+9 Thoughts on Evercore EMEA? 6 2y
+9 Is National Brick? 9 2y
+9 How many people receive offers from first rounds? 3 5y
+9 Feeling gutted & lost 1 1y
+9 How to Make Distressed Buyout models (Industrial Manufacturing) 1 5y
+9 What makes it worth it to you? 1 5y
+9 Northeastern/Fordham/Villanova Business vs. Middling LACs (Bates, Colgate, Swarthmore) 8 2y
+9 Structured Finance hedge funds 3 3y
+9 Equity risk premiums of continental regions 1 5y
+9 FT Recruiting Timeline (SA 2025) 1 2y
+9 TIM FERRIS' GREATEST BLOG EVER 2 5y
+9 PJT Healthcare? 1 2y
+9 From PB to IB/ER 1 5y
+9 Direct Lending Compensation 2 2y
+9 People who quit high Finance - did you regret it? 5 5y
+9 4th Year Analyst in elite boutique (aka “2020 is a special year”) 2 5y
+9 del. 3 1y
+9 Renwed Dodd-Frank interest in clamping down Bonuses 4 5y
+9 Changing sector / moving team 3 5y
+9 MM's that go in the Summer/Fall? 10 5y
+9 What is the Right Exp and Societies for AM/IB/PE? 1 5y
+9 To all of you in a front/middle office position... 6 5y
+9 Process of Leveraging Offer/Accelerating at BB? 8 1y
+9 I didn't think I was this bad- 1 1y
+9 What's the biggest screw up that you have made after getting an offer? 11 4y
+9 Post Labor Day Return 23 5y
+9 CVP HC vs JPM HC (NYC) 10 2y
+9 Does Barclays care about reneging? 29 5y
+9 How to stop using the F word and manage temper? 4 5y
+9 JPM Pymetrics? 7 5y
+9 Interesting trends in RX 9 5y
+9 Work fewer hours for less $$? First-year analyst at BB 4 5y
+9 Is FP&A analyst a prestigious position? 5 2y
+9 Locust Walk is Paradise 2 1y
+9 Is BX still a MF??? 4 2y
+9 College Freshman Looking to Explore Options 1 2y
+9 No Full-Time Applications for IB 2023 4 3y
+9 RBC PE Placement? 7 5y
+9 Starting my own investment bank? Good or bad idea? 32 5y
+9 Advice for FT 5 1y
+9 Been trying to lateral for a year - 5th time I've finished a process and still no job offer 17 2y
+9 Coffee Chats 1 3y
+9 Oil&Gas? Energy? 1 1y
+9 Deleted 2 2y
+9 Bank HQ vs. American Bulge Bracket coverage in Southern Europe 1 5y
+9 Wells Fargo In person orientation 1 5y
+9 Syndicated Finance/Loans or Investment Risk for 1 year? 2 5y
+9 IB analyst transition to software engineering? 2 5y
+9 Deleted 1 2y
+9 Need advice 1 2y
+9 ❔Advice needed: positioning towards a full-time M&A offer 1 1y
+9 Wells Fargo Healthcare 8 1y
+9 Delete 8 2y
+9 Should I apply to wake forest? 11 1y
+9 Opportunities in Tampa / St Pete? 9 2y
+9 $30,000 base for an IB analyst? 1 3y
+9 Is Evercore culture good or bad? 11 2y
+9 Admin Agent Pro Rata Deal or JLA institutional? 1 2y
+9 Anybody heard of Whitehall & Company? 8 2y
+9 Deloitte Business Valuation - What to expect? Exit Opps? 2 5y
+9 Investment Banking Operations Internship this summer 1 3y
+9 Should I take the offer if it's not going to get me any closer to my ultimate goal? 1 2y
+9 PwC Deal Advisory or BGL(Brown Gibbons Lang) for Junior Internship? 7 5y
+9 How to deal with nightmare team on project? 1 3y
+9 What is Harris Williams's strategy with their M&A bootcamp? 1 5y
+9 questions about IB internships in 2022/need some advice 1 5y
+9 Citi FIG in 2020 8 5y
+9 How many analysts do you need to vouch for you to get a 1st round 32 5y
+9 Difference in Targets for IB vs MBB consulting UK 14 2y
+9 NYU Stern Concentration 2 5y
+9 What will happen to my M&A summer internship at Credit Suisse London office? 10 3y
+9 Updated 2023 Compensation Survey 1 2y
+9 Small M&A Boutique Full-Time Offer vs. EB Internships 1 2y
+9 Actual changes at GS since survey??? 9 5y
+9 VSB vs UW vs Fordham 8 1y
+9 Best language (Chinese/French/German) for IB/possibly law in London? 2 5y
+9 IBD desks most similar to S&T 8 5y
+9 UBS London - EMEA Execution Group? 2 5y
+9 Struggling in FT Recruiting 1 2y
+9 TD Cowen groups for deal flow 6 2y
+9 Carlsquare M&A internship 5 2y
+9 What is the difference of Private Debt Facilities (Unitranche/Stretched Senior) vs. standard TLBs in LBOs? 1 5y
+9 FP&A --> IB/PE 1 5y
+9 IB Lateral hiring to pick up after rate cuts? 6 2y
+9 Credit Analyst Role at BNP - Worth taking? 4 2y
+9 BMO M&M vs RBC Energy 1 1y
+9 Forecasting a Balance Sheet without supporting schedules? 4 5y
+9 High COL West Coast Internship In-Person or Not? 1 5y
+9 Do Investment Banks provide WFO setups? 1 5y
+9 Does BAML drug test for FT? 22 5y
+9 Do I need to proactively disclose that I was laid off during the interview? 1 3y
+9 What should I do to prepare for IB? 9 5y
+9 Top 20 US MBA vs US top MRED vs INSEAD 1 5y
+9 Small IB vs Big 4 1 5y
+9 Hearing back from Partner Interviews: Need Advice 1 5y
+9 How specifically do US underwriters determine the initial offering price? 1 5y
+9 Apollo launches new credit group called Atlas SP from CS SP group 2 3y
+9 Return offer after SA 2 3y
+9 Raise or Lower Expectations 1 3y
+9 Best Groups at Goldman Sachs IBD 3 5y

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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

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  • 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

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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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
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