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+6 Institutional Equity Sales MD comp 5 5y
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+18 International Student deferring a semester and IB recruiting 8 5y
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0 Credit Suisse (London) teams 13 5y
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+25 Thought Exercise / Interview Question about EBITDA 12 5y
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+30 Just How Bad is 2021 Recruiting This Year? 17 5y
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+29 Rhodes Scholar vs IB? 8 5y
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+109 New WSO LIVE - Report Bugs PLEASE 339 5y
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+9 Associate Base Pay Rising Across Street 21 5y
+14 What other firms are you interviewing with? 8 5y
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+15 How to REALLY Shine During Interview/Superday 3 5y
+23 Infrastructure Investment Banking 2020 10 5y
+12 BB IB Internship - Introduction Interview experience 0 5y
+28 I can totally handle IB level pressure ! 24 5y
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+18 BB IBD SA 2021 Headcount Decreasing? 24 5y
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+21 IB SA 2021 Swag 36 5y
+12 IBD Summer associate after-tax pay? 9 5y
+7 What is the best group to be in? 13 5y
+10 Best Groups at Citi IB 20 5y
0 GS bringing employees back 1 5y
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+11 Oxford Commas? 7 5y
0 ... 0 5y
+55 Why does this forum look down on sales roles so much? 29 5y
+27 DCM Salary 20 5y
+9 Why Did You Attend Your University [Interview Question] 0 5y
+8 Which has more interesting work - capital markets or corporate banking? 2 5y
+34 Apollo Credit vs BB IBD 10 5y
+18 Cant choose between LSE and SSE 18 5y
0 Placement agent --> IB? 0 5y
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+32 Enterprise value confusion? 13 5y
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  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

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

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

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