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+167 Double or Nothing: How UBS Lost the Deal 20 1mo
+167 Poor Reputation in My Group - Should I Leave? 31 6mo
+167 Breaking: JPM may now “reconsider your employment” if you participate in oncycle and accept a PE offer 35 1y
+167 Working at SVB TMT is Paradise 23 3y
+167 Is it really so demanding to work in IB? 64 3y
+167 Maintaining physique in IB 76 4y
+167 Guys, seriously stop asking for Hirevue questions 29 6y
+167 Status Symbols in IB 53 9y
+167 Snitch on Friend Who Lied to Get SA Offer? 96 10y
+167 Ask DickFuld November 2014 148 11y
+166 Sent my Claude prompt to 200+ Teams chat. MD wants to see me Monday. 49 4h
+166 PSA - Always Call Former Employees 24 2y
+166 MBA associate looking to leave 110 1y
+166 Q&A: Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry 107 3mo
+166 Signing Bonus on Ft offer 144 4y
+166 Where do the IBD Rejects go? 57 6y
+166 The Infamous Goldman Interviewee Lands an Offer at GS 78 7y
+166 Your Height May Keep You From Getting A Job 273 4y
+165 Banks with Best Comp + People? 114 5mo
+165 Where do top Wharton UG students go 72 3y
+165 Talent / Industry is Dying 51 6mo
+165 If IB Junior Analysts were covered like Sports 15 3y
+165 Would you stay in IB if you had a 25MM trust fund? 57 3y
+165 Baller shit to do in a 80h+ work week 78 3y
+165 I want to quit already… 63 3y
+165 What is your MD driving? 151 3y
+165 Terrible Boutiques Megathread 172 5y
+165 Most Mundane Shit 131 6y
+165 How Do You Deal With the BB Sweatshop Hours? 106 6y
+164 Goldman layoffs 65 1y
+164 What are the top 5 Middle Market Investment Banks these days? 72 2y
+164 Worst Mistake you've ever made in an interview? Can it beat mine 75 3y
+164 Los Angeles IB 117 4y
+164 What do you guys think the catalyst will be for the next recession? 103 6y
+164 Any front office African Americans in IB? 140 8y
+163 UBS TMT Head Very Wealthy yet Doesn’t Really Buy the Team Drinks 53 8mo
+163 Why doesn’t BofA fire underperformers? 46 1y
+163 Sortino – Free Logo Tool for IB 17 2y
+163 JP Morgan is Better than Morgan Stanley 103 3y
+163 Any word on potential IBD layoffs? 103 3y
+163 Do bankers tend to over exaggerate hours? 100 4y
+163 How common is it for an investment banker to make 7 figures? 32 5y
+163 Rothschild = Goldman Sachs of Europe 39 3y
+163 Toxic Masculinity in Finance 53 5y
+163 43 Diversity Recruiting Programs at Investment Banks - The Most Exhaustive List 43 6y
+163 Using LinkedIn for Networking 223 8y
+162 Edited — no longer recruiting 40 8mo
+162 How to survive IB analyst years 29 3mo
+162 Do I Tell My Associate He Might Not Get VP 30 2y
+162 ELI5: Why do tech workers make IB money and barely do any work 75 1mo
+162 How to Lose My Ego 66 3y
+162 2 months in and I want to quit 31 2y
+162 What was the lowest moment of your professional career? 54 3y
+162 Cannot do another year in IB....my life has already completely faded away and I am in a quite dark place. 57 3y
+162 What would you say if you could talk to your past self when you were a new IB analyst? 32 4y
+162 Waking up in the morning (recommendations) 78 4y
+162 Thoughts on Blackstone adjusting their recruiting process? 64 4y
+162 JPM London: Horror Stories on Junior Staff Cuts 45 6y
+162 Is everyone's experience this brutal? 27 6y
+162 Three Reasons Back Office isn't that bad. 77 9y
+162 Week 1 of IBD Internship: Training 28 7y
+162 60 Minutes - Strategic Foreclosure 105 16y
+161 Mayday, Mayday: Key UBS Leaders (Former Barclays MDs) Abandoning Ship 28 2w
+161 MEGA THREAD: Debt Capital Markets Information 74 9mo
+161 Resilience in the face of rejection 42 2y
+161 tipping point - mental breakdown 38 5y
+161 Goldman Sachs Early Careers 514 4y
+161 Do I Fit in Finance? Am I Too old? 44 6y
+161 Q&A: Investment Banking in Singapore 161 4y
+161 HL RX vs Evercore RX vs PJT RSSG 69 3y
+161 Recently hired IB analyst - why was this hard to break into? 43 1y
+161 Thoughts on PJT Partners? 35 3y
+161 Ask a 2nd Year IB Analyst 116 6y
+160 Has UBS become one big echo chamber? 50 5mo
+160 Quit or keep stacking? (26 with ~$400K saved) 60 9mo
+160 8 figure comp in IB/PE compared to Tech? 53 1y
+160 fuck poorly integrated rollup sell-side mandates. all my homies HATE unintegrated rollups 37 2y
+160 Lazard and Jefferies A&D Groups 49 1y
+160 How to become a God at finance? 50 3y
+160 Barclays SA 2020 283 5y
+160 GS Veterans Integration Program (VIP) 2019 186 5y
+160 Where is the compensation in banking? Is it worth taking a pay cut for the long-term prospects? 54 6y
+160 Where is the "big" money now? 136 9y
+160 What's the future of Investment Banking 173 13y
+160 NYU Stern not good enough? 222 9y
+159 UBS CEO Hints at US acquisition, Lack of US Growth 19 1mo
+159 Greenhill Reputation 2024 105 1y
+159 Why is everyone at Jefferies so hot? 28 2y
+159 Made a joke with my associate today and it didn’t go down well… 72 3y
+159 BofA raises junior banker base salaries by at least 10%. 143 2y
+159 Why do lawyers do so well in finance? 50 2y
+159 Is Deutsche Bank really that bad? (NYC) 49 1y
+159 What is a Goldman Sachs Superday like? 47 4y
+159 2016 Summer Analyst IB Recruiting Timeline Megathread 559 8y
+159 Resigning - Termination 131 10y
+159 Investment Banking in Los Angeles 235 3y
+158 Feeling Guilty 25 10mo
+158 I DID IT 31 2y

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June 2026 Investment Banking

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