+76 Honest Opinions on Deutsche Bank 39 3y
+76 Investment Banking in South Africa 34 4y
+76 Is my American Dream Over? 55 7y
+76 2019 SA Sophomore Internships Thread 138 6y
+76 BEST Restructuring experience in London 34 5y
+76 Back office to IB analyst attempts 50 4y
+76 Dallas opportunities 80 6y
+76 Can I ask for an unpaid internship? 35 7y
+76 Brigham Young University Investment Banking 70 9y
+76 UBS SONRU First Round Video Interview 83 3y
+76 Houston 2018 Investment Banking Summer Analyst Recruiting 85 6y
+76 How to get an internship in Investment Banking/Private Equity as an undergraduate 30 9y
+76 How important are social skills for getting IB job? 28 9y
+76 Q&A: Internal Pharma M&A Group ($10B+) 46 11mo
+76 Should I transfer to Wharton 64 5y
+76 Quitting Wall Street jobs to start boutique firms? 26 6y
+76 Is my GMAT (730) high enough to land a job in PE and IB as an analyst? 52 6y
+76 Why would a Private Equity firm be more interested in IRR instead of NPV for a particular company? 61 6y
+76 McKinsey, Bain, GS, or GE offer choices 63 6y
+76 ECM vs. DCM - Specialties of IB? 52 1y
+76 All or Nothing: IBD 36 14y
+76 Life after Investment Banking, part 2 25 13y
+76 Investment Banking in London 64 6y
+76 Official IB Recruiting Statistics - Post your information 92 15y
+76 NYU Stern V. Northwestern 46 1y
+76 Is it crazy to take a BO/MO position over a FO position? 56 6y
+76 Citi IBD Groups - How is deal flow and experience? 226 9y
+76 bullshit breakdown (for prospective monkeys) 53 4y
+76 Why can't the growth rate be higher than the discount rate? 37 1y
+76 Top 10 Ways to Avoid Work from Your Staffer as an Investment Banking Analyst 54 4y
+76 Definitive Guide to Analyst Housing in Charlotte 54 6y
+76 GPA Cutoffs in Banking 158 3y
+76 Well guys, I give up 66 6y
+76 Does Finance Major Actually Help? 90 6y
+75 I hate Wells Fargo 20 2mo
+75 Any tips for sleeping well? 38 3mo
+75 How do I understand vs. just memorizing? 14 4mo
+75 IB is the new EY/Deloitte 36 3mo
+75 Morgan Stanley brings back slavery in Budapest, 1.5K for M&A NY work 23 5mo
+75 School Prestige Matters Way Less Than People Think Now 24 5mo
+75 How to actually read the WSJ 27 1y
+75 What is your actual net worth at age 25 and 30 if you stay in IB? 51 1y
+75 Internship Eve - How Are We Feeling? 20 1y
+75 What NOT to do as a Summer Analyst 16 1y
+75 Who the hell is Mobius Ventures 24 1y
+75 Laid off and not sure how to recover from setback 45 5mo
+75 Western Ivey vs Queens Smith 42 1y
+75 Wharton or Dartmouth/off the waitlist 100 2y
+75 How is Northwestern? 30 6mo
+75 Why Is It Called Investment Banking? 25 2y
+75 **ACTUAL APRIL 2024 PRESTIGE RANKINGS** (BY TIERS) (NO SHITPOSTING) 50 2y
+75 Is Natixis an EB? 17 2y
+75 Interested in Aerospace and Defense IB 52 2y
+75 Won’t let me touch a model? 23 2y
+75 What are the up & coming IBs? 48 2y
+75 Piper Sandler underrated? 13 1y
+75 [SA 2024] CVP SF vs PWP LA vs Moelis SF 38 2y
+75 What are people actually like in IB? 17 3y
+75 Vault/Firsthand IB Prestige Rankings 2023 47 3y
+75 Just got laid off 79 3y
+75 Anyone else just not care about finance? 31 2y
+75 Peak Technology Partners 34 7mo
+75 Why does IB require such long hours? 20 4y
+75 Cannot Fall Asleep Despite Late Nights - Any Tips? 33 4y
+75 Why is William Blair (TMT) so highly ranked on this site? 32 3y
+75 Genuine Question: why are Pjt and HL RX teams considered better than MoCo RX? 50 8mo
+75 “Sweatshop” Hours 58 4y
+75 Thoughts on investing bonus this year? 73 4y
+75 Q&A: M&A Vice President at Deutsche Bank - Ask me anything!! (AMA) 87 4y
+75 First Year IB Analyst Trying to Move into Tech 36 2y
+75 How Are First-Year Analysts Doing Right Now? 110 5y
+75 Deutsche Bank and Eppstein 24 5y
+75 Honest question - Would you rather MBB if you don't land at a top bank? 29 4y
+75 Tattoos in high finance? 49 5y
+75 Q&A: Pivoting & Upselling Your Skill Set - Big 4 to DCM, Ratings Agency CA to IB 10 6y
+75 Tips for future high-schooler 26 6y
+75 Low GPA success story 24 7y
+75 Dealbreaker article - JPM not making many offers to SA's re: fulltime return offers 52 6y
+75 How to deal with sick parents while working in IB 17 6y
+75 How much would you pay someone to land you an IBD job? 62 6y
+75 100+ job applications, 4 interviews - is it time to "give up"/face the music? 33 9y
+75 Non-Lifer Investment Banking thoughts wanted - IBD to MBB, an improvement? 32 4y
+75 Stumped by 1st Round Question 30 9y
+75 What does it mean to be a target school? 124 9y
+75 SA 2019 recruiting moved up to spring 2018 79 8y
+75 Any of you Bankers see UVA Alumni on the street? (Seeking advice) 45 5y
+75 Moelis Wins Role in Saudi Aramco IPO 26 6y
+75 How do I respond to MD/VP's direct questioning 36 4y
+75 Top Restructuring Groups 2016 38 6y
+75 IBD (Post-MBA) Associate Lifestyle Anno 2016 50 8y
+75 Q&A: 2nd Year MM IB Analyst 51 10y
+75 MBB Consulting -> Top Tier IBD 118 4y
+75 How to be persistent without being annoying? 127 4y
+75 Q&A: Incoming IB analyst – international student, survived FT recruiting twice… 44 8y
+75 Corporate Banking Huddle 33 5y
+75 CIB Credit Risk J.P. Morgan 91 1y
+75 Which Wall Street Baller Are You? 153 6y
+75 Programming/Technical Skills for Finance: SQL and Python 35 8y
+75 Why do people here hate Paul Krugman so much? 69 14y
+75 Rejected for first round OCR - Now what? 86 14y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • 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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