+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 10mo
+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 5mo
+75 Why does IB require such long hours? 20 3y
+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 6mo
+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 5y
+75 Low GPA success story 24 6y
+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 5y
+75 100+ job applications, 4 interviews - is it time to "give up"/face the music? 33 8y
+75 Non-Lifer Investment Banking thoughts wanted - IBD to MBB, an improvement? 32 4y
+75 Stumped by 1st Round Question 30 8y
+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 7y
+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
+75 The Hong Kong Route 53 6y
+75 Goldman IBD not the place to be? 49 15y
+75 Decision Matrix for Choosing Between Offers - How did you choose? 77 15y
+75 Calculating FCF question 82 6y
+75 NY Times On Banker Salaries 47 15y
+75 Approaching Mid-Life Early.. Input Needed 71 8y
+75 Elite Boutique: what potential exit opps are available? 110 8y
+74 The Future of the Banking vs Consulting Skillset | Debate 22 5mo
+74 WSO is paradise 9 9mo
+74 Am I too old to be an Analyst? 30 9mo
+74 How to actually read the WSJ 27 1y
+74 How Can Partners / MDs Live With Themselves 12 1y
+74 IB in Argentina 16 5mo
+74 Laid off and not sure how to recover from setback 45 3mo
+74 How is working 50/60 hours a week considered relaxed? 21 9mo
+74 How is Northwestern? 30 4mo
+74 UT Austin McCombs Business Honors Ranking 35 1mo
+74 News on BOFA Layoffs? 33 2y
+74 Ultimate investment bank rankings UK/ London 60 3y
+74 CS First Day Scavenger Hunt 21 3y
+74 Uncomfortable Talking About Working on Wall Street? 32 3y
+74 Laid off bankers, how’s it going? 84 2y
+74 British/London culture & social customs 42 3y
+74 CS IBD is kill 95 3y
+74 IB Rankings 34 3y
+74 JPM vs PWP 54 3y
+74 Tier 2 RX (Ducera/Gugg) vs MM IBD (HL, Blair, Piper, Baird) 46 3y
+74 Creditor vs Debitor Restructuring 47 3y
+74 Rant: I feel incompetent 13 3y
+74 How long did it take you to get over your ex? 34 3y
+74 O&G is the hardest cov group to work in day to day, change my mind 19 4y
+74 Sleep?!? 41 4y
+74 Delete 39 3y
+74 Using "CFA" after name working in an EB 68 4y
+74 Jefferies vs RBC vs DB vs Houlihan Lokey 77 4y
+74 Q&A: EMEA Senior Investment Banker 45 4y
+74 Credit Suisse demise - least attractive bank 54 4y
+74 How tf do referrals *ACTUALLY* work? 20 8mo
+74 Oxbridge vs. non-HYPSW targets for NYC/Chi IB 39 3y
+74 Non Target Friendly EBs 125 3y
+74 2021 FT has been awful 24 5y
+74 IB Work Difficulty 33 5y
+74 What was the most toxic investment banking environment that you have experienced? 65 9mo
+74 JPM in 2020 35 6y
+74 So Much Talk About Exits: What About Staying 26 6y
+74 Hardest Technical I've Gotten At a BB 27 4y
+74 Top groups at BOFA London 50 4y
+74 WORST Boss Experience? Can You Beat This? 40 4y
+74 Ask Me Anything - Currently Doing PE IR; previously Associate at JPM C&R 36 3y

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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