+59 Professionals ignoring your emails 83 18y
+59 GPA dropped below cutoff after accepting offer help! 39 2y
+59 Moelis London? 75 2y
+59 Exit as VP 56 3y
+59 Most Memed IB Rankings (July, 2022) 27 4y
+59 BIG FOUR ARE PARADISE 14 2y
+59 IB versus Econ PHD 25 1y
+59 Best Leveraged Finance or Sponsors Groups 45 9y
+59 AI + IB = FUCKED 28 6mo
+59 Finance or Medicine? 28 1y
+59 Just got asked to leave an IB internship mid summer... that's probably a first 37 1y
+59 CS Interns - Resist the temptation to email a banker/staff to ask about your internship 12 3y
+59 To what extent do IB analysts "think" 14 2y
+59 LSE V Bristol uni 31 4y
+59 DA Davidson IB 19 4mo
+59 Time to call it? Quarter life crisis. 31 1y
+59 Disappointed in SA offer… 32 3y
+59 WFH Major Key Alert! 30 4y
+59 Banking Hours 2023 33 3y
+59 Is Tidal the new Qatalyst? 27 3y
+59 What is corporate "culture"? An insider's take... 52 15y
+59 Why did y'all choose (If you had debated in school) banking over tech? 26 6y
+59 Is Barclays underrated? 33 3y
+59 TN Visa success/failures 17 6y
+59 Accenture full time vs JpMorgan internship 39 15y
+59 I Transferred Schools for Investment Banking 32 1y
+59 Barclays vs. Morgan Stanley 69 6y
+59 Living with Roomates v. Alone in Banking 39 4y
+59 Am I crazy for my undergrad choice? 47 1y
+59 How is NYC IB recruiting at UNC Chapel Hill? 37 6y
+59 Stop Whining 10 7y
+59 Why did you take a job at a small boutique? 25 3y
+59 Time for another BB/ Boutique Rankings List SA 23 6y
+59 Finance jobs for liberal arts majors? 51 9y
+59 Rise of Capital One? 43 1y
+59 JPM Lev Fin 2026 Lateral Process 7 5mo
+59 Would you rather be a Touse Squid or a Bouse Mogger in IB 4 2mo
+59 Activist strategies and tactics 6 4y
+59 Delete 25 3y
+59 WATCH OUT FOR PRESSURE SALES TACTICS (like OFFICEHOURS) 12 4y
+59 Thanks to you all 9 3y
+59 Evercore Restructuring Exits 29 6y
+59 Reneging BB SA Offer? 22 6y
+59 Online MBA for Career Change 30 2w
+59 Lack of incoming FT analyst updates 61 6y
+59 Rank DB vs UBS vs Jeff 20 1y
+59 Is Working For A Start Up Worth It? 31 5y
+59 Top Tech Banks/TMT Divisions? 35 3y
+59 Will 2020 Recruiting (FT and SA) be accelerated or be more relaxed? 36 7y
+59 Best Credit Cards for 2025 Incoming Analyst Class 18 1y
+59 BofA SA IBD 2026 Megathread 333 1y
+59 Northwestern Mutual summer analyst 2024 thread 30 3y
+59 William Blair Pay Bump 40 5y
+59 Are transfers really screwed? 35 6y
+59 2021 Big 6 Canadian bonus thread 47 4y
+59 I almost broke in 35 5y
+59 Are the exit opps really that different? 27 6y
+59 Laid off today. Seeking advice and help 37 6y
+59 Breaking into IBD: do you think CFA® is useful? 62 4y
+59 Offer Decision Help - MM Bank vs RBC 31 6y
+59 Evercore NYC M&A vs PJT NYC M&A for Private Equity and MBA Exit Opportunities 14 6y
+59 Firm Visits: Must and Musn't Dos? 34 4y
+59 Banking Hours/Sweatiness Tier List 45 7mo
+59 Western Investment Club is Paradise 6 10mo
+59 Finding Associate X 16 12y
+59 Unreasonable Expectations 29 12y
+59 Honest Thoughts on Nomura IBD in 2024.... 15 2y
+59 4 HOUR BODY 28 4y
+59 Which style of investing allows you to have the best grasp of companies? 10 1y
+59 i WaNt To dO DiStResSeD and rEsTrUcTuRinG 11 9mo
+59 Did anyone consider the Big 4 route over banking? 53 1y
+59 2026 FT Recruiting Timelines? 25 1y
+59 How good of a predictor is GPA for performance as an IB analyst? 35 6y
+59 Oil & Gas / Midstream Primer, Resources 12 4y
+59 College Debt Inquiry 56 5y
+59 Hell on Earth - EB 3 3y
+59 Why is BofA not getting the respect it deserves? 32 1mo
+59 “AI Native IB” Firm OffDeal…Real? 11 1y
+59 The Big Short getting great reviews 72 9y
+59 Lost Return Offer, Now What? 19 8y
+59 What do you love and hate most about working in IB? 77 11y
+59 Miss IB a lot. 23 8mo
+59 Does the Investment Banking Wage Gap Still Exist? 8 5y
+59 Leveraging Summer Analyst Offers 52 10y
+59 Not doing okay 22 3y
+59 What sort of free stuff did you get during your analyst stint? 27 7y
+59 H1B process for internationals 26 2y
+59 The Airport Test 43 8y
+59 How can I become a great analyst? 8 2y
+59 How much does GPA matter once it is above 3.5 for OCR? 20 10y
+59 Does big law pay higher than IB at the partner level? 42 1y
+59 The ol' EB vs BB debate 30 3y
+59 2018 *Elite Boutique* Summer Analyst IB Recruiting Timeline Megathread Page 90 5y
+59 Protected Saturdays? 35 8y
+59 Q&A: Ex-BB analyst across US and Asia in Oil&Gas/Power 18 10y
+59 How much does coming from a non-target hurt you in the long-run in IB? 25 6y
+59 Best networking question ever? 19 6y
+59 What Happened To Greenhill? 59 5y
+59 Credit Suisse, Barclays, and Jefferies Healthcare 44 4y
+58 What to do about a low SAT score? 57 9y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • 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 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

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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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