+33 Corporate Finance Qualification - Any insight? 10 10y
+33 Is anyone else getting irritated with the frequency of "different strokes for different folks" on this site? 86 14y
+33 Banking versus Trading - Did a summer in S&T 20 13y
+33 question about quarters 9 14y
+33 Perella/Moelis/Cowen/Miller Buckfire/Lincoln Int/Peter Soloman/Macquarie 18 9y
+33 Former Goldman Smokeshow Killing It as Webpreneur 18 13y
+33 Credit at top 5 bank or Financial Analyst at large company just outside of F500 (end goal is M&A or ER) 13 3y
+33 Bonus Bananas December 7, 2012 10 13y
+33 I've lost hope in everything. 13 13y
+33 Jefferies vs. Goldman 22 3y
+33 Special Announcement: 6 Free Financial Modeling Lessons from WSO 11 13y
+33 Psychology in the boardroom 13 13y
+33 Why is iBanking culture so conservative? 27 13y
+33 Summer Analysts... How's it Going So Far? 62 13y
+33 Technical question: NOLs, Beta, etc 23 13y
+33 Bonus Bananas October 18, 2013 24 12y
+33 Stumped by tough interview question 33 12y
+33 Basic Debt Financing Scenario 13 12y
+33 Non-Target School, Transfer for IBD/BB? 20 6y
+33 Suntory buys Beam, Pays 20x EBITDA 19 6y
+33 Offer scenarios: PWP vs JPM and Citi vs Barcap 10 12y
+33 HL FAS Group - Any thoughts on work, lifestyle, comp, exit opps? 26 10y
+33 Not So Fast: @GSElevator Loses Book Deal 34 12y
+33 Valuation Question - Dealerships with Floor Plan Financing 15 12y
+33 Incorrect GPA on Resume due to Mistake ... Advice? 46 11y
+33 Following Up on a Cold Email after No Response 61 9y
+33 Reneging Full-Time BB for MM PE Analyst 15 6y
+33 Help: Working with MD 22 11y
+33 Having a girlfriend as a young investment banker 20 11y
+33 Physics or Finance Degree? 24 11y
+33 qwerty 36 11y
+33 Drug tests - Getting busted? 43 10y
+33 Leveraged Recapitalization Model? 12 11y
+33 Join military before I graduate, or after I graduate? How would each choice affect a career in finance? 14 4y
+33 BB as a 2nd year lateral or top MM as a 1st year? Want to get into PE. Need Career Advice ! 14 8y
+33 Reuters IBD Global Review 2015 13 10y
+33 Please don't ask "What's the culture like at...XYZ" 9 10y
+33 Real Estate Investment Banking - Is this is ridiculous move? 38 8y
+33 Evercore vs Lazard vs Moelis 22 6y
+33 Would You Buy a Mentor? 11 10y
+33 Impact of cash dividend on EV in tax free world 25 4y
+33 Duties of an investment banker. 19 3y
+33 Beginning Your Career in a Recession 19 9y
+33 Best Laptop for IB work? 57 9y
+33 Best ways to stay organized as a first year analyst? 28 10y
+33 Houston - Jefferies, TPH, Simmons 19 6y
+33 Buyside Recruiting prospects from top group at Mid-Tier BB 10 10y
+33 How do you return to investment banking from the buyside? 5 6y
+33 Middle Market/Boutique Recruitment 56 9y
+33 Need IB career advice and guidance, help! 14 6y
+33 Depreciation in COGS and EBITDA 13 8y
+33 Are The Bears Emerging From Hibernation? 5 9y
+33 RBC Exit Opps - Reconsidered 12 5y
+33 Moelis vs. Evercore vs. PJT 14 6y
+33 Goldman Sachs London vs. Morgan Stanley NY IBD SA 17 6y
+33 Will I pass my background check??? 23 8y
+33 Modeling (DCF, LBO, and M&A) practice 36 6y
+33 Which factor has more influence on P/E ratio? the P? or the E? 10 9y
+33 Top Finance Blogs (IBD / PE) 19 9y
+33 How do I put my money to work? 8 6y
+33 Q&A: 2.2 GPA Non-Target in Banking 7 9y
+33 Working in a low tier Bank 21 9y
+33 How late should I stay? 18 9y
+33 Is investment banking a fraud? 23 9y
+33 How do these job offers compare? 19 9y
+33 Undergraduate USC Marshall vs. UVA 6 6y
+33 What are good questions to ask senior level bankers? 13 9y
+33 Are MSF's / MMS the absolute biggest scams out there given the change in IBD recruiting? 19 8y
+33 M&A Process at a bank 10 7y
+33 Corporate Finance Institute Reviews - CFI 15 6y
+33 Title Hierarchy at Citi vs BAML vs Morgan Stanley 18 3y
+33 Networking with limited time 14 8y
+33 Goldman Salt Lake City Office (and other Big Name but 'small fish' locations) 7 6y
+33 How Visas work for Canadians 18 6y
+33 Guggenheim Restructuring? 27 7y
+33 Amazon Taking On The Pharmaceutical Industry 10 8y
+33 Buyside Recruiting on OPT 9 8y
+33 Public Finance vs General IB 26 8y
+33 Investment Banking Recruitment Dying Down... What are my options? 13 4y
+33 Overtime Hours 17 8y
+33 What banks are more accepting of non-targets? 35 6y
+33 Accepted BB Offer- Now Invited to Visit Offices Before Internship- Normal? 11 5y
+33 Valuation of a $10M company with 50% licensing and 50% service revenue 8 8y
+33 How to forecast the Free Cash Flow? 16 8y
+33 Transfer to Target - Too Much Damage Already Done? 19 8y
+33 Increase in Cap-ex decreases your EV in DCF but increases your EV when moving from Equity value to EV? 10 8y
+33 LBO - financing fees 10 6y
+33 IB: Australia transferring to Abroad 12 6y
+33 Thoughts on Cowen NY HC group? 21 6y
+33 What is the hierarchy of 'Senior Analyst' in BB? 13 8y
+33 Best MM IB for MM PE placement 24 8y
+33 Can international students in Australia break into IB? 15 6y
+33 Top Healthcare IB Groups/Firms - Europe 18 6y
+33 Would you tell an MD you got other offers? 10 8y
+33 DB to make "painful" cuts in U.S. and Asia IB segments 32 6y
+33 Why is Nobody Talking About Silicon Valley Bank? 12 1y
+33 Outsourcing IB work to India/abroad? 18 5y
+33 Earning work in Internship 14 8y
+33 1st year analyst - Uncertain about moving from the NYC office to the SF office 14 6y
+33 UBS UK coverage team 13 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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