0 London WFH Food 2 5y
+11 You Finally Did it Citi 9 5y
0 Morgan Stanley Securitized Products Group? 5 5y
+6 Morgan Stanley FIG Deals?? 5 5y
0 B of A salary bands 1 5y
+3 48 hour CS 1 5y
0 HR Salary 1 5y
+5 anyone applied to SSN since COVID? 15 5y
+18 How do SA Candidates Impress Bankers while Networking? 8 5y
0 RJF Tech & Service NY? 3 5y
0 Corporate Banking associate/vp comp 1 5y
+27 Convince Me to Not Quit (Unique Situation) 10 5y
+12 What are the glamarous parts of high finance? 19 5y
+12 WFH - how to check work? 16 5y
0 Dumb Question: What Deal Size is Considered MM? 3 5y
0 Investment career 2 5y
+1 Offering recruitment consulting services as analyst - would this be allowed? 4 5y
0 What would you do: Commercial Banking vs. Big 4 Audit 2 5y
+8 Girls Who Invest Summer 2021 Waitlist 7 5y
+4 Are SPACS Hurting Business for MM M&A? 4 5y
0 How have you quit during Covid? 2 5y
+215 How Much Money is Enough - Two Ways to Figure it Out 25 5y
0 Career pivot - thoughts? 1 5y
+23 How much does it matter which bank you end up at? 6 5y
0 How do Background Checks work? 1 5y
+76 What would you choose: IB vs SWE @ FAANG? 22 5y
0 Incoming A1 - Drug Tests 1 5y
0 Transitioning from Middle Office to Front Office 1 5y
0 GS MBD Real Estate 1 5y
0 Test 0 5y
+18 Why Investment Banking after STEM major? 9 5y
0 Anybody have a free link to Macabus/Boost add-in? 1 5y
+12 First year analyst - 9m experience and learning very little? 4 5y
+23 Is my boss being unreasonable? 11 5y
+8 Corporate Banking at RBC 6 5y
0 How has your after tax income grown over the years? 3 5y
+11 Corporate banking to Consulting 3 5y
0 When are ppl going back to the office? 1 5y
+13 Multipel degrees 3 5y
0 Early Insight Programs 4 5y
0 PE Location Recruiting 4 5y
+54 William Blair - WFH Experience 71 5y
+4 How to quit? 3 5y
+27 Lehman Cap Markets? 8 5y
0 Senior Year Internships 2 5y
0 Dreaming about work? 4 5y
0 To IB Analysts, What B-School Do Your Associates Come From? 1 5y
+5 Excel on MacBook 4 5y
0 GE Energy Financial Services (EFS) 4 5y
+4 Advice For Incoming Non-Target College Freshman 5 5y
+8 What does a background check actually consist of? 2 5y
+12 Question regarding background check 4 5y
0 Midstream Oil Hub Valuation Modeling 5 5y
+4 Nasdaq Advisory Analyst to IB possible? 4 5y
0 Putting only failed and ongoing (anonymous) deals on my CV? 1 5y
0 Help ! M&A modelling practice 0 5y
+10 Staying Awake 10 5y
+3 Transferring schools 1 5y
+7 Am I screwed (Econ major) 9 5y
0 Walk me through your deal on your resume bankify 1 5y
0 Should I start looking for a place now in NYC? Start date: July 2021. 3 5y
0 No contact with the HR team since signing SA? 1 5y
+2 How to Spin a Buyside M&A deal for PE interviews? 3 5y
+12 GS Operations vs. PwC Management Consulting 3 5y
0 Free Website for Spreading Comps? 1 5y
0 What does margin refer to? 1 5y
+22 SIE exam timeline 18 5y
0 JPM Tech SF 2 5y
+21 Smoothest Path to MF PE? (besides BB/EB) 10 5y
0 How to value Payments Service Provider that also engages in merchant/consumer lending? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs Cross Markets Group 2 5y
+19 Virtual SA 2021 Chances 36 5y
0 MM SA -----> BB FT Possible? 3 5y
+10 ESG / green banking groups? 5 5y
+2 3.8 Major GPA vs 3.4 Cumulative 2 5y
+27 should I rsvp Lazard's houston sophomore women's event? 21 5y
+7 Group allocation at MS London? (off-cycle) 17 5y
+7 Worried about Application/Background check 3 5y
+21 I am afraid of not passing the background checking because of the involvement of my brother and my uncle in a drug cartel. 21 5y
0 To those who lateraled into a competitor after working alongside them 1 5y
0 Can someone please comment on GS Natural Resources group (non-Houston)? 1 5y
0 Bank for International Settlements/noobie questions 1 5y
0 JP Morgan Quantitative Research Interview 3 5y
0 Which school is better for a finance major, UCI or UMass Amherst? 1 5y
0 Consumer MM/Specific Industry 1 5y
+2 Tech Trends 2 5y
+4 SPAC Exit Opps 8 5y
0 WSO Networking guide 1 5y
+21 Big 4 TAS/FDD -> Big 4 Corp fin(IBD) 9 5y
+39 Things to automate in IB 32 5y
+4 IBD in Canada 2 5y
0 Recruiting FT While Interning As SA 6 5y
0 How to lateral to IB for FT? 2 5y
0 Does CS pay a signing bonus? 1 5y
+8 JP Morgan Strategic Investments Group 6 5y
+3 How to stay updated with deals? 1 5y
+3 Barclays layoffs ? 3 5y
+60 Am I compensated fairly as an Analyst in NYC? 20 5y
0 Anyone know the status quo of JPM TMT London? 1 5y
0 RBC SA 2022 Updated Thread 2 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 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

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 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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