+94 Q&A: 15 years as IB ANL/ASO, HF ANL/PM, Start-up Corp Finance Executive 32 4y
+94 Commercial Banking or Corporate Banking? 67 2y
+94 Is IB actually legal? 60 5y
+94 How toxic is WSO? 31 5y
+94 BAML SA 2021: Is anyone participating in BAML GCIB Step Ahead Diversity and Inclusion Program? 262 5y
+94 Robinhood in IB 50 4y
+94 How to deal with a recession career-wise? A few lessons learned during the previous GFC 10 6y
+94 Alabama IB’s 82 6y
+94 What Almost Made You Quit? 42 6y
+94 Bank Map 2: Electric Boogaloo 25 6y
+94 Is Traditional Finance Dead? 51 5y
+94 Which firms have the best/worst compensation for summer analysts? 41 8y
+94 WSO 2017 Investment Banking Industry Reports Released. Salary, Bonus, Employee Satisfaction, Average Hours Worked and More... 24 8y
+94 If you could ask HR anything... 29 9y
+94 How is it possible to have a negative EV? 68 8y
+94 LOL @ NYC summer intern housing cockblocking everyone 46 6y
+94 Staying in Banking 59 8y
+94 Sorry, you weren't good enough 36 10y
+94 Another take on OCR recruiting (the ones that did everything right) 19 6y
+94 Just how expensive is NYC today? 66 6y
+94 Middlebury vs McCombs 60 11y
+94 Why are banking hours looked upon as so awful? 60 12y
+94 Wells Fargo Securities - Prestige, pay, and hours? 103 9y
+94 Jefferies' Reputation 119 4y
+94 Herman Cain is retarded 111 14y
+94 Silver banana to those who fill out this form on offers received and background! 59 15y
+94 Working in Hong Kong 119 6y
+94 What makes a great Analyst? 42 8y
+94 Is I-banking enough money...? 105 6y
+93 UBS IB Head Fires Former IB Head, Likely successor 11 3mo
+93 How is it working with H1Bs? - NYC 33 3mo
+93 Q&A: Public Finance IB at BB 34 6mo
+93 Major Media Move: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. for ~$82.7B | Moelis/WF Advises NFLX ; Evercore/JPM/Allen Advises WBD 88 5mo
+93 I Think Ray Dalio Was Right 23 8mo
+93 The New 2+2(+2) 18 1y
+93 Recent pick-up in Greenhill deals? 41 9mo
+93 Associate F’ed Up The Model 22 1y
+93 Incompetence? Inexperience? 26 1y
+93 McKinsey vs. MM IB 30 1y
+93 New hire getting all attention 24 2y
+93 Banks in London no longer hire MBA? 71 4d
+93 Am I clinically insane? 23 3y
+93 My Associates Hate Me 54 3y
+93 RX Rankings 2022 - Can we please get restructuring rankings for the benefit of students and incoming interns looking to lateral 54 3y
+93 Why are EB interviews so fking hard? 34 10mo
+93 2021 Bonus / comp thread 189 3y
+93 GS Raising Base - Litquidity 128 4y
+93 Minneapolis/St. Paul Investment Banking 97 4y
+93 Future of Banking 47 5y
+93 Lateral Internally From S&T FT to IBD FT (BB): Tips, Story, and Advice 23 6y
+93 Those who recruited for FT IB 2020 Positions, how was it? 84 5y
+93 New associate is so fucking annoying - Help 19 4y
+93 In 2019, IB still sucks, but are you happy you did it? 41 4y
+93 Stuck in Corporate Banking - Fighting Complacency 25 6y
+93 How do you stay productive? 82 3y
+93 How To Pull Off An Internal Transfer 47 8mo
+93 So, I've failed, so far... 39 10y
+93 UBS Investment Bank Status Report 195 4y
+93 Stand Out as a Non-Target: Recruiting (Part 1 of 4) 41 9y
+93 Do A Lot of Bankers Waste Their Money? 65 6y
+93 Will The Blackberry Expire? 75 14y
+93 How Hard is Economics vs. Finance? 97 8y
+93 Brutal recruiting reality for Harvard's class of 2009 65 16y
+93 Money isn't Everything? 69 1y
+93 Extracurriculars - What are considered "strong extracurriculars"? 125 9y
+93 From Operations (back Office) to front office? 126 9y
+92 Which offer is best for exit opps 32 1y
+92 FIRE as an investment banker 39 1y
+92 Are all VPs insufferable? 26 1y
+92 Intern 2nd day at work is Paradise 5 1y
+92 The Information Centerview Article 37 1y
+92 CS First Boston 96 3y
+92 Wanna get bank swag 17 3y
+92 Lazy Bankers? 47 3y
+92 Top Paying Associate Firms 78 4y
+92 Who Would Win in a Street Fight? Rareliquid vs Peak Frameworks vs Sam Shiah 30 1y
+92 How much does everyone save on the new analyst bases? 101 4y
+92 Hazing in the workplace 35 4y
+92 Vacation issue with boss 41 4y
+92 Poll: Are you quitting after bonus? 122 3y
+92 How tf do you know what you want to do? 22 4y
+92 BB C&IB vs F50 PM 7 5y
+92 Can I get into Investment Banking with a C in calculus? 29 4y
+92 How Quickly do you think IB interest is growing? 37 5y
+92 Dietitian to Investment Banking? 22 5y
+92 Can I start at 30? 43 5y
+92 Finance clubs are a scam 54 2y
+92 West Coast IB Rankings 66 5y
+92 2019 Return Offer % 98 5y
+92 What to make of a rejection call? 21 6y
+92 What Field Are You And in What Broad Region? 90 5y
+92 Most complicated deal you've been staffed on 24 8y
+92 Girlfriend facing 100K+ Student debt...stay or leave 26 9y
+92 Isn't it better to ask for internship directly? 64 4y
+92 2017 APAC IBD Summer Analyst Interview Update 307 6y
+92 Citi, Lazard, Jefferies, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley 46 4y
+92 Houlihan Lokey Restructuring--NYC 79 6y
+92 Protected Friday Nights in IBD? 60 8y
+92 Law to Investment Banking (One Monkey's How-To Guide) 29 7mo
+92 Interviewing behind your current firms back 87 9y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

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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