0 cs sa ibd offer in hk but no interview in cs ny, what should i do? 8 6y
0 Cold-call/Email Firms not in your area? 1 6y
+34 Citi slipping down the league tables drastically 27 6y
0 Offer Decisions 6 6y
0 BAML NY Done with recruiting? 13 6y
+38 Choose Asset Management over IBD? Help! 28 6y
0 Offer Help - Insight on culture and hours/salary? 3 6y
0 Credit Suisse Advisory Services or Entertainment and Media 0 6y
+24 SA Macquarie IBD vs. Nomura IBD (both in NYC) 10 6y
0 Wells Fargo - M&A group located in NY or SF? 5 6y
+14 To be accepted in a top-10 MBA program: BCG or Citigroup? 17 6y
+8 Evercore NY Culture 18 6y
0 Another offer decision thread 6 6y
+77 What was it like working in finance when the Crisis hit? 39 6y
+246 Why YOU Aren't Getting Offers 79 6y
+8 UBS ECM vs. KBW banks group?? 3 6y
0 Barclays vs. Evercore? 14 6y
0 wells fargo compensation post? 3 6y
+2 nyc housing w other sex 16 6y
0 For Sale: Smith & Wollensky's Gift Cards 3 6y
+16 PWP v. DB v. Rothschild (NY) 24 6y
+12 MS tech menlo park or barcap ibd nyc 8 6y
0 BAML NY SA 3 6y
+33 Job Offer Revoked for Misdemeanor? 37 6y
0 hours outside of NY, Chicago, SF, Houston--they do exist 2 6y
+10 Lazard Middle Market vs. UBS 22 6y
0 MIT Private Equity Symposium 2 6y
0 Part time masters while an analyst 4 6y
+4 CASTING DOCUMENTARY FILM on WOMEN IN FINANCE 10 6y
+44 Eastdil Secured - Culture, hours, dealflow, on the investment banking side? 76 6y
+11 Barcap Nat Res and Power 9 6y
0 Rebel Libyans Get Ready to Attack Tripoli, Protests in NYC 2 6y
0 Transferring to Semi-Target. Recommendations? 16 6y
+12 Wing Chau Sues Author of the Big Short! 2 6y
0 Transfer to New York 6 6y
+7 London Analyst Bonus<NYC Analyst Bonus? 4 6y
0 Barcap vs. CS vs. Moelis 4 6y
0 NYC Temporary Housing (Not for SA) 3 6y
0 IBD Boutique in CHINA or IBD boutique in US? Please help.. 23 6y
0 BMO Bonus Pools NYC 5 6y
0 Public Finance in Asia & Europe 1 6y
+18 BusinessWeek 2011 Undergrad Rankings 51 6y
+12 ANY EXPERIENCED INST SALES GUYS OUT THERE? 3+ YEARS... 3 6y
0 Sophomore - Boutique IBD Summer Analyst or MM IBD Summer Intern 4 6y
0 please help me!I want to start a company ^-^ 3 6y
0 How Long....? - Losing 2 years of earnings? 3 6y
0 Huge Thank You and Group Advice 4 6y
0 Need NYC housing from late-March to mid-June 2 6y
+20 New York Life- Investment Management 20 6y
+52 Deutsche Bank Discriminates Against Indian Rainmaker 29 6y
+5 NYC TO LA? 16 6y
+10 Legal alien... From Paris to NYC 8 6y
0 Anyone NYC SA looking for a Roomate in the Financial District/TriBeCa area? 0 6y
0 Ivy Recruiting in Chicago 10 6y
0 Signing Bonus and State Taxes 5 6y
0 Are IB summer internships in London good enough for NY FT? 18 6y
0 Starving... 3 6y
+32 Silver Bananas to give out 24 6y
+2 Sexless in the city? 5 6y
+6 Monday Morning Blues? 5 6y
0 GS Internship Workshop 4 6y
0 Rotating to Foreign Office After 2 Years 6 6y
0 Junior Year Strategy Session 1 6y
0 IB networking sessions 2 6y
+12 Internship in Investment banking with BBA in Hospitality Management 5 6y
0 help me sneak out of work 6 6y
0 S&T Prestige 33 6y
0 NYC Summer housing near JP Morgan 11 6y
0 Unusual situation, help. 4 6y
0 Analysts - Do you share a bedroom? 20 6y
0 where to find good computer programmers in NYC 24 6y
0 How to transfer to NYC 0 6y
0 How to transfer to NYC 5 6y
+7 Aspiring lawyer turned aspiring banker - looking for guidance 2 6y
+16 Can us bankers take the home office tax deduction for working at home? 9 6y
+20 Boston College vs. Carnegie Mellon Tepper: which is better for a future in IB? 26 6y
+13 Can we agree to something on WSO? 8 6y
0 Citi: Power versus Energy? 11 6y
0 Boston University Economics Major 8 6y
+9 How are Thomson Reuters League tables calculated? 0 6y
+40 Big 4 First Year Salary and Bonus 42 6y
0 Kolping House NYC 3 6y
0 Silicon Valley - Analyst Food 1 6y
0 High School Senior - M&A 1 6y
+9 Please Advise: Groups 12 6y
+20 IBD Internship in Japan 5 6y
+43 Villanova or Boston College 36 6y
0 Which non-US cities typical have Investment Banking tech groups? 1 6y
0 2012 Spring Semester Internship??? 4 6y
+10 Sophomore Summer Question 2 6y
0 Own/Rent Manhattan 8 6y
0 EQ/IB pharma background - Second year pharm student 0 6y
+1 Ipad - Worth it? 17 6y
0 Middle Market SA schools 17 6y
+28 GS Internal Audit vs. BarCap Tech vs. JPM Tech 9 6y
+38 Freshman at a Non-Target 21 6y
0 UBS Leveraged Finance Credit, Morgan Stanley TMT Credit, or RBC Capital Markets TMT Corporate Banking 8 6y
0 Largest J.P. Morgan Fraud Exposed 8 6y
0 NYC FT Analyst Take Home Pay 5 6y
0 Bed Bugs NYC 8 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • 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
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