+42 Should I go back to banking from PE? 23 11mo
+41 Moelis PCA vs Lower tier BB Coverage 32 2d
+41 I don’t think investment banking is the way for me anymore 33 1mo
+41 Should I go back into a junior IBD role for comp? 19 2mo
+41 2026 Investment Banking Return Offer Climate 25 2mo
+41 Nauseous every morning for past 3 years in IB, anyone else? 21 2mo
+41 UBS Groups Ranked by Future Outlook 20 4mo
+41 NYU Stern or UVA Mcintire 58 5mo
+41 UBS IB Chi or JPM Corporate Banking Chi 23 6mo
+41 RBC IB Layoffs?? 57 7mo
+41 Dinner with Partner - Offer to Pay? 18 8mo
+41 Deutsche Bank Team 36 3mo
+41 Late to the Party: Full-Time IB Recruiting Advice For a Senior 19 10mo
+41 Who Has More Aura? GS Vs. Evercore 33 10mo
+40 UBS IB Balance Sheet Set to take a Hit 10 2w
+40 22yo IB Analyst just had mental health breakdown 12 1mo
+40 IB RO Discussion 8 1mo
+40 Fired during interview 8 2mo
+40 Stay at Weak Dealflow Team or Lateral? 12 2mo
+40 STEM student lost in London IB recruiting 23 1mo
+40 Investment Banking is Hard 17 3mo
+40 Background check issue IB Full Time 22 3mo
+40 Do you learn more in middle market? 6 5mo
+40 Jeff , SMFG takeover ? 21 6mo
+40 Lied slightly about gpa? 27 4mo
+40 Best Banks and Groups to Become a Banker for Longer Than 2 Years? 30 7mo
+40 So How Does One FT Recruit?? 7 3mo
+40 Lifestyle Group Rankings 13 7mo
+40 UBS Exits 20 2mo
+40 Lateralling as a 3rd Year Analyst Shortly Before Associate Promotion 25 9mo
+40 FT 2026 Recruiting 20 4mo
+40 Anyone Else Get Annoyed by YourFinanceBrother on IG / Tiktok? 22 11mo
+39 How do I know when I’m relying too heavily on ai for IB technicals? Or should I just avoid it? 12 1mo
+39 What do you say to ppl who don’t know EVR/LAZ/CVP/PJT 28 3mo
+39 How to be satisfied 23 3mo
+39 EB Exits (Now 2026) 16 4mo
+39 What’s the deal with Greenhill? 19 2mo
+39 Q1' 2026 RX IB & RX Co. Rankings (Octus) 37 5mo
+39 Cornell Dyson vs NYU Stern vs Berkeley Econ vs UMich Ross 43 1mo
+39 US Department of War Recruiting Bankers (Recruiting Deck Included Below) 42 1mo
+39 Top banks for Power & Utilities M&A? (2026) 52 2mo
+39 IB influencers? 7 7mo
+39 London AN1 rent & where to stay 30 8mo
+39 What did I do wrong? 30 8mo
+39 Fastest/Craziest Promotion Timelines You've Seen 27 6mo
+39 120K Stratops Analyst (big tech) vs. 210K Finance Associate Role 11 8mo
+39 Private Capital Fundraising/Distribution? 11 6mo
+39 Prestige of finance went down hard? 34 8mo
+39 SA 27 Recruiting - Already fried 4 8mo
+39 Q&A: Director @ Kroll (ex Duff & Phelps) – Mid-Market M&A, Modeling That Actually Gets Used, and What IB Looks Like Outside GS/MS 27 3mo
+39 Lateral Promotion Risks? 12 10mo
+39 Any I Bankers who play Clash Royale down to have a coffee chat? 8 11mo
+38 Q&A | Investment Banking Analyst, UBS | 2 years in investment banking 11 2w
+38 BofA Campus Insights HireVue 63 1d
+38 No RO and Dark Thoughts 11 2mo
+38 Any Muslims in IB/High Finance? What's your experience been like? 31 1mo
+38 Quick Thoughts on CVC AI Sale Process 8 2mo
+38 Going out / social schedule as AN1 16 2mo
+38 Handling frustration 5 3mo
+38 How to Prep for Advanced Investment Banking Technical Interviews 9 5mo
+38 Lazard NYC return offers 13 5mo
+38 Penn State vs Fordham vs Indiana Bloomington 29 7mo
+38 SA2027 Canadian IB Recruiting: U.S. Pullback = Tougher Toronto Cycle? 6 8mo
+38 Bad mid year/first year reviews and improving after? 7 9mo
+38 PWP vs JEFF vs MOE London 31 8mo
+38 Quitting 2Y EB IB for Peace Corps: Is this Insane? What are Job Prospects After? 14 11mo
+38 Done BIWS/WSO course - How to build modelling intuition / discernment from scratch 8 11mo
+38 PoC Bankers 17 11mo
+38 Struggling with Recruitment and why is it so damn early 17 11mo
+37 Taking days off as an intern 19 3mo
+37 JP banker poached by Citi is a menace 17 5mo
+37 Incoming freshman at UConn looking for advice 12 5mo
+37 VP/Director at top BB/EB. ~$2.5-3M saved. Stuck. 10 6mo
+37 Is JEF the cockroach? 13 7mo
+37 deletreeee 31 7mo
+37 Claude is getting scarily good 10 5mo
+37 UNBIASED RANKING/TIER LIST— JOBS OUT OF UNDERGRAD 30 7mo
+37 Terrified of being the "slow intern." 23 7mo
+37 Lateralling in the age of AI 11 6mo
+37 Most luxurious office you've seen? 56 1mo
+37 Whats the best way to learn Financial Modelling from scratch and for someone with nonfinance background. - please advice 10 11mo
+37 Advice: Bankers asking technicals during coffee chats.. 11 11mo
+37 OpenAI Hiring Ex-Bankers 30 11mo
+37 Thoughts on Factset for PE/IB? 13 11mo
+36 If Investment Banks Were Divorced Dads 12 2w
+36 Most technical groups? 18 1mo
+36 Quitting for travel break? 16 3w
+36 Breaking into Healthcare IB 11 1mo
+36 [WSO MODS] Please Delete This BS Host Books Spam! 3 2mo
+36 Summer Class is wild 19 4mo
+36 Incoming IB Analyst: Best Ways to Prepare? 13 4mo
+36 Are search funds just wage-c**k factories? 11 4mo
+36 The Madison Group - Morgan Stanley 9 2mo
+36 Top Groups at Moelis 47 2mo
+36 RBC Deal Flow 6 2mo
+36 Incoming Oxford PPE Student → Sovereign Wealth Fund (Dubai/London?) 34 5mo
+36 ESSEC MiM vs ESCP MiM — Italian guy (non-French speaker) 23 6mo
+36 Flaming Out - What have Others Experienced? 8 6mo
+36 My Story: USA 2027 SA Cycle as International Needing Visa 7 7mo
+36 The intern groupchat is already making me spiral. 10 7mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 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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