+13 Exit opps - importance of IBD team 12 5y
+13 What does it take to be a rainmaker? 9 5y
+13 How do you keep track of your deals and experience? What key points do you like to highlight in a resume or interview? 4 4y
+13 Semi Target IB Options UK 5 2y
+13 Financial Sponsors Group Technicals- help me leave my toxic bank! 7 2y
+13 TMT Boutique comp 11 5y
+13 Resigning before receiving offer 6 2y
+13 EB Ranks for Comp Only 40 5mo
+13 Scotiabank SA 2021 80 5y
+13 Moelis Lateral Associate Process 8 5mo
+13 Made a mistake - worried about trustworthiness 6 5y
+13 Moelis Capital Solutions 44 2y
+13 IB ABF to PE 7 5y
+13 Export Finance Exit Opps 8 5y
+13 What is your daily phone time use? 2 4y
+13 All of the VDR providers with their updated security features can phuck off 6 4y
+13 What's it like to work in IB? Wrong answers only. 6 5mo
+13 Valitas Capital Partners - Part-time internship? 2 3y
+13 Bankers or not - Non investment banking group workers within IBs 5 5y
+13 17 months vs 18 months 16 4y
+13 Calendar Invites 5 5y
+13 Lloyds Bank insight? 9 2y
+13 Investor Relations for IB SA Recruitment - Thoughts? 3 2y
+13 High school senior in need for some general advice and needs some questions sorted out 10 5y
+13 Public Finance Questions 16 3y
+13 Top Tech / West Coast IB? 35 4mo
+13 Accounting for DTLs in a merger model 2 5y
+13 sa 26 recruiting 20 2y
+13 If you could have a ChatGPT-style AI assistant in your IB role, what tasks would you want it to handle? 11 2y
+13 Married as an IB Analyst 9 5y
+13 1 week to prep for FT EB modeling tests - what to do 5 4mo
+13 Any thing to help me get in to IB or business school? 3 5y
+13 Incoming junior transfer, cooked for IB? 1 4mo
+13 Quasi Layoffs - Definitely Random, Still Happening 22 3y
+13 LevFin at a Japanese 7 5y
+13 EB Analyst role vs MM PE" 500m deployed capital" Analyst role? 5 5y
+13 Corp Dev -> IB?? 2 4mo
+13 Sign on Bonus for Lateral An/Ao positions 1 5y
+13 Leaving After Lateral? 6 5y
+13 Canaccord Genuity 7 5y
+13 Freshman/Rising Sophomore IB Analyst Programs 1 2y
+13 Bank of england summmer internship for IB roles next year 16 5y
+13 GS Soph Summer 2023 39 4y
+13 how to break up with boss on valentine's day 1 5y
+13 Will attending online events help me in any way? 1 5y
+13 Santander NYC IBD Intern Experiences? (Hours, Group Selection, Culture etc.) 4 4mo
+13 Best RX shops? 21 4y
+13 Career Path to be Making ~$300K at 30? 5 5y
+13 Radio silence after final round interview 13 5y
+13 Best Way To Learn Technicals 6 4y
+13 Morgan Stanley LA vs Barclays NYC 15 5y
+13 BNP Paribas Montreal to NYC Pipeline? 11 4mo
+13 Was the company right to withdraw the offer (UK)? 3 1y
+13 2020 Summer Internship getting cancelled 16 4y
+13 JPM London 9 5y
+13 Deal flow/staffing as first year MM/BB analyst? 5 3y
+13 Summering at a group that gives out low FT offers. Tips? 8 5y
+13 Analysts - Pay vs WLB 12 5y
+13 Did I just get a guaranteed return offer?? 31 5y
+13 Can we unionize? 9 5y
+13 MF Infra vs EB (EVR, LAZ, CVP) 24 3y
+13 Masters in Finance to pivot to IB? 6 4mo
+13 Would you take a pay-cut to stay WFH permanently? 7 5y
+13 Why would an M&A deal be financed partly through a revolver? 4 4y
+13 Advice: IBD analyst - can i become friends with a client? 8 5y
+13 2021 Investment Bank of the Year Awards! 25 4y
+13 Lazard LA in 2024 5 2y
+13 …. 2 4y
+13 Am I an insecure overachiever? 12 5y
+13 how do i quit 23 5y
+13 Bloomberg 1 5y
+13 Bulge Bracket SA Class Sizes 26 5y
+13 Lazard Layoffs 2024 21 2y
+13 Power Group Technicals 7 5y
+13 Doing revenue/cost drivers correctly? 5 4mo
+13 LBO question 5 5y
+13 Should I Take This Job? 10 3y
+13 2 IB Analyst Offers OR Vanderbilt MSF - Which of these 3 Paths Would Make me the Most Competitive for EB/BB? 9 4y
+13 Multipel degrees 3 5y
+13 Coffee-Chats Follow Up 3 1y
+13 First Year Analyst Not Doing Anything 12 2y
+13 Where did people in your analyst class come from? 16 2y
+13 Does your sophomore internship really matter? 3 5y
+13 How did you find out about Investment Banking? 5 2y
+13 Special Situations/Workout to Leveraged Finance 3 4y
+13 No time to do the case study 1 5y
+13 Top tier BB or bottom one with better industry? 11 5y
+13 Advice for IBD Summer Analyst that is chronically error prone with spelling and grammar? 5 5y
+13 Career in IB or Management Consulting after a "Tech" College 6 5y
+13 How do bucket bonuses work? 10 3y
+13 WF total comp? 17 5y
+13 PWP Future 8 4y
+13 Private Funds Group (Secondaries PE Advisory) 5 5y
+13 Do people who work "9-5" jobs actually work 9-5? 15 5y
+13 Is it possible that IB will ever become more bearable WLB at the Analyst / Associate level? 2 5y
+13 Offer Decision: Baird vs. Houlihan Lokey (Chicago) 19 5y
+13 Are there any free/ super cheap places to learn technicals? 6 3mo
+13 Is something wrong with me? 3 3mo
+13 8 months into job and still made tons of mistakes 5 4y
+13 Senior Banker Comp for ECM/DCM and Corporate Banking? 9 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • 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

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  • 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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