+22 Energy / Oil & Gas Banking in NYC 21 5y
+22 Offer Decision MUFG vs. BAML vs. Cantor Fitzgerald 10 4y
+22 Should I put this experience on my resume? 4 8y
+22 Option Pool Question (Bananas Given) 6 8y
+22 Chances of an Investment Banking Role after Pre-med 5 7y
+22 Plan B: Geography vs firm size? 6 6y
+22 dbAchieve 2018 Sophomore Program Megathread 86 4y
+22 Help with 2 not-ideal offers 7 8y
+22 Questions from a Finance Major that does't go to a top tier school 20 6y
+22 Barclays London IBD - Insight on Groups 16 6y
+22 P/E Ratio & DCF 13 8y
+22 IB summer internship - background check 21 6y
+22 Need Advice on IB Internship Opportunities Coming from Community College 19 10mo
+22 Firms to avoid 3 6y
+22 Sell Side and Promotions in Toronto? 7 6y
+22 Looking for advice - recent graduate with non-finance background 4 8y
+22 CFA® Experience - Insurance Company Analyst 2 8y
+22 Best part-time buy-side internship for leverage finance - please help! 6 6y
+22 Interview Timeline for offer - Lateral 12 8y
+22 What to do if the staffer never asks you to rejoin the group? 7 8y
+22 Summer Internship--Local 31 6y
+22 London Bonuses 22 6y
+22 Incoming Analyst - Base + Overtime + Bonus? Isn't this too much? 20 6y
+22 Hail Mary 14 6y
+22 2 IBD offers - what to do? 10 8y
+22 Citi London teams compared to other BB 12 4y
+22 Need advice for transferring 6 6y
+22 Piper Jaffray vs BMO Capital Markets IB SA 8 6y
+22 How to properly ask for other bankers to speak with? 2 8y
+22 Is going to a better school for MAcc worth it? 9 6y
+22 2018 Goldman Sachs Revenue Insight Day 28 8y
+22 Curls/Pushups in the office? 5 6y
+22 HKU in the IB scene in HK 4 6y
+22 Is this normal from managers? 3 8y
+22 How do banks justify hiring international students? 3 8y
+22 Low key restructuring shops? 4 6y
+22 Wells Fargo Houston 9 6y
+22 LSE MSc in Law and Accounting. Advice please!! 15 6y
+22 [Moelis Update] Moelis Reminds Staff To Treat Young Bankers Well 5 4y
+22 SA Background Check Employment date off 2 months Please help!!!! 6 8y
+22 Military guy trying to break into Wall Street 9 8y
+22 Moving from Corporate Accounting to IB 13 8y
+22 PWP vs. Guggenheim IBD 7 8y
+22 Chicago or Columbia for Undergrad College Choice 5 6y
+22 Msc Finance + CFA to get into IB ??? 6 6y
+22 2019 SA - No Interviews?? 19 8y
+22 Best way to go about planning a Gap Year? 7 6y
+22 FT IB GPA cut-off? 8 6y
+22 Securitization of Pharmaceutical/Biotech IP - Intangible Asset-backed Securities 11 4y
+22 Boutique Offer 3 3y
+22 What to do summer after freshman year if no internship 8 8y
+22 EBITDA and EBIT 5 8y
+22 I know what city I want to work in after graduation and beyond 8 8y
+22 State Semi-Target and MBA vs Low Target 14 6y
+22 Group Size 30 8y
+22 Better program for a transitioning veteran looking to work on the Street 4 7y
+22 Boutique IB or IBD of Big 4 1 6y
+22 Can't break into IB - NEED ADVICE (GMAT Prep or Modeling Course) 15 8y
+22 Simpson Thacher Leads KKR In $9.9B Envision Healthcare Buy 8 8y
+22 Is my consulting lifestyle easier, similar, or harder than banking? 2 8y
+22 How do we interpret IRR calculated using perpetuity growth rate versus Exit multiple 7 8y
+22 Height and Race in Banking 9 8y
+22 London Energy IB ranking 25 5y
+22 NOW WHAT? 1 8y
+22 Any Advice for Incoming First-Year Analyst??? 54 8y
+22 HELP: Awaiting offer letter/contract, but getting invited to other interviews 16 4y
+22 International students & IB internships in the US 24 8y
+22 How to Spin Government Experience 5 8y
+22 International Student to Bulge Bracket Bank 3 6y
+22 Asked to Sing a Song During IB Interview. Did my Friend Handle This Correctly? 6 7y
+22 ————————— 15 3y
+22 Help, is IB a Career Worth Pursuing Out of College? 18 7y
+22 Awful A level grades, 1st class BA Degree. any chance? (UK) 14 3y
+22 URGENT: FT Partners SF vs. NYC 19 6y
+22 Discouraged monkey 4 4y
+22 Houlihan Lokey Minneapolis office 6 6y
+22 Graduate Cold Emailing Boutique Banks Feedback 3 6y
+22 I'm not a citizen of the US, is it possible to get hired in NY? 13 7y
+22 EB vs BB London 10 6y
+22 Do Your MDs Make Changes in Your PowerPoint Presentation on Dropbox ? 4 7y
+22 Top MM Boutique vs Bottom BB Firms 17 6y
+22 collection of good (public) PPTs 3 7y
+22 Moving from MM SA to BB/EB FT- Advice/How hard will it be? 7 5y
+22 Starting in a strong but boring group (e.g. GS Nat Res, FIG)? 7 7y
+22 How do banks decide whether to pitch for a particular deal? 7 7y
+22 MM IB vs. Private Equity FoF summer analyst, what should I take? 9 6y
+22 M&A Boutique vs BB Treasury 6 3y
+22 Pursuing Olympics 2020 instead of IB job...How to stay relevant? 15 6y
+22 While using a DCF and WACC, where do I input my own required rate of return? 7 7y
+22 Lateral to BB/EB after SA at lower-tier bank 11 6y
+22 Critique my cold-email for freshman year internship? 8 3y
+22 Net debt for WACC 2 7y
+22 Private Capital Advisory (Secondaries) interview 23 2y
+22 UBS no longer sponsors or offers return offers to those who need a sponsorship 32 6y
+22 Does Centerview hire MBAs? Also, how does one land a pre-mba IB internship? 4 7y
+22 Keeping track of monthly expenses 10 7y
+22 Old IB Employer Chasing Down Signing Bonus 9 7y
+22 What happens to international students from Canada? 22 6y
+22 Oxford Undergrad -> West Coast Banking? 11 6y
+22 Citi - Int'l student got offer but contract says "unrestricted authorization needed" 9 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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