+114 Non-Traditional Background - How'd you get your foot in the door? 121 8y
+3 BNP Paribas Corporate Credit Management 1 8y
+2 How do you learn to format models? 3 8y
+3 EY Valuation and modelling offers 1 8y
+29 Suits Episode - Investment Bankers vs. Lawyers Line? 42 8y
+12 Question regarding EV-Bridge (NCI, Equity Investments) 1 8y
+9 Lying about exploding offer? 12 8y
+10 Help! Addicted to WSO 16 8y
0 Business minor or 6 month internship? 2 8y
+15 ECM to coverage 1 8y
0 Too Late? What are my options? 4th year in November, just starting to cold email 1 8y
+10 Applied Math vs. Economics Major 3 8y
+20 JPM SF Tech IBD SA Superday 10/20 23 8y
+58 EquitySim Recruiting 32 8y
+55 First round phone screen interview with HR... answers to have for sure? 91 8y
+20 Can someone help break this down for me? 7 8y
0 Barclays vs UBS Summer internship 2 8y
+27 Will "quanty" bankers have an advantage? 6 8y
0 All stock accretion dilution w/ different market caps and P/E multiples 1 8y
+11 How bad/is it that bad to submit more than one summer internship application to JP Morgan? 6 8y
+12 Odd-Referred to scheduled time w/ BB analyst alum- never responded-anyone experience same? insight? 7 8y
+25 Best way to follow up/ resume push 7 8y
0 JP Morgan Middle office/Back office pay/hours? 0 8y
+3 Knowledge Required Pre-Wall Street Prep Modelling? 1 8y
+28 How hard would it be to lateral into Investment Banking for FT 16 8y
+24 Career Advice Needed: I made some fucking bad choices 28 8y
+3 TD Bank DCM FT Analyst Position Application 1 8y
+34 On Hold - what to do now? 38 8y
0 Networking - good conversation, offered referral, bad response to my follow up 2 8y
+3 Where do I go from here? Undergrad unsure how to continue finding a FT job 1 8y
+32 Leveraged Finance vs. Corporate Banking? 11 8y
+6 Anyone know anything about GS Urban Investment Group? 1 8y
+6 Stifel Reputation? 1 8y
+3 Cold-Emailing Tactic? 1 8y
+13 Hey WSO, what's your advice? 1 8y
+1 When do banks do background checks? 4 8y
0 Berekeley Research Group Corporate Finance 1 8y
+12 Advice, Input and/or Leads needed 1 8y
+3 Alpha Hard Reload- It's Easy If You Do It Smart 1 8y
+10 How to prepare for a finance job? 1 8y
+9 Goldman Sachs Engineering Superday 1 8y
+12 Any firms still recruiting? 1 8y
0 Drug screen status successfull? 1 8y
+13 Bond: what do you mean by when you say bond outperformed index by so and so bps since this date? 4 8y
+33 Will I pass my background check??? 23 8y
+15 Polyphasic Sleep: pros and cons 25 8y
+1 IB Lateraling Prospects 3 8y
+5 FT Partners Interview Process 25 8y
+20 CISI Certificate in Corporate Finance - worth it? 5 8y
+14 What groups at BlackRock would you take over mid-tier BB IBD? 20 8y
+8 Dress Code- Networking with Alumni/ Networking in general 10 8y
+21 Submit IB summer 2018 analyst app with no networking, or wait and network then submit later? 6 8y
+16 Info interview: "I rec. connecting with others in your network" 11 8y
+13 Oddest jobs that lateraled into Investment Banking 11 8y
+9 Sophomore Summer Internship Advice (Analytics vs Boutique) 1 8y
0 Interview with MDs 2 8y
0 Case Study Trouble 1 8y
+8 HK SA Decisions: Citi vs HSBC vs UBS IBD 8 8y
+12 Sophomore needs advice 1 8y
+144 Breaking into IBD 126 8y
+12 Big 3 Credit Rating Agencies: Structured Finance vs US Public Finance 1 8y
+12 Mizuho or Macquarie for IB? 6 8y
+12 KPMG EVS vs. Wells Fargo Public Finance 1 8y
+4 Bulge Bracket Application Question 1 8y
0 Is a S&T internship at JPM relevant to IB? 2 8y
+274 Facepalm moments at info sessions 96 8y
0 Credit Suisse Holt Valuation Challenge - 2016 3 8y
+28 Recommended resources for engineer moving to IB with no finance background? 10 8y
+14 What "industry knowledge" should I know when applying to an M&A firm? 6 8y
+14 Leveraged Buyout (LBO) - Where to learn more 10 8y
0 Nomura IBD SA Offers Update 2 8y
+12 Long Game Networking 1 8y
+12 How Screwed Am I? 1 8y
+3 Rejection after SD? 2 8y
0 IBD SA Resume Review 2 8y
+7 recap and sale of minority for owner distribution 1 8y
+3 Interview insight 1 8y
0 Financial reporting and analysis for valuation 1 8y
0 Advice for sophomore year 2 8y
+7 Evercore SA Superday 6 8y
0 Amateur's understanding of finance 9 8y
+3 What is up with my status? 1 8y
+98 I can't seem to get anywhere 29 8y
+12 Sending Christmas greetings to networking contacts? 7 8y
+16 What Banks Are Still Recruiting for SA 2018? 6 8y
0 Where to learn finance? 1 8y
+11 Repeating Interview Stories on Super Day 13 8y
+41 Enterprise value and equity value 20 8y
+9 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Capital Markets - Video Interview 1 8y
0 Earlier vs. Later Superday? What's Better? 3 8y
+15 Greenhill Real Assets Capital Advisory 16 8y
+31 credit risk summer analyst - morgan stanley interview 42 8y
+6 Financial Modeling and Valuation by Paul Pignataro 4 8y
+8 Houlihan Lokey FAS interviews and salaries 10 8y
+26 BAML vs. CS 32 8y
0 BAML LA IBD Thoughts? 4 8y
+20 GS TMT vs FIG 17 8y
+19 Citi M&A Group? 21 8y
0 Capital introduction vs. sales 4 8y
0 Buy side credit analyst 1 8y

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 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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