+41 Tough Offer Choice 26 13y
+41 Thoughts on Baird Chicago? 32 6y
+41 CS/UBS Houston is officially closing 31 3y
+41 Interview Q: "Weaknesses of JP Morgan" 40 13y
+41 Culture Issues AND Boring Work PLEASE Stay Away From This MM (actually LMM) Industry Boutique 24 2y
+41 Why is investment banking still attractive to younger generation if 40% of comp is stolen by the big theif aka the government? 36 6y
+41 Is This A Good List? 44 6y
+41 Could a person who graduated from a non target UG with sub 3 GPA in Biology ever break into Wall Street? 17 6y
+41 When do you take a perfect SAT score off your resume? 32 5y
+41 Incoming SA in a BB FIG group (MS/GS/JPM), but long-term goals are PE. How should I approach the summer? 6 7y
+41 Goldman NYC vs. Moelis LA vs. JPM NYC vs. Moelis NYC 26 5y
+41 GHL vs JPM 28 6y
+41 Long-Term Banking in Chicago: Lincoln or WB? 9 2y
+41 IB: Relationship between BO and FO 35 13y
+41 Help with offer decisions. 25 7y
+41 Accepted an IB SA offer and starting to regret 11 6y
+41 Getting an MBA and coming back to IB 9 8y
+41 Incoming Leveraged Finance Analyst - Bulge Bracket - What to prepare for ? 15 1y
+41 IB SA25 Intern Pay 18 2y
+41 Valuations analyst - info and exit ops? (D&P) 23 8y
+41 How are students selected for interviews in reality? 34 5y
+41 I don’t think investment banking is the way for me anymore 33 1mo
+41 Bonus Bananas January 31, 2014 19 12y
+41 Cornell Dyson vs. Cornell ILR 17 5y
+41 NYU Stern or UVA Mcintire 58 5mo
+41 Dinner with Partner - Offer to Pay? 18 8mo
+41 CFA L3 Results 39 7y
+41 Is IB/PE Worth It If No Long-term Interest? 23 6y
+41 Out of Undergrad: PE or Top IBD? 37 12y
+41 Why are you guys still here? 33 1y
+41 Private Equity battles Investment Banks... And i'm okay with it. 26 12y
+41 Just Got Laid Off from My Boutique IB for Asking for a Mousepad—AMA 7 1y
+41 Associate with Ferrari? 59 7y
+41 BB Culture in Two Words 36 12y
+41 Learning to play office politics (for an introverted Asian kid) 3 3y
+41 JPM vs EB? 21 8y
+41 MENTAL HEALTH | IBD ANALYST EDITION 11 4y
+41 Bad team culture: A vent 26 4y
+41 Leave firm? Illegal / questionable business activity going on 53 11y
+41 EVR FY23 Bonus Thread 21 2y
+41 What do you call yourself? 37 6y
+41 Meal Stipend Benchmarking 38 5y
+41 BAML 2022 Carrers Launchpad D&I 396 3y
+41 Contingency Plans if FT Jobs Get Rescinded? 20 6y
+41 Boutique IB vs. BB ER 46 11y
+41 Non-controlling Interest Explanation 12 3y
+41 How do I develop work ethic for IB? 23 4y
+41 Can you get into I-Banking Without a College Degree? 56 9y
+41 ASIA 2014 IBD SA Recruiting 289 6y
+41 Goldman Sachs to Sack Nearly a Third of its Bankers in Asia 9 6y
+41 This seemingly false notion (?) about M&A 10 6y
+41 BAML 2021 Carrers Launchpad D&I 119 3y
+41 West Coast Tech Banking Ranking? 44 1y
+41 IBD vs Distressed 24 3y
+41 TMT prep 17 5y
+41 Rothschild Restructuring (Interview Help!) 18 6y
+41 Pay for internship? 20 6y
+41 How Tax Rate affects Enterprise Value (EV) 24 8y
+41 Does speaking Mandarin as a mixed/non-Chinese person help with recruiting? 13 3y
+41 Fellow MBA associates, anyone else surprised at how bad it ksy 62 5y
+41 Lazard CF/ Barcap IBD/ Citi IBD 24 6y
+41 Real Estate IBD - Deal flow 57 9y
+41 2026 Investment Banking Return Offer Climate 25 2mo
+41 Investment Banking Questions 44 6y
+41 To Ask For Extension on Offer Deadline or Not? - Urgent Help Needed 61 9y
+41 Do you have time to workout? 29 4y
+41 Best Industrials Groups - Best deal flow and exit opps? 66 8y
+41 Burnt out second year analyst wondering what to do 15 3y
+41 How hard can the hours be 15 1y
+41 KPMG M&A or Natixis? 20 2y
+41 Top green tech IB 18 2y
+41 Prestige on Wall Street: Oxbridge PhD in Physics vs Harvard MBA 36 9y
+41 Deciding Between Duke And Berkeley (Haas) Undergrad 27 2y
+41 Vikram Pandit Resigned?? 39 6y
+41 Junior Silent Bonus Protest @BofA/UBS 16 1y
+41 IB or MBB (post-MBA) LT goal is AM 14 7y
+41 WSO Corrupt? 8 1y
+41 1st Year Analyst - What Happens If I Just Stop Caring? 28 5y
+41 WTF 2022 ALREADY GOT SA OFFERS!?!?! 19 5y
+41 Citi A1 base raised to 110K? 105 4y
+41 Thoughts on Global Platinum Securities? 43 5mo
+41 underage/fake ID charge 18 5y
+41 IB Sweatshop stories 37 5y
+41 SAT score 94 1mo
+41 UBS to Divest IB? Now #15 in US M&A, losing 45% of Global IB fees in market share since 2022 (UBS + CS) in YTD 2024 61 1y
+41 Got Denied from JP Morgan's Junior Analyst Program 22 7y
+41 Am I too old/poor to get into investment banking? 14 7y
+41 Advice for IB laterals in this current market (Asking ANLs+ for advice) 25 2y
+41 First-year analyst quitting without a job lined up 26 5y
+41 Do Canadian investment banking seats still exist at the junior level? 52 2y
+41 Q&A: 2nd Year EB Analyst 46 4y
+41 Splitting hairs or meaningful differences??? 9 9y
+41 Barbarians At the Gate: A Monkey's Review 13 9y
+41 How much can connections help you 72 9y
+41 Log 3: Stupid mistakes 34 7y
+41 Unpaid intern at a boutique IB for the last 5 months… do I ask for pay? 25 1y
+41 im fucked 23 4y
+41 Intriguing Technical Question 18 3y
+41 UBS Groups Ranked by Future Outlook 20 4mo
+41 Do you wear a tie everyday to work? 47 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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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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