+21 Are banker bonuses overhyped? 21 6y
+21 Finance Major, first year in college, tips, etc? 5 6y
+21 Moving from lower MM Boutique to Big 4 M&A advisory 6 6y
+21 CB SA to FT recruiting for IB 5 1y
+21 Finding share class values and WACC in a complex capital structure 2 6y
+21 is corporate banking the best division to be a career banker? 8 2y
+21 Career Advice- Non-Finance major 6 6y
+21 Transfer from UNC to Columbia 17 5y
+21 PJT Strategic Advisory Summer Analyst 2017 4 6y
+21 No Return Offer- Feeling down 7 6y
+21 Canadian Banks Bonus Megathread 47 4y
+21 Has your personality changed since starting IB? 9 3y
+21 Are there better finance jobs than IB? 9 6y
+21 Masters in finance thoughts Uk edition 5 4y
+21 FT 2026 Recruiting Timelines 67 1y
+21 Evercore SA 2020 Update 14 6y
+21 JPM hiring dumbos from China for NYC office 5 6y
+21 Jimmy Carter, Markets Closed Tomorrow?? 10 1y
+21 Requesting Help from Smart People - (PE / IB) Interview Question 8 6y
+21 Production support Analyst @ IB 5 5y
+21 Career Advice - IB 5 6y
+21 Equity Reseach vs IB Compensation 7 6y
+21 Is This E-mail Typo a Big Deal? 8 6y
+21 IB: Oppenheimer vs. STRH vs. Stephens vs. Stifel 16 6y
+21 FT Artcile: "Investment bank internships: a guide for MBAs" 1 6y
+21 DB Top Groups/Culture 17 6mo
+21 Associates - how long to stay in IB? 5 4y
+21 Struggling A LOT with memorising things. Need advice 1 6mo
+21 Is my chance at MS gone? 20 4y
+21 Ways of Underperformance - and how to avoid them (Part 1) 3 5y
+21 Outside of NYC working in IB, what do you tell people that you do? 8 6y
+21 PWP SF 17 6y
+21 EB M&A - Game over for me ? 9 1y
+21 When To Use EBIT vs EBITDA Multiples? 9 6y
+21 West Coast Recruiting From East Coast UG 9 6y
+21 Bifurcated unitranche vs 1L/2L 8 5y
+21 HR problem URGENT 13 5y
+21 Stay an extra year or pursue MSF? 1 5y
+21 Media & Entertainment Banks 38 6y
+21 How to network with people in specific groups? 8 6y
+21 GS IBD ATP Salt Lake City 29 6y
+21 ADVICE - NYC Boutiques 1 6y
+21 Summer 2018 Deutsche Bank Offer Rescinded 5 6y
+21 Women going into IB? 1 6y
+21 Quality and Exit Ops of MS Coverage Groups 3 6y
+21 NYU Stern or Baruch Zicklin? (Hear me out!) 1 6y
+21 Questions as a high schooler looking forward to an IB career 9 6y
+21 Updated info on groups at RBC NY - incoming intern 8 6y
+21 IB in big 4: what is the difference? 7 5y
+21 What Exit Opportunities Do You See From This Role? 6 6y
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+21 Summer Associate - Guggenheim NY vs BMO Chicago 7 6y
+21 Project finance dscr debt sizing help 5 5y
+21 IB BB SA Class Sizes (New York) 6 6y
+21 Doomsday Scenario: Is It Acceptable to Leave My Second Job After a Year? 5 6y
+21 Restructuring Groups have more work than they can handle 6 6y
+21 (COVID-19) How bad would it look to nothing meaningful the summer after freshman year? 12 6y
+21 UBS vs. CS vs. Citi for IBD 3 6y
+21 What do you wish you had known before starting in IB? 7 6y
+21 What schools do IB firms in Miami recruit from? 8 6y
+21 RBC New York 16 6y
+21 Lazard vs. MS? (NYC) 12 6y
+21 Jefferies 2020 IBD SA Charlotte, NC 10 6y
+21 Is formal Credit Training Valuable? 9 2y
+21 Is Smu (Cox) worth it 9 1y
+21 Citi Capital Markets - Which Group? 21 6y
+21 UNC IB Recruiting 7 6y
+21 Is it too late for me to break into investment banking? 14 6y
+21 How I can move from Financial Planning to Investment Banking? In South Africa or Overseas? 1 6y
+21 IB After ROTC (Target) 9 6y
+21 Capital Market (specifically ECM) for Post-MBA Associate 5 5y
+21 Girls Who Invest vs Bank of America Sophomore Investment Banking Summer Analyst 24 5y
+21 Big 4 Structured Finance to BB 9 6y
+21 Best RX Reads 12 5y
+21 Oil & Gas Banking Update? 14 6mo
+21 Moving expense 19 5y
+21 Any evergrande buyers at this level? 16 5y
+21 Help a brother out with a model - Lateral analyst case study 5 6y
+21 How hard is it to go A2A? 17 5y
+21 Closest thing to structured finance desk - loans capital markets? 12 3y
+21 Not For Profit Healthcare M&A 28 1y
+21 How much do you help those who reach out to you? 9 6y
+21 Drug Test After Starting Full Time Training? 37 6y
+21 Study Abroad Spring Semester or Stay at School and Network? Junior at a Non-Target, no Previous Internships 37 6y
+21 When to Lateral? 1 6y
+21 Job offer with better comps from another boutique - Should I take the offer? 1 6y
+21 Syndicate Execution Senior Analyst (Middle Office) Looking for Guidance 1 6y
+21 Networking through WSO? 4 6y
+21 Storytime: When a co-worker did/said something nice to you 1 6y
+21 Taking a year off and coming back 5 6y
+21 Incoming SA in FiDi living in JC? 9 2y
+21 How is Jefferies SF Tech? 18 5y
+21 Return to IB or something else? 2 1y
+21 Occupy Main Street, Restructure America 7 6y
+21 Deutsche Global Markets Program 15 6y
+21 Low Tier Europe BB NYC vs Mid Tier US BB London 23 3y
+21 Does the EV-Fomula actually make sense? 4 4y
+21 Specific IB Consumer Retail Question 12 6y
+21 Number of Deals - Analyst Stint 8 5y
+21 How ageist is IB? 15 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • 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%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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