16y
0 For those who read the book "The Murder of Lehman Brothers" 2 16y
0 Why work in consumer products group? 3 16y
+5 MD comp. 6 16y
0 LBO Returns Analysis question (not for the faint of heart) 6 16y
+26 Downsides to Overachieving? 9 16y
0 current deal flow 8 16y
+21 Dave Is Saved! 14 16y
0 Sale of PortCo -- Bankers or in-house? 6 16y
+2 M&A deal of the year 3 16y
+5 BarCap Tech - Weird Phone Call 8 16y
0 Superbowl Sunday 7 16y
0 DB Legal Risk and Cap to Full time IBD Recruiting 2 16y
0 What PE firms do lower BBs end up? 9 16y
0 Best group at BlackRock 1 16y
+8 Help! Interview with FSG JPM 2 16y
+33 IB Summer Analyst Gig Before Masters Program? 21 16y
+9 Top BB (ie GS, MS) v Top MM (ie HW, Jeff etc) v Boutiques 14 16y
+11 YTD 2010 League Tables 9 16y
+19 It's 2am and my DCF model won't work 28 16y
+15 Freshman/Sophomore Superdays? 6 16y
0 JP Morgan IBD HK SA Offers!!! 3 16y
+9 magnetar Capital 6 16y
+8 Cowen HC or Macquarie Infra? 4 16y
0 Internship knowledge 1 16y
+4 Balance Sheet Management Group 2 16y
0 For the weekends... 5 16y
0 How to apply to MM IBD? 8 16y
0 How to "play" this off... 3 16y
0 Boutique Consulting 1 16y
0 How does the GIG group compare to other Industrials groups? 2 16y
+11 BAML Deals? 11 16y
0 Citi IBD 2 16y
0 Macquarie email format 4 16y
0 interview question myth 7 16y
+8 Harder Interview, VP and up or Associate and down? 9 16y
+11 Why do MM banks take forever to respond 6 16y
0 EXIT choice: Internal M&A vs PE 10 16y
0 Help with definitions. 4 16y
0 Blood and Water = Politics and Finance 2 16y
+19 How many questions do you ask after an interview? 18 16y
0 Canaccord Interview 8 16y
0 any TMT or Media experts out there? 1 16y
+24 Goldman Exits Viatical Market 7 16y
0 Downside Potential to any SA Position????? 3 16y
+8 BAML LevFin or UBS DCM for SA 5 16y
0 What are they with current bump due to restrictions on total comp? 1 16y
0 Pension Accounting Question 1 16y
0 Question about school? 7 16y
+3 MS Healthcare IB 0 16y
+8 Do Banks hold your resume? 7 16y
0 Anyone is interviewing for GS HK SA? 32 16y
+11 Interview Question Share one Tear one: "If we gave you 10 million..." -- 8 16y
+15 Ranking Non-IBD Groups (As Opportunities to Crack into IBD) 17 16y
0 royal resume f*ck up...still got an interview 5 16y
0 Salary increase in 2010 vs. incentive comp 2 16y
+24 2010 Investment Banking Associate Bonuses at BB 74 16y

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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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