+86 GPT-4 & Microsoft Co-Pilot 34 3y
+6 GS TMT/FIG Summer 2024 7 3y
+156 Anyone else feels dumb working in finance? 34 3y
+49 Poor Salaries at Oppenheimer & Co. in NYC 19 3y
+11 Equity from Affiliates 4 3y
+21 Rothschild & Co London 15 3y
+9 Intern Interview Question: What is your outlook on current market conditions (make relevant to IB) 3 3y
+4 What are some websites to get estimates for financial models? 2 3y
+19 FOR RX BANKERS: How Accurate is theDeal? 12 3y
+11 Dividend effect on 3 statements 2 3y
+5 M&A Deal Slump: DB and Santander 0 3y
+15 Rothschild (LA) vs. Rothschild (NYC) vs. Baird (CHI) 24 3y
+45 Wells Fargo 26 3y
+14 Corporate Banking Total Comp Thread 2023 19 3y
+13 Small M&A-focused boutique - future prospects 2 3y
+17 Investment Banking to Corporate Banking 13 3y
+6 UBS interns 1 3y
+9 Evercore GP Analyst 35 3y
+7 What exactly does an experienced VP do? Does it differ at BB, MM or EB? 2 3y
+18 CIBC Industrials vs Capital One M&A SA24? 6 3y
+3 How do AN1 Bonus work? 1 3y
+3 Millennium quant researcher assessment 1 3y
+7 Morgan Stanley GCM SA 2024 72 3y
+32 Do Deloitte and PwC have Investment Banking Groups? 25 3y
+173 Second Year Analyst is Paradise 20 3y
+45 Goldman Sachs posts its worst earnings miss in a decade 4 3y
+3 Meeting scheduled with a headhunter…as an intern? 1 3y
+234 Unpaid Internship is Paradise 20 3y
+3 Deleted 1 3y
+15 How to find a mentor? 21 3y
+4 M&A compensation by division 1 3y
+20 BABSON College IB 12 3y
+13 BMO layoffs 9 3y
+35 Top Gaming & Lodging Groups 42 3y
+76 When did you realize IB was far from glamorous? 25 3y
+19 How true is Industry 10 3y
+3 CS tech deals? 1 3y
+62 Can debt be more expensive then equity? 44 3y
+4 Recruiting on Cycle for PE after 1st-year? 4 3y
+3 3 Statement Help 1 3y
+12 How to approach studying precedent materials- feeling overwhelmed 1 3y
0 PEI SA 2024 1 3y
+12 How likely is IB from Berkeley (Non-Haas)? 7 3y
0 iA Capital Markets 1 3y
+3 Financial Modeling Private Tutor needed. 2 3y
+9 how should it take you to spread financials and make a earnings report? 1 3y
+59 Banking Hours 2023 33 3y
+19 My friend’s dad is my MD..Anyone have experience? 3 3y
+12 Associate Banker Barclays? 5 3y
+10 JPM Group Placement 38 3y
+51 How much of the stress from IB comes from poorly optimized business processes? 10 3y
+18 Does Investment Banking Make America Less Efficient? 1 3y
+3 Jpm levfin 4 3y
+6 GS profit tanks again 1 3y
+8 Synergies required to break even 1 3y
+10 CS layoff notice in LDN 16 3y
+6 GS HC updated reputation? 1 3y
+17 Trading FX and Commodities in personal account while in IB? 6 3y
+3 Shanrock Partners? 1 3y
+6 Needham & Co 10 3y
+16 How have higher interest rates affected your work in direct lending and acquisition financing specially in regards to PE M&A 2 3y
+18 Does Investment Banking Miss Out on Future MDs? 2 3y
+27 JPM Group Placement 84 3y
0 Duke prestigious? 1 3y
+13 How to make my internship sound sexy? 5 3y
+22 Corporate Banking Canada 42 3y
+11 Baird London comp? 7 3y
+6 Wired question - Saw some "small consulting firms" provide capital rising services, what's separating their from IBs that only does financing? 1 3y
+9 Returning Bonuses if I Renege 1 3y
+7 GS Soph IBD SA Superday - Advice 4 3y
+27 BOFA SOPH 2023 51 3y
+3 Deal Flow Estimate 1 3y
+11 Guggenheim RX 2023? 8 3y
+5 What to do? 2 3y
+33 Highest paying opportunities in Toronto 35 3y
+12 Product management at BB 2 3y
+23 Anxiety over starting IB role. How to cope? 7 3y
+11 Winning deals as an MD 7 3y
+4 Morgan Stanley 2024 Sophomore IB SA 20 3y
+21 How do I get better at slide design? 11 3y
+4 West Coast Sponsors Groups 5 3y
+22 Guggenheim reputation 2023 7 3y
+5 Best / easiest way to invest earnings 3 3y
+3 Premium on Cash 1 3y
+6 GS Early Possibilities Rejection 16 3y
+9 Taking the Series 79 … Feeling a bit uneasy 7 3y
+3 Guggenheim Securities FIG Team Insights? 2 3y
+6 What is comp and culture like at credit funds at analyst level in London? 2 3y
+54 I found my annual review file on the shared drive 18 3y
+11 Evercore modeling test 15 3y
+20 IB Risk at JPMC, need help choosing which team to pursue. 15 3y
+3 BofA Soph Summer Technicals 11 3y
+18 DCM career help 8 3y
+60 Networking: Bankers, how many cold emails do you get from students? 6 3y
+5 Help need for IB Resources 2 3y
+4 Can a firm make you not serve your notice period when you resign? 3 3y
+20 Equity Linked Origination, IBD 11 3y
+3 GS Soph Superday 3 3y
+52 Is modeling more difficult in certain sectors versus others? 38 3y
+22 anyone else like IB more than college? 18 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 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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