+14 Interview: What's Your Excel/PowerPoint Skill Level? 4 8y
+14 Comps - Column Seperators 3 8y
+14 How to find bankers from non-targets? 3 6y
+14 UBS London 6 6y
+14 Getting in IB 4 6y
+14 Email referral? Okay to ask via email after talking on phone? IB Superday 3 8y
+14 Why are you an MD / why become an MD? 2 8y
+14 Recovering from the 100+ hour week 1 8y
+14 Unpaid Internship Advice Out in LA 12 8y
+14 Final Decision Undergrad B-School Poll 8 6y
+14 Citi IBD Superday NY 82 4y
+14 Debt/Equity financing and financial statements 4 8y
+14 Are processes open for any IB BB or EB in London already?? SUMMER 2019 11 6y
+14 Bringing in a Deal as an Intern 7 8y
+14 GS NR/Industrials Type Group vs. Evercore Generalist M&A 8 5y
+14 Small No-Name Boutique Summer Internship to Full time at a better bank (mm to bb)?? 1 8y
+14 J.P. Morgan Markets Summer Analyst 14 7y
+14 Confusion about Treasury Stock Method when Calculating Diluted Shares Outstanding 3 8y
+14 Can an SA offer get rescinded for a GPA drop during recruiting? 2 8y
+14 Merrill Lynch S&T VS Nomura IBD? 3 8y
+14 Lazard Boston 2019 SA Recruiting 14 6y
+14 Jefferies London 10 6y
+14 1st Year Bonus 7 6y
+14 Internship choice, MC at Big Four or IB at foreign firm? 4 6y
+14 I am an MBA with about 4 yrs of property management experience, how do I get into this? 4 6y
+14 Possible to lateral Regional Boutique to a Larger Boutique or EB in a few years ? 4 6y
+14 Forgot to take pre-internship assessment... Screwed? 10 8y
+14 Should I focus on FT recruiting? 3 8y
+14 MBA SDA Bocconi 1 6y
+14 How do Secondary Funds Add Value? 1 8y
+14 Need advice with transition from Wholesale credit into Investment Banking 2 3y
+14 Should you pay more than Assets less Liabilities for a company? 4 8y
+14 Abraaj files for liquidation 6 6y
+14 Internship with deal experience, but no modeling responsbility 3 8y
+14 Financial Firms that don't ask technical questions 11 8y
+14 IBD resume tips needed..! 4 8y
+14 Big4 Audit vs Mid-Tier M&A (CF) 4 6y
+14 Internship 5 3y
+14 Claire’s: How could the proposed plan pass? 1 8y
+14 Foreign language test results on IB resume 3 8y
+14 Old Senior banker assisting with FA position 1 6y
+14 EB vs BB vs PE: Pathway to Business School 2 8y
+14 Duff & Phelps M&A Advisory 6 7y
+14 How many deals per year does the average MD close? 5 8y
+14 2019 Full Time Analyst 5 6y
+14 cold emailing every associate at a firm 7 8y
+14 Seeking a strong shot of Advice to an incoming UCLA Student 2 6y
+14 Credit Suisse 2019 SA 27 7y
+14 Intern: Small Cap PE Fund or Tier 2/3 IB? 1 6y
+14 What are the hardest technical questions you've been asked or have asked in a Banking Interview? 11 7y
+14 University of Rochester IB Chances 2 6y
+14 IB question 8 7y
+14 GS Personal statement 4 6y
+14 RBC 2019 SA Megathread 18 7y
+14 Why certain deals don't disclose transaction price? 8 7y
+14 Goldman Sachs SLC 2019 SA 40 6y
+14 Is this a proper way to explain DCF? 4 7y
+14 Wells Fargo Industry and Product Groups by Location 12 7y
+14 Top Consumer Retail Investment Banking Groups 11 7y
+14 2017 IB League Tables by 10k Filings 5 7y
+14 BAML Superday Given; Interview Slots Full? 2 7y
+14 Superday preparation 14 5y
+14 Case interview, previous case questions found, interested in answers 3 6y
+14 Summer 2019 Analyst Last Chance 15 7y
+14 BB 2019 Full Time Recruitment 3 7y
+14 DTL arising from goodwill in acquisitions 3 5y
+14 Which BIWS course should I get? Breaking Into Wall Street 11 5y
+14 The Best of Big4 IB? 12 4y
+14 Potential Transfer to US 3 6y
+14 SEC Fines Moody's: Incompetence and Lack of Due Diligence 2 7y
+14 Received offer I want to accept, immediately quit recruiting process with other firms? 4 7y
+14 Advice for moving from law School to finance 1 7y
+14 Will this have a negative effect on my upcoming sa internship? 7 7y
+14 Why Lazard? (and why not Rotschild/Evercore?) 4 7y
+14 How long does it take to hear back after 1st round? 10 7y
+14 DCF Question and Calculating Equity Value from Enterprise Value 4 7y
+14 Upcoming informal interview 2 7y
+14 Pretending to not have heard brain teaser before 13 6y
+14 Junior class choose: Mathematics of Finance (Stochastic Calculus &Binomial Model) or Intermediate Accounting? 3 7y
+14 Jamaica Local Laws 4 7y
+14 Applying to HK or London: which is less competitive? 4 6y
+14 Why don't we consider the interest tax shield when calculating unlevered free cash flow? 8 2y
+14 Sawaya Partners - Information 12 3y
+14 Best Finance Podcast? 17 7y
+14 Renewable Energy Interview Questions 3 7y
+14 Series 79 advice 18 5y
+14 At What Point should you say no to the IB offer and take the BB S&T offer? 6 7y
+14 LBO structure : common + preferred stocks questions 1 4y
+14 Burn Bridge for Micro-Boutique?? HELP 4 6y
+14 UnitedHealth/Optum M&A/Corp Dev? (x-post CF) 6 4y
+14 DCF Practice 3 7y
+14 Cost of Equity Interview Question 7 7y
+14 Natural resources groups pigeonholing to infrastructure PE funds 4 6y
+14 Unlevered FCF help 3 7y
+14 Infrastructure finance / Power / Utilities group 5 7y
+14 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Group Choice? 13 3y
+14 Best Group at Barclays/JPM 7 7y
+14 Shareholder Advisory & Activism Defense 6 7y
+14 You think Jeff Bezos/Amazon would ever buy a bank? 9 7y
+14 Is it too late for summer internships at mid-lower MM IB firms? 5 7y

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

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • 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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