+32 How is group / team selection actually determined for analysts and/or interns? 11 6y
+32 Does Your Resume Have to be Black and White Standard Format? 22 7y
+32 Chicago SA 24 6y
+32 Stock Valuation: Why does DCF give us equity value close to the range of the current share price? 10 7y
+32 Should I come to the US or stay in my home country? 6 7y
+32 Qatalyst Partners First Round Interview for Full-Time 8 6y
+32 Columbia GS. Is it BS? 11 6y
+32 Interest deductibility 6 7y
+32 Post MBA IB Career End Game? 8 7y
+32 VP by 30? 27 5y
+32 Cowen and Company in 2019 30 5y
+32 Ares Summer 2020 75 6y
+32 List GPA on resume? 9 4y
+32 Comparison of College Athletes to Investment Banking 4 4y
+32 Keeping My Head Up... 3 4y
+32 Chopard vs Frederique vs Rolex 17 5y
+32 Goldman Sachs Salt Lake City IBD is being dissolved 38 4y
+32 Trouble getting superdays 8 6y
+32 What Do You Like To See When Students Reach Out to You? 7 6y
+32 Is It Good To Network With Professors 9 6y
+32 Furthest someone ever went to get into IB? 14 4y
+32 Urgent offer help needed 6 6y
+32 Tough Technical Question on Rollover Equity 4 6y
+32 Piper Jaffray Healthcare or Union Square Advisors Tech? - Urgent 15 6y
+32 Staying in touch after a rejection 12 6y
+32 How do I deal with regretting not getting elite academic credentials, when I could have? 10 6y
+32 Drug Test for SA roles 20 6y
+32 M&A KPMG vs Commercial Banking 12 6y
+32 Insider Trading at satellite office 9 4y
+32 Big four M&A team to IB? 12 6y
+32 Breaking into the IB/PE world 6 4y
+32 Leveraging SA at a BB for other FT offers? [London] 19 6y
+32 Lateralling Job Market 10 6y
+32 How to enter IB post MSF/what to do during MSF 7 6y
+32 IBD: feeling isolated from the rest of society 5 4y
+32 PE vs Corp Fin internship 18 6y
+32 Humiliate my Resume 20 6y
+32 How is time divided as IB analyst 16 6y
+32 Enterprise value confusion? 13 5y
+32 BGL and Co., thoughts? 24 5y
+32 BREAKING: NY Orders City-wide Quarantine: Finance Implications 16 6y
+32 Lincoln International 2021 SA? 73 4y
+32 Pass/Fail Basic Finance 17 6y
+32 PE Analyst -> PE Associate at another firm? Is this possible? 12 6y
+32 Deloitte Corporate Finance IB 4 4y
+32 JPM FT 2020 Onboarding Delay - COVID 19 36 6y
+32 Thoughts on how BofA will handle their SAs? 33 6y
+32 What's up with the European banks and SA 2020? (UBS, DB, Barclays) 13 6y
+32 Top groups at PWP 2020? 39 4y
+32 Question for Current M&A Analysts 7 6y
+32 What is a “top analyst”? 14 5y
+32 Advice For Incoming Freshman at a Non-Target 15 4y
+32 Python, R, Tableau in IB? 7 3y
+32 BB SIE, 63, & 79, what order do you take? Which is easiest? Hardest? 15 6y
+32 Offers Between Top BB and EB 18 4y
+32 URGENT: Take EB offer or wait for GS/MS/JP? 30 6y
+32 What is with the obsession with excel for IB (not powerpoint)? 10 6y
+32 Is it time to give up? 14 6y
+32 Is MBA really the proven path for IB 6 4y
+32 Personal Finance/Savings - Any tips? 9 4y
+32 Braking in to IB with a top 50 mba program ? 6 6y
+32 Accept offer or roll the dice? 20 6y
+32 Masters Degree Debate 23 3y
+32 Top US Project Finance Groups/Infrastructure PE Groups 2020 19 4y
+32 Hours in Canadian IB & Canadian Career Progression 8 4y
+32 Deferred Revenue - NWC peg 8 6y
+32 Is It Possible? Unorthodox background 6 5y
+32 Latest Rx advisor league tables? 10 4y
+32 IB - Non-technical Exit Opps? 23 1y
+32 2021 bank FT analyst recruitment 29 5y
+32 [IBD] Summer Analyst Tips 26 4y
+32 Critique My Why IB Interview Answer 12 6y
+32 GS OFFER RETURN RATE 37 5y
+32 What does a $5-10MM net worth actually afford you? 38 5y
+32 Can I lateral from DCM to IB coverage? 38 5y
+32 Low gpa and graduated during March 2020 17 5y
+32 ECM or DCM for exits & the next ~4-5 years 13 5y
+32 Easy IB working hour solution? 16 4y
+32 BB/EB 1Y analyst hours WFH 78 5y
+32 Moving to Strategy & Ops in London 15 5y
+32 Tell me about your friend circle, are they all in finance or also from different backgrounds 18 3y
+32 Would you leave a Tech BB for FT Partners? 24 5y
+32 Tell me you work in banking without telling me you work in banking 27 5y
+32 Updated thoughts on LionTree 12 5y
+32 Leaving IB for the military and then going back into IB/high finance 32 1mo
+32 Non-Target: Finally Made it 13 5y
+32 Advice for Series Exams 15 3y
+32 SF Bankers / Tech / PE - Which bars do you hang out at? 28 5y
+32 VDR Research 9 4y
+32 Plans for Kids? Private Equity or bust ? 18 5y
+32 Lazard AM --> Lazard IB? 21 4y
+32 does anyone take their Nicotine Fix in office ? 11 5y
+32 I need help figuring out how to get into Investment Banking 16 4y
+32 Lincoln International - Valuation & Opinions Group (VOG) 35 3mo
+32 Switching to “worse” job for promotion? 24 4y
+32 Rothschild (LDN) M&A or Debt Advisory/Restructuring? 10 4y
+32 Hedging for a recession 29 4y
+32 Literal Stratton Oakmont Level Job Description 11 4y
+32 I have terrible grammar/writing skills 22 4y
+32 IB in France 21 1y

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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