+18 How much Credit Card Debt? 28 11y
+60 Bringing a basic model to an interview? 65 11y
+36 Follow-up to someone who did not respond 25 11y
+15 Firm legally bound to pay out my bonus if I give them two week resignation notice post-performance review but pre-payroll date? 15 11y
0 Blackstone M&A SA 2015 3 11y
0 --NUKED-- 10 11y
+31 What about the Average Joe? 7 11y
0 M&I Guide for PE? 1 11y
0 Oil slowdown ----> layoffs? 11 11y
0 HK Boutique IB SA No Application Updates 1 11y
0 Show off-cycle internship on Linkedin while applying for SA? 4 11y
0 How many invites versus actual hire for interns? 4 11y
0 WSO Weekly Wrap-Up (12/12-12/19) 0 11y
+30 Metals & Mining Interview Question? 9 11y
0 Client Referral. 3 11y
0 GS & CS SA interview rejection 8 11y
0 Do companies check employment history of places not listed on resume? 2 11y
0 Please delete, 4 11y
0 Stay in audit or get a MSF 12 11y
0 Financial metrics in the car-rental industry? 1 11y
+6 JP Morgan CIB Summer Analyst Interviews 11 11y
0 AMEX SPG points during IB training 0 11y
0 How to *APPROPRIATELY* Find Out Why You Didn't Get the Offer? 9 11y
0 What Investment Banks are Still Recruiting? 1 11y
+10 Acquisition - Corporate Level v Asset Level 7 11y
0 Goldman Sachs never hires applicants from PwC FT.. why? 6 11y
+1 GS NYC email address change? 3 11y
+7 N/A Deleted Topic Thread 6 11y
0 What do you want that you can't buy? 8 11y
0 All-In Compensation and Taxes for First-Year Analyst 9 11y
0 Baird energy associate 1 11y
0 S&T first round? 2 11y
+31 How to Convince Grandma I'm Ready 38 11y
0 excess/general tax benefits from stock based compensation 13 11y
0 Should I take an Internship within Finance (Middle/Back Office) as opposed to waiting and applying for an IBD Internship 2 11y
+2 What To Do When You Could Not Understand Your Interviewer's Name on the Phone 4 11y
+6 Baird IBD Interview... how to prepare for a video interview? 17 11y
0 IB Associate Street Pay 21 11y
+4 What should I spend my break doing? 10 11y
+6 Not Hearing Back 1 day after IBD Superday - Failed it? 17 11y
0 Company Interview Magister 9 11y
0 Working with buyer vs seller in M&A transaction 0 11y
0 Is it alright to to use Breaking Into Wallstreet or Udemy during downtime? 1 11y
0 What's the difference to you? 1 11y
+23 M&A exit opps are a lie 11 11y
+26 Deleted Post -- 20 11y
0 Who is still recruiting? SA 2015 14 11y
0 CS SF Superday Dec 5 2 11y
0 Keeping contacts "updated on your process" 1 11y
+23 Jefferies vs. Barclays, UBS, BAML & Deutsche 10 11y
+2 Cheapest Way to Live in the City during SA stint 2 11y
0 The Bancorp (US Bank) Investment Bank...thoughts 0 11y
0 How Does This Get Me A Raise? 0 11y
0 OCR vs. Direct (BB) 1 11y
+4 Jefferies vs. WF vs. RBC for SA 9 11y
+2 Pretest for Incoming IB Analysts 3 11y
0 Global vs Corporate vs Merchant vs Investment Banking 1 11y
+167 Ask DickFuld November 2014 148 11y
0 goldman superday SA 2015 12 11y
+9 Two Investment Banking BB Super Days on the Same Day. What Should I do? 12 11y
0 What's the better opportunity? 1 11y
0 DCM or M&A 6 11y
0 How much revenue does your banking group bring in? 8 11y
0 Modeling the IS - in what order do you list the line items? 4 11y
0 Barclays Restructuring & Finance? 2 11y
0 Citi SOARS superday 2014 11 11y
0 Moelis & Co intern perspective 0 11y
0 Write back to interviewer? 10 11y
+53 eb ft but.. 36 11y
0 Healthcare M&A 4 11y
0 Trends in E&P Banking? 5 11y
0 IBD addresses 1 11y
+51 Fun moments in IB 44 11y
0 Associate Sign-On Bonus Date? 3 11y
0 Post-Super Day Etiquette 2 11y
+6 asdafl;sdkj 6 11y
0 Opportunity to join IBD analyst class outside of OCR 2 11y
+9 Chance Me - The Goldman Sachs 23 11y
+30 IBD Target Recruiting w/ 3.0+ GPA: Parent Sick and Passed Away. 32 11y
0 DCM to MM PE 10 11y
+50 Wells Fargo Muni/Pub Fin 38 11y
0 Comments Section and Cover Letter? 0 11y
0 How many MBA FT Associates is Greenhill hiring this year? 10 11y
+21 What Would You Choose Out of Undergrad? 5 11y
0 Goldman Sachs On-Campus Recruiting Question 1 11y
0 Who on your team selects the potential acquirers for a company? How do you do it? 1 11y
0 xx__ 4 11y
+43 What is wrong with bankers?! 27 11y
0 Income statement modeling 2 11y
+39 Ethics Test - Sharing Secret Documents 22 11y
0 Transaction Support vs Restructing at EY (for IB/PE skills & exit opps) 2 11y
+8 Have any of you monkeys ever done any "Don'ts" said on WSO and lived to tell the tale? 5 11y
0 How to evaluate boutique investment banks? 2 11y
0 Deleted this topicc 7 11y
0 Information on BAML Real Estate IB 9 11y
+22 GPA Post-banking 7 11y
0 Deleted98i 10 11y
+15 Harris Williams, Houilhan Lokey or Piper Jaffray 18 11y
+25 Networking with global Ibanking head at top BB 12 11y
0 PE & IB: Distressed Investing/M&A/Restructuring 5 11y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan No 97.1%

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  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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