+15 Being a “Yes” Monkey 9 5y
+10 How long does a Background check usually take? 10 5y
0 Private Placements 1 5y
+13 Comp at Barclays vs. William Blair 23 5y
+112 Tired of this "personal hour" work life balance initiative talk 71 5y
+80 What's Your Dream Job/Title/Position or One of them 42 5y
+6 Lateral Question 2 5y
+2 Avg amount of tombstones for analysts? 4 5y
+12 Exercise as a Junior Banker? 17 5y
+66 Does anyone do IB to stay in IB? 32 5y
+38 Investment Banking Internship vs Studying Abroad 26 5y
+3 BAML LevFin Hours 4 5y
+32 Updated thoughts on LionTree 12 5y
+3 Is there any way to incorporate a deal that died into your resume? 4 5y
+15 Is UBS still considered a bulge bracket? 8 5y
+11 Miami Funds/PE 2021 7 5y
+27 What do you define as a sweatshop? 32 5y
+13 Are Long Hours Worth it for the Firm? 3 5y
+3 Jury Duty 5 5y
0 Is it possible to trade on someone else’s account? 5 5y
0 2nd/3rd Year Analyst Temperature Check 4 5y
+33 Is IB still considered a high paying job? 56 5y
+26 Debt Syndicate vs DCM 9 5y
+21 What impacts a DCF the most: Revenue, COGS, or Capex? BB superday question 13 5y
+45 BAML / Bank of America is going virtual this summer 45 5y
+2 Evercore Private Funds Group 3 5y
0 ECM or SPO 1 5y
+3 JPM FT Analyst 2021 1 5y
+5 Would you rather 5 5y
0 Series 79 2 5y
+35 How many of us actually break into IB? 41 5y
+6 3 Weeks in Manhattan before SA 7 5y
+6 Info on Vaquero Capital? (SF tech boutique) 4 5y
+7 Do EBs layoff junior bankers more easily/often than BBs? 14 5y
+6 Need a closed m&a for PE/GE??? 5 5y
+20 Can I round my GPA up from a 3.449 to a 3.5? 26 5y
+13 Urgent Renege Advice 9 5y
0 Technicals For Liberal Arts Students 1 5y
+6 How Long After You Accept Can you Renege with Low Risk? 12 5y
+10 How to quit your job? 6 5y
+133 How do I simulate IB work/hours/pain before even getting an internship? 48 5y
+3 LatAm IB Comp 3 5y
0 HSBC will terminate their US Investment Banking Operations 5 5y
+13 What do you actually learn in 1st year of IB, that a trader does not learn? 8 5y
+3 Risk Management to Investment Banking 2 5y
+31 Are there any juniors out there who do not hate their life/regret going into IB? 15 5y
+17 BB vs MM for Post-MBA Associate 11 5y
+1 IB Analyst Bonus - How To Multiply? 3 5y
+3 Oil and Gas Terminal Financial Modeling 1 5y
+5 Commercial banking associate vs credit risk associate? 2 5y
+13 Hardest Time in your Analyst Years? 6 5y
+6 LBO value creation decomposition for IPO exit 1 5y
+6 Evercore ECM - Insight? 4 5y
+4 Senior analyst giving me all his work so he can take the day off 5 5y
+12 Is MSc choice overrated for the sake of getting interviews? 6 5y
+3 GS Lev Fin hours 1 5y
+12 Barclays Perks 16 5y
+9 UBS London - EMEA Execution Group? 2 5y
+12 Can't understand the basics of financial modeling lol. Kindly help with this problem 3 5y
0 ER vs IB to get into HF/ AM 4 5y
+14 Use forward looking multiple for terminal multiple in a dcf? 8 5y
+24 Renege on MM for BB 20 5y
0 Exit multiple approach 1 5y
0 Comparables vs terminal value multiple approach 1 5y
0 RBC - New York/SF 1 5y
+28 How do you pick a multiple in DCF terminal value calculation (multiples method) 29 5y
+3 Moelis NYC SA 2019 4 5y
0 JPM 2021 FT Analyst GroupMe 1 5y
+4 Houlihan Lokey Perks? 5 5y
0 Software engineering vs Investment Banking 11 5y
+13 Advice for staying fit and healthy for incoming Analysts? 4 5y
+182 Barclays Springboard 2020 385 5y
+18 Goldman Sachs 2021 Exploratory Programs 37 5y
+118 Do I Count as Diversity? 69 5y
+176 Where Did You Go When You Realized Banking Wasn't For You? 60 5y
+17 Banks with Fall Recruiting 10 5y
+5 Asking for more work? 11 5y
+1 Anyone from Wells Fargo Securities? 13 5y
+12 Favorite Mergers of All Time 10 5y
+10 All Work and No Play Could Make Wall Street Less Profitable 2 5y
0 CapitaIQ Functionalities 1 5y
+17 Am I expected to work and log OT hours? 7 5y
+6 How will banks treat interns this summer? 12 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Singapore Office? 1 5y
+1 BMO Superday 2 5y
+16 DCM/ECM Hours During WFH? 12 5y
+302 Exposing banks and firms! Feel free to drop names shamelessly 134 5y
+9 IBD desks most similar to S&T 8 5y
+5 Office or Work From Home - Incoming NYC FT Analyst Class? 16 5y
0 moving from m&a to sales and trading 1 5y
0 choosing IBD desk at BB 1 5y
+9 Best language (Chinese/French/German) for IB/possibly law in London? 2 5y
+6 Big Change in GPA When Applying Vs Before Internship Start 2 5y
+21 finding FT role during summer internship period 10 5y
+11 What's it like your first year making IB money? 25 5y
0 Screwed up CS NY Application 1 5y
+10 Managing Director comp % of deal fees 15 5y
+3 Major GPA on Resume? 4 5y
+8 Transfer from Fordham Gabelli? 1 5y
+26 Black people and MD/Partnership track at ibanks 32 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Guggenheim Partners No 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 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

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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 (81) $150
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