+9 Intern - Getting No Work - What do I do? 1 1y
+1 Scotia Bank Pay 2 1y
+49 Del 34 1y
+18 Idea for Investment Bankers working long hours 19 1y
+6 Valuation Question 1 1y
+7 How to get staffed on live deals/quality work as a summer analyst? 2 1y
+18 Extremely Tough Accounting Questions 16 1y
+33 PWP Updated Outlook 2025 14 1y
+28 Leaving a job within a few months of starting 15 1y
0 How likely is it to go from Bay Street to Buyside ? 1 1y
0 Is starting a successful business just as stressful and long hours as banking? 1 1y
+9 LevFin Capital Markets Hours? 11 1y
+33 The BEST Banks for Culture & WLB in Canada 45 1y
0 Best Practices Before SA 1 1y
+67 Barclays Technology IB 44 1y
+4 3 Hour Modelling Test 6 1y
+22 Everything Stifel London? 35 1y
+16 Exits for Houston IB Juniors in 2025? 4 1y
+6 Associate - lateral interview 3 1y
0 Does undergraduate degree matter? 1 1y
+9 PJT Industrials 7 1y
+15 Typical exits from FIG (Insurance/Banks)? 7 1y
+17 Building Attention to Detail 16 1y
+277 (Instagram) Rich Handler blames death of Associate in Jef Dallas office on "toxic effects of fentanyl and cocaine" 66 1y
+3 Why don't anti dei people start their own firms? 11 1y
0 First semester sophomore year gpa 1 1y
0 Moelis Houston 2 1y
+14 Why is Baird singled out? 12 1y
+30 Are certifications like CFA, CA, FRM actually worth it anymore? 17 1y
+9 Freshman looking to do two internships 1 1y
+37 Anxious and stressed 9 1y
+8 No internship 8 1y
0 Structured Finance Comp at Associate 21 1y
+6 Canada —> US Transitioning for Recent Grads 2 1y
+4 MS IBD - Need to Disclose 2026 Offer for New Compliance Policy?? 1 1y
+7 Moelis summer 2023 case study 14 1y
+120 Penn State Finance Club 54 1y
0 I feel like I just go through the motions and I don’t get it. 1 1y
0 Moving from coverage to a more chill group 1 1y
+4 Wells Fargo TMT 4 1y
+461 Rich Handler: The Biggest Hypocrite in the Finance Community 128 1y
+9 Tier 3 Middle Market Firm or Regional Boutique Offer? 3 1y
+9 Background check question - leave off previous jobs which couldn't be verified? 1 1y
+148 Legal implications of “stealing” a model 66 1y
+2 Back-Office to Front in a different city 4 1y
+5 BofA M&S Activism and Defense Analyst Superday NYC 10 1y
+3 CIBC CB NYC SA2026 5 1y
+3 You get a text from your MD mid PE interview - what do you do? 5 1y
0 Has the AmplifyME Summer Analyst Training Programme Helped You Break into Finance? 1 1y
0 Getting into Shape While in IB 2 1y
+13 Barclays SA 2026 Megathread 117 1y
0 Applying a year early 4 1y
+7 Truist Securities in 2025 8 1y
0 Firms that Have Rescinded Offers in 2025 0 1y
+13 Public REITs, Private REITs Cap Rate Calcaution 7 1y
+24 Banks that “favor their own” vs. banks that “prefer outsiders” 15 1y
+49 UBS isn’t all that bad… 17 1y
+21 BofA Palo Alto Tech M&A culture & exit? 14 1y
+10 Talking to an unfinished deal in an Interview 3 1y
+11 Best Industrials Sector Teams London 9 1y
+6 International Dreams 1 1y
0 Linked in coffee chat requests 1 1y
+28 Jefferies 2026 SA 120 1y
+12 Ares wealth management R1 12 1y
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0 JPM MMBSI Superday 2 1y
0 Macquarie Generalist M&A Team - London 2 1y
+18 PCA Resources / Recruiting Tips 6 1y
+9 Rothschild Long Internship September 2025 3 1y
0 RBC Culture/Work-life and Analyst Base Salary (NYC) 4 1y
+12 Clearwater International 10 1y
+11 Any of you actually using AI for deck building/workflows or is it still analyst sweat? 6 1y
+11 Santander London M&A 13 1y
+11 Should you write you already have an offer on your CV? 5 1y
0 Proctor 360 1 1y
+5 UBS REGLL London 8 1y
0 Full time and later recruitment 1 1y
+10 I keep forgetting my technicals for interviews and on the job 4 1y
+25 Thoughts on IU Kelley 2 1y
0 Bonus Clawback Questions 1 1y
+31 Real Deal Experience, No Brand Name — How to Break Out? 16 1y
+357 Sign-on bonus reverse discrimination? 116 1y
+145 Working at a dinky LMM IB firm is paradise 10 1y
0 Q 1 1y
+45 EB IB Recruiting Insights 29 1y
+12 Trying to Break into IB / M&A / PE / HF – Any Tips? 1 1y
+11 Best REGAL groups 23 1y
+5 GOT A CALL WITH DIRECTOR AT MORGAN STANLEY TMROW FOR SA26. HELP 11 1y
0 Levfin Capital Markets 1 1y
0 How does post-ib credit recruiting even work? 1 1y
+3 BofA LevFin Origination vs LevFin 2 1y
0 General Atlantic Summer Analyst Program 3 1y
+9 Morgan Stanley vs Barclays for Experienced Capital Markets Hire 1 1y
+49 Which banks get the most hate on WSO, and is it warranted? 24 1y
+6 Broke into a BB from Community College 1 1y
+31 Lincoln Valuations (VOG) vs. LMM IB – Am I Being Shortsighted? 8 1y
0 Seeking Advice: WM to IB 1 1y
+15 Lateral Considerations 2 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (56) $261
  • 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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