+76 Are Tattoos still looked down on in IB? 41 4y
+8 PWP SF Tech - Updated Views 2022 3 4y
+8 Paying back Signing Bonus 11 4y
+32 Why don't banks promote An1 to Associates? 20 4y
+10 URGENT - Exploding Offer 2 4y
+9 Wells Fargo CIB Interview 3 4y
+31 Questions Around Internal Mobility & Lateraling Groups 12 4y
+3 London BB Credit risk salaries 3 4y
+13 IB in Europe; Positioning of Barclays, BNPP, Deutsche, Soc Gen, HSBC, ING etc. 1 4y
+22 My Group Wants me to Work Fast and Error Free 8 4y
+4 How to tell who the rainmakers are? 1 4y
+85 Bad Intern 25 4y
+3 Evercore Diversity program 1 4y
+18 Pay Cut Jumping To CorpDev/Strategy 8 4y
0 7 Things I Hate About BofA 2 4y
+6 Offer letter 1 4y
+6 Will Comp Come Down for VPs and Above? 1 4y
+3 HL Private Funds Group Comp/Culture 5 4y
+6 Career change? 1 4y
+15 Credit Suisse guilty in COCAINE CASH LAUNDERING Case 8 4y
+7 Objectively Ranking the Top 50 Banks by Prestige 14 4y
+6 Why the Barclays Hate? 2 4y
+3 Why the BofA hate? 1 4y
+77 Sorority girls on wall street? 42 4y
+9 4th stage interview - not sure what to ask 1 4y
0 BB/MM in Denver, CO? 3 4y
+179 IB/PE 10 years after college 67 4y
+3 Any thoughts on TD Securities IBD TMT M&A 2 4y
+3 Hate sitting at a desk in Investment Banking 3 4y
+10 What happens to your personal stock/ETF holdings when you start working in IB full time? 1 4y
+14 Compass Point: Any reviews / anecdotes? Is it FBR's successor firm? 1 4y
+5 Associate -> VP switching banks? 6 4y
+3 DELETE 1 4y
+3 Calculating PV in excel 4 4y
+7 Roast my UK non-target IB SA CV 10 4y
+9 Where do MDs/Directors/VPs live ? (NYC) 8 4y
+6 Will regional banks give raise? 19 4y
0 Is working on sub $100M deals "real finance" 7 4y
+3 How often do users become certified? 5 4y
0 London- Morgan Stanley or JP Morgan? 2 4y
0 LBO doubt 1 4y
0 What's in Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division? 4 4y
+19 How did you manage to get a return offer from another team as a summer intern? 7 4y
0 Student Loan Repayment 1 4y
+47 Showering during Fire Drills 27 4y
+8 European Banks in Hong Kong 6 4y
+2 Recession and Return Offers..... 2 4y
0 Book: "Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship" by Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon 1 4y
+33 Summer Internship at Investment banks as a final year student (London). Possible? 18 4y
+14 Series 7, 63 ,79 - Am I screwed? 9 4y
+16 Best Credit Card: 2022 23 4y
+16 VP Ass 14 4y
0 Base pay at lower middle market Investment Banks? Cowen, Raymond James, Wunderlich Canaccord 8 4y
+3 Cab Policy 2 4y
+9 Staffer Tools 1 4y
+3 Where are you invested? 2 4y
+9 How to balance IBD as a possible choice for a Software Engineer career changer? 1 4y
+24 How to Prepare for IB Summer Internship 14 4y
+28 Why the Credit Suisse hate? 9 4y
+10 Enterprise Valuation Technical Question 2 4y
+9 Growth and Exit Opportunities: Real Estate Sales at a Middle Market Investment Bank 1 4y
+6 M&A Fees for MegaCap Deals 0 4y
+6 What is the salary gap between IB and PE? 1 4y
+12 Charlotte Bankers 10 4y
+6 Recession job security in IB vs ER? 1 4y
+8 Pets in Investment Banking 10 4y
+43 Do analysts crush on interns? 17 4y
+3 Are EB IB hours that bad? 2 4y
+9 London bankers, where do you get your suits? 18 4y
+7 Information On Citi FIG / CS FIG / Barclays FIG 8 4y
+31 IB Rankings for Pay $$$ 42 4y
+18 Why the Barclays Hate?!? 3 4y
+47 Litquidity and Crypto 13 4y
+4 Return offer calculus 6 4y
+42 Lifespan of Banker Who Doesn't Source 25 4y
+23 Canadian Bonus 2021 Megathread 27 4y
+4 Citi Freshman Diversity Discovery Program 7 4y
+251 How to earn respect from your analysts? 52 4y
+37 It seems that commercial banks are not valued as important as investment banks in US? Is it correct? Why? 14 4y
+19 Refusing to Work Saturdays 15 4y
+246 MD's Phone Call Interrupted 20 4y
+63 Most fuckboy thing you've ever done at work? 20 4y
+5 Mark Moran 7 4y
0 RBC Municipal Finance Pay and Bonus 1 4y
0 American Bank vs French Bank? 2 4y
+67 Piper Sandler 2021 SA 201 4y
+7 EVR Menlo Park Healthcare Group 4 4y
+13 Any Info on Victory Park Capital 12 4y
+3 Finance jobs with the most PTO? 4 4y
+15 Harris Williams vs. Truist???? 36 4y
+12 Will Citation for Low Level Misdemeanor Get Offer Rescinded 13 4y
+17 Lazard Exit Opportunities + Group Placement 15 4y
+1 fastest way to learn 3 Statement Modelling 1 4y
+12 My Options - Please Help? 3 4y
+71 AM I MISSING SOMETHING? 31 4y
+11 NYC concealed-Carry 12 4y
0 Any financial modeling jobs with relaxed WLB? 5 4y
0 Question on M&A Involvement 0 4y
+1 If I lateral into IB, what year analyst would I be? 1 4y
+10 IB Target University entry opportunity 1 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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