+58 Bonus Bananas Feb 24, 2012 31 14y
+58 Switching from engineering to finance early on? 57 9y
+58 Aleynikov Arrested AGAIN; Fuld Remains At Large 46 13y
+58 Stock-based compensation and free cash flow 22 8y
+58 University of Alabama or UNC Chapel Hill (graduate late) to land BB IB Job 36 6y
+58 Time to get a job! - Daily Coldcall Log (and 7 month update from bad depression) 50 6y
+58 Critique your boss with extreme care! 17 8y
+58 Who has been in the decision room before? 46 4y
+58 What to do about a low SAT score? 57 9y
+58 Investment Banking in Houston? 57 5y
+58 Chances of MBA summer internship for IB with 640 GMAT 26 5y
+58 Walk Me Through the Sell-Side M&A Process (Interview Question) 4 1y
+58 EquitySim Recruiting 32 8y
+58 Money vs. Experience 26 8y
+58 Will FT Job Offer be Rescinded for Academic Dishonesty (Cheating: F in Class that I have to Retake)? 20 6y
+58 Lazard v. Morgan Stanley Post-MBA 11 6y
+58 Why go from Elite Boutique to Bulge Bracket? 25 4y
+58 An Ode To Lloyd 12 6y
+58 TRICKY Enterprise Value Technical Question 27 5y
+58 Cold Linkedin message 20 7y
+58 Farewell Gift for Senior Bankers 20 7y
+58 Q&A: Community College -> Non-Target -> MM IB SA in SF/NYC 17 7y
+58 RBC vs Deustche, UBS 20 4y
+58 Leave Top Surgical Residency Program for Finance 24 7y
+58 Seeking advice on Corporate Banking modeling 21 6y
+58 Free WSO Shirt for 1 Minute of Time. Leave Review for the WSO Podcast... Pretty please? 11 3y
+58 How do I break in? What are the realities? Low GPA, Non-Target. 35 6y
+58 Evercore 2020 SA Thread 101 6y
+58 Business Pet Peeves 28 4y
+58 Credit Suisse —> Mega Fund | Ask Anything 46 4y
+58 How should I prepare to be a good intern? 15 6y
+58 Q&A: VP at Morgan Stanley to Leading Corp M&A Department 9 6y
+58 GPA Inflation - Does it ALWAYS Make Sense??? 41 5y
+58 High School Classes Most Relevant to IB 41 6y
+58 HL RX vs Moelis 26 4y
+58 EB VP Comp vs PE VP Comp 28 5y
+58 IB Analyst Outsourcing... 13 5y
+58 Investment Banks in the Southeast 15 5y
+58 Goldman Top Dog? 18 5y
+58 How do you push back against associates? 31 5y
+58 Is Sales Underrated? 23 4y
+58 What stereotypes and traits have you noticed of Indians in IB in US? 36 5y
+58 Broke into IB out of undergrad: non-target, no IB internships 34 10mo
+58 LevFin League Tables 42 4y
+58 What kind people date Bankers? 74 4y
+58 Long Term Career in IB | What is the Strategy? 13 4y
+58 Quit Banking after 3 months 38 4y
+58 Q&A: Left IB to Start My Own Company 19 2y
+58 FatFIRE at 37 years old 47 4y
+58 Am I screwed for technical questions 18 3y
+58 Im tired of going back into the office, any banks fully remote? 34 4y
+58 JEF Houston vs. Citi Houston 39 4y
+58 UK CITI MD Put on Leave After Offsite Remarks 31 3y
+58 2023 IB Bonus Expectations? 72 3y
+58 Anyone currently at GS willing to do a quick check on a highly suspect profile? 34 3y
+58 Finding meaning in life 10 3y
+58 Take bb offer or no 20 3y
+58 Why has no one mentioned the fact that CS juniors across plenty of geographies have received UBS offers? 51 3y
+58 Is secondary advisory real banking 31 3y
+58 Energy / power modeling WTF 19 2y
+58 H1B process for internationals 28 2y
+58 JPM Groups in 2024 24 1y
+58 PWP LA in 2024 36 1y
+58 Poll: If you’re at BofA… 45 2y
+58 EB Recruiting GPA 31 1y
+58 Is banking more tolerable in Houston? 32 2y
+58 Does my budget look right? Fresh grad 31 1y
+58 GS Emerging Leaders Series 166 9mo
+58 Last minute college decisions (HC IB -> Life Sciences Buyside) 27 2y
+58 MM IB Ranking Intern Power Hour - STARTING AT 8:45 EST 9 1y
+58 Bad attention to detail - am I cooked? 16 1y
+58 Recently Quit Nothing Lined Up - Story Inside 24 1y
+58 How good was Greenhill back in the day (early 2000s and 2010s)? 34 1y
+58 JPM 2025 Bonus 67 1y
+58 USC GIS - Vista Equity, Viking, Oaktree, TCW, TPG Angelo Gordon, Fidelity 9 1y
+58 Finance or Medicine? 28 1y
+58 Learned very little in banking, anyone relate? 22 1y
+58 What Makes RX So Prestigious 19 1y
+58 Does big law pay higher than IB at the partner level? 43 1y
+58 Like this post if you’re a UBS MD that actually reads these posts 18 12mo
+58 IB monkeys - how are you guys fitting in the gym and b-school/recruiting prep? 16 11mo
+58 WSO's definition of "EB" and why is Moelis considered an EB rather than a MM? 24 10mo
+58 MS vs McKinsey vs Meta SWE 27 9mo
+58 Which style of investing allows you to have the best grasp of companies? 10 8mo
+57 What would happen if I just walk into another schools information session? 68 8y
+57 put sat on resume even if they don't ask you? 201 9y
+57 UMich-Ann Arbor on Wall Street 88 4y
+57 SEO Candidates are a joke 49 17y
+57 A question about networking - how to maintain connections 63 13y
+57 IB Recruiting in Europe 73 6y
+57 Signs You're getting fired and reasons for being fired 71 6y
+57 Calculating and Estimating Internal Rate of Return 51 3y
+57 WASPY- Culture 46 3y
+57 GS firing US employees while hiring in Singapore 57 6y
+57 Given these two kids, which one would you hire? 62 14y
+57 BIWS GUIDE vs. WSO IB GUIDE 59 6y
+57 Question regarding differences between investment banks 37 9y
+57 Wheres all the Doomsdayers at? 32 13y
+57 Private Equity Returns 9 13y
+57 Best Closing Dinners 26 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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