+13 Associate told me to turn off "permanent offline" on Team 14 3y
+13 Advice needed: Is this a dumb lateral move? 5 2y
+13 Heard Citi got a 10-15% salary bump? 8 3y
+13 OFFICIAL Investment Banks Ranking [2024] *Verified* 28 2y
+13 Doubts regarding IB Industry groups 8 4y
+13 Convert BB Corporate Banking Summer to IB 8 1y
+13 UBS LA office 9 3y
+13 Consulting To IB: Interview Q 3 5y
+13 Help with U4 Form - Employment History 5 3y
+13 Balance sheet after an acquisition (shareholders equity) 4 5y
+13 Prep Courses for Incoming Summer Analysts 5 8mo
+13 Should I go for IB or stay within my BB back office post grad? 18 3y
+13 Do dartmouth partners blacklist you if you renege on one of their firms? (London) 20 2y
+13 Best Consumer/Retail IB group? 11 5y
+13 What is “busy” 21 5y
+13 Sales-Related Jobs in Finance 3 5y
+13 Best Banks for Mentorship 1 5y
+13 Investor Relations / Investment Analyst to IB? 7 3y
+13 DCF - How to calculate total diluted number of shares if there is a dual class share structure? 1 4y
+13 US Gaap - EU comps 7 3y
+13 Multipel degrees 3 5y
+13 Is it okay to mention family member's cancer in an interview 15 4y
+13 Any status on WF IBD? I know they started layoffs recently . . . 2 5y
+13 BAML LevFin 12 5y
+13 Transferring for IB 9 2y
+13 Associate Stub Bonus 19 4y
+13 SA 21 Return Rates will be astronomically high 28 5y
+13 PJT Capital Markets or Strong UMM (Jeff/Roths) 9 3y
+13 Thoughts on MM IB Firm? 5 5y
+13 Breaking into project finance? 5 5y
+13 NEED ADVICE/GUIDANCE - SWITCHING FROM TECH -> IB - TRANSFERRING TO EMORY UG 6 2y
+13 DB Achieve 2023 16 3y
+13 Am I cooked - going back into IB from strategic finance 6 1y
+13 2023 Associate Bonus - what are people’s thoughts? 13 3y
+13 Where to Live - London Bankers working in St. Pauls 26 5y
+13 Rabobank Email Format 8 2y
+13 Gpa verification? (Recruit for sa 26) 15 1y
+13 Big 4 TAS vs BB Corporate Banking 3 3y
+13 Do you use Unlevered or Levered for DCF? 6 3y
+13 Managing Partner in Big Law vs. Global Group Head at a BB 10 3y
+13 Del 3 4y
+13 Don’t drink...how to still build friendships within finance 9 5y
+13 Energy IB in London 4 7mo
+13 Mining IB Technical Questions 3 2y
+13 Follow-Up Etiquette, That Serious? 3 2y
+13 CFA Level 1 4 2y
+13 Exit opps - importance of IBD team 12 5y
+13 Day in the life of a DCM analyst? 1 3y
+13 What does it take to be a rainmaker? 9 5y
+13 XXXXXXXXXX 4 2y
+13 NESCAC Alums - Recruiting Experiences 4 2y
+13 TMT Boutique comp 11 5y
+13 Best Career: M&A, RX, Capital Advisory or Industry 4 2y
+13 Scotiabank SA 2021 80 5y
+13 Made a mistake - worried about trustworthiness 6 5y
+13 IB ABF to PE 7 5y
+13 Export Finance Exit Opps 8 5y
+13 Sponsorship - H1B extension 5 1y
+13 Tips to Improve Sociability? 7 7mo
+13 Rothschild & Co USA bonus 6 4y
+13 Lateral/Exit as a bottom bucket Associate? 6 4y
+13 Bars/Clubs in NYC 8 4y
+13 YTD League Tables USA? 9 2y
+13 How hard is it to make VP / ED / MD? 7 1y
+13 Deleted 12 3y
+13 HL CFR Chicago 10 2y
+13 Bankers or not - Non investment banking group workers within IBs 5 5y
+13 Calendar Invites 5 5y
+13 Goldman Sachs Low Tier/Back office Financing Group (ECM NR) or Low Tier Bank (Soc Gen) but respectable group (M&A) 15 2y
+13 Activism Defense and IR 2 4y
+13 M&A Fairness Opinion Process 2 4y
+13 Jajsjs 3 3y
+13 SA27 recruiting help 11 7mo
+13 High school senior in need for some general advice and needs some questions sorted out 10 5y
+13 Investment Banking in Mexico - Any insight? 7 2y
+13 Accounting for DTLs in a merger model 2 5y
+13 From CorpDev—> Back to IB? 10 4y
+13 Married as an IB Analyst 9 5y
+13 Any thing to help me get in to IB or business school? 3 5y
+13 RBC Public Finance 14 3y
+13 Lower middle market ib firm vs boutique capital markets advisory firm internship 2 4y
+13 Uni of Warwick vs King's College London (KCL) 4 7mo
+13 On-cycle for Credit? 11 2y
+13 LevFin at a Japanese 7 5y
+13 Boutique IB Networking ? 5 2y
+13 EB Analyst role vs MM PE" 500m deployed capital" Analyst role? 5 5y
+13 No Exits 9 4y
+13 Leaving After Lateral? 6 5y
+13 Broker Dealer Regulation for Your Own Deals 4 7mo
+13 Remote Work Lifestyle, Productivity Hack or Career Risk? 1 8mo
+13 Canaccord Genuity 7 5y
+13 MS/JPM FIG Culture 24 4y
+13 Bank of england summmer internship for IB roles next year 16 5y
+13 how to break up with boss on valentine's day 1 5y
+13 RIP Goldman Sachs - Thoughts? 6 2y
+13 I want to learn how to financially model 18 4y
+13 Being marginalized at my firm, Need career advice 3 2y
+13 Will attending online events help me in any way? 1 5y
+13 Feeling depressed/incompetent during IB Off-cycle 4 2y
+13 Career Path to be Making ~$300K at 30? 5 5y

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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