+27 Chill Senior Year or Take More Finance and Accounting Classes? 21 7y
+27 Summer Internship dress code | IBD London 7 6y
+27 Any past, present or future bankers care to weigh in? 14 3y
+27 529 Plan 13 5y
+27 Goldman Sachs Spring Internship London 11 6y
+27 Oxford vs Cambridge (vs LSE) - Undergrad 10 6y
+27 Full time offers London: JPM vs Moelis vs Lazard 9 6y
+27 2 different paths 1 decision. I'm stuck. 7 6y
+27 Taking a leave before hitting the desk 10 4y
+27 2020 SA Recruiting for International Student 11 6y
+27 Examples of a "bad" group culture and sweatshop or just "standard" in banking? 5 5y
+27 Calculating IRR of terminal value cash flow 10 6y
+27 No deal and no pipeline - waste of time? 9 7y
+27 State of the IB Associate hiring market? 18 3mo
+27 Part time job while in undergrad? 20 4y
+27 Am I Too Good Looking To Be A Banker?? 43 7y
+27 Credit Suisse Pymetrics Test 29 6y
+27 cost of equity question?? 8 6y
+27 Moelis Houston… Citi 2.0? 18 2y
+27 How to stay below the radar / do minimum work possible but still be a moderately good analyst 10 2y
+27 Working in IB with ADHD/ADD 15 3y
+27 Corporate Banking Bonuses 2022 - Analysts 11 4y
+27 Cold Email vs. Cold Call vs. Linkedin -- Networking Strategies in 2020 2 6y
+27 Accepted internship too early 6 6y
+27 JEFF ny vs ROTH ny vs WF ny 21 8mo
+27 Renewable Energy Investment Banks 17 3y
+27 Boutiques/MMs that pay street (@ analyst level)? 53 6y
+27 Thoughts on below average starting offer: non-target 7 7y
+27 Fordham Gabelli Global Business Honors Program for Free 12 5y
+27 London - failed to convert spring- next steps/advice? 25 3y
+27 FT offer at no name boutique VS SA at Top MM 23 7y
+27 US vs Canada IB 19 6y
+27 How to be mid-bucket and get by 2 2y
+27 Some historical context for current students 37 5y
+27 Explaining Your Job to Outsiders 13 3y
+27 Gaijin 27 6y
+27 On-Cycle 2024: Advice from an Interviewer 8 2y
+27 Cybersecurity 27 4y
+27 MS Menlo update 28 1y
+27 To fellow current bankers, what do you do to differentiate candidates during coffee chats? 6 1y
+27 Advice on future routes 7 7y
+27 Fucked up hard during 2024’s recruiting ended up at BB Private Bank 12 8mo
+27 Elite Boutique scene in Australia 24 1y
+27 Misdemeanor for IB jobs 30 6y
+27 Guggenheim Bonus 39 1y
+27 * INCOMING ANALYSTS 2020 THREAD * 6 6y
+27 Destroy this Cover letter, please 6 6y
+27 Advice & Perspective for those that struck out 2 3y
+27 UMich LSA Major w/ Ross MIB vs UT McCombs vs Indiana Kelley 12 6y
+27 Are there really differences in BB culture? 16 6y
+27 AI IB/Finance Job Risk 7 1y
+27 Zaoui & Co London 25 1y
+27 Banks in Seattle 2020 27 5y
+27 DCF for distressed companies? 13 5y
+27 What do you think about the IBP Credential? 5 7y
+27 Diversity - What are people's views on Harlem Capital? 18 5y
+27 London IBD Chances? 28 3y
+27 What are people who got laid off doing now? 24 3y
+27 Deferred admission to B-school because you are busy doing deals 2 6y
+27 Horrible mid-summer review 18 2y
+27 Corp Banking vs IB 14 8mo
+27 Point72 Training Academy Case Study 0 2y
+27 Where to go for undergrad? 38 6y
+27 Emory/WashU/CMU/JHU Alumni 17 4y
+27 Paris or London - which is more profitable? 25 4y
+27 RX (Post-MBA Assoc) Starting in 2022 - No Prior RX exp. How To prep? 21 4y
+27 How do you characterize banks like Wells Fargo/UBS/Mizuho/RBC etc. 7 6y
+27 I’m obsessive and it worked (but possibly unhealthy?) 7 8mo
+27 Intern in IB, broke the industrial printer - am I cooked? 9 1y
+27 What job field do you want to eventually be in after IB analyst? 34 2y
+27 Bonus threads are dead. Specific Bank threads make it worse 4 1y
+27 Convince Me to Not Quit (Unique Situation) 10 5y
+27 should I rsvp Lazard's houston sophomore women's event? 21 5y
+27 Goldman Sachs/ Morgan Stanley vs the rest 7 6y
+27 How much does “title” matter? 4 6y
+27 What does the average career path for IB>PE look like? How hard is it to stay in and move up? 5 7y
+27 Lehman Cap Markets? 8 5y
+27 Bonus Thank You 8 4y
+27 What is the most outrageous instance of cruising you’ve come across in IB? 18 2y
+27 The current league tables based on Investment Banking Fees [as of April 2020] 15 6y
+27 Do You Mention Other Full-Time Offers When Interviewing for Full-Time? 18 7y
+27 Foreign sounding name cold emailing? 18 3y
+27 Rising Jr—Gap Semester/Year and SA 2021? 18 6y
+27 Can I get back into banking after 3 years 4 1y
+27 Chicago Exit Ops 22 6y
+27 Take a 30+% Pay Cut to Work Gain More Relevant Expeience? 8 6y
+27 DB or Wells Fargo 2027 SA 28 7mo
+27 IB Lateral Process - are Headhunters helpful? 28 3y
+27 DCM Salary 20 5y
+27 FINRA SIE Exam Prep 0 7y
+27 Log 1: Start 19 6y
+27 Sleeping in the Office 8 4y
+27 Please Help: Advice to Give to Parents 19 4y
+27 Recommendation for self-study plan 5 6y
+27 It's Finally Here - $10 bn IPO at a $100 bn valuation 30 6y
+27 The 400 Investment Banking Question Guide - Is the Advanced section necessary? 15 6y
+27 Shit is Bad 8 7mo
+27 Accidentally sent a rude email to HR 8 5y
+27 Partial Indentured Servitude Contract - Legally Enforceable? 6 7mo
+27 Is there a pay gap between A2A’s and MBA Associates? 7 1mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • 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 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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