+41 Need Thoughts On When To Do This... Please Advice 12 4y
+41 Relevant deals for PE recruiting 26 3y
+41 How to explain firing? IB 25 3y
+41 Renogiate Sign on Bonus 16 6y
+41 Critique my "why IB" answer 16 5y
+41 Rejection Season! 35 5y
+41 Modern Day Bucket Shops 15 11y
+41 IB Associate All-in Comp 2024 40 2y
+41 Crucial Freshman Summer? 40 4y
+41 BAML 2021 Carrers Launchpad D&I 119 3y
+41 CS/UBS Houston is officially closing 31 3y
+41 BB/EB IBD vs. PE Straight out of Undergrad 37 10y
+41 2026 Investment Banking Return Offer Climate 25 2mo
+41 goldman bumps intern salaries for 2025 summer? 32 1y
+41 2 steps to killing it in 2016 (Pt 2) 6 10y
+41 West Coast Tech Banking Ranking? 44 1y
+41 How hard can the hours be 15 1y
+41 Non-target undergrad + Target grad non-mba = ??? 39 6y
+41 IB or buyside after undergrad 14 4y
+41 Bx M&A - Dream job 25 10y
+41 Rothschild Restructuring (Interview Help!) 18 6y
+41 Long-Term Banking in Chicago: Lincoln or WB? 9 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 Doctor wants to become investment banker (UK) 18 1mo
+41 Moelis Young Leaders Diversity 102 4y
+41 How Tax Rate affects Enterprise Value (EV) 24 8y
+41 Discussing disappointing bonus with seniors 22 3y
+41 Lazard CF/ Barcap IBD/ Citi IBD 24 6y
+41 Pay for internship? 20 6y
+41 I don’t think investment banking is the way for me anymore 33 1mo
+41 This seemingly false notion (?) about M&A 10 6y
+41 Accepted an IB SA offer and starting to regret 11 6y
+41 Is This A Good List? 44 6y
+41 London IB SA Recruiting as a Final Year Undergrad 32 2mo
+41 Full-Time Dilemma - 2 Offers 21 6y
+41 Investment Banks in Washington D.C. 65 8y
+41 Best Industrials Groups - Best deal flow and exit opps? 66 8y
+41 Advice for IB laterals in this current market (Asking ANLs+ for advice) 25 2y
+41 IB SA25 Intern Pay 18 2y
+41 Goldman NYC vs. Moelis LA vs. JPM NYC vs. Moelis NYC 26 5y
+41 Debt in WACC 37 10y
+41 Stephens Superday Class of 2017 56 10y
+41 Deleted 12 3y
+41 Deciding Between Duke And Berkeley (Haas) Undergrad 27 2y
+41 Thoughts on Global Platinum Securities? 43 5mo
+41 Can you get into I-Banking Without a College Degree? 56 9y
+41 Dinner with Partner - Offer to Pay? 18 8mo
+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 BofA vs PWP vs CS 28 5y
+41 Feeling Undervalued? Do This 5 8y
+41 IB or MBB (post-MBA) LT goal is AM 14 7y
+41 Discuss: How to fight back against insecure, narcissistic, backstabbing colleague or superior? 4 4y
+41 BAML 2022 Carrers Launchpad D&I 396 3y
+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 underage/fake ID charge 18 5y
+41 Unpaid intern at a boutique IB for the last 5 months… do I ask for pay? 25 1y
+41 Real Estate IBD - Deal flow 57 9y
+41 2012 League Tables Are Up! 42 6y
+41 UBS Groups Ranked by Future Outlook 20 4mo
+41 The Stress of Micromanagement 11 2y
+41 What should I major in to get into investment banking from a non-target school? 23 5y
+41 First-year analyst quitting without a job lined up 26 5y
+41 To Ask For Extension on Offer Deadline or Not? - Urgent Help Needed 61 9y
+41 EVR FY23 Bonus Thread 21 2y
+41 Cornell Dyson vs. Cornell ILR 17 5y
+41 Is IB/PE Worth It If No Long-term Interest? 23 6y
+41 Best teams for private equity exit ops 50 6y
+41 Am I too old/poor to get into investment banking? 14 7y
+41 Brutally Honest Evaluation 28 4y
+41 Prestige on Wall Street: Oxbridge PhD in Physics vs Harvard MBA 36 9y
+41 Q&A: 2nd Year EB Analyst 46 4y
+41 Where to live in San Francisco 104 6y
+41 Log 3: Stupid mistakes 34 7y
+41 Ib in Texas? 18 11mo
+41 RBC IB Layoffs?? 57 7mo
+41 Deutsche Bank Team 36 3mo
+41 Piper Sandler’s Caliber 23 5y
+41 Dealing with demanding associate? 17 3y
+41 IB AN1 Called to Jury Duty 9 1y
+41 Are career coaches worth it? 24 6y
+41 Splitting hairs or meaningful differences??? 9 9y
+41 Associate with Ferrari? 59 7y
+41 Do you wear a tie everyday to work? 47 5y
+41 Barbarians At the Gate: A Monkey's Review 13 9y
+41 How much can connections help you 72 9y
+41 3 Tips I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Before Starting My Investment Banking Internship 7 1y
+41 How to Lateral out of Oil and Gas? 14 4y
+41 Is IB truly the path to salvation? 23 1y
+41 Moelis PCA vs Lower tier BB Coverage 32 4d
+41 EB Rankings 22 2y
+41 Does Citi now have the Coolest / Best Office? 22 6y
+41 4 interviews, 4 diff banks, no offer = failure? Your path to success. 61 4y
+41 Struggling to select M&A or RX for full-time 20 2y
+41 Ranking of Banks to impress women 13 5y
+41 Teach For America as an alternative to the banking/finance world? 60 5y
+41 Do I need to be a genius to be a buy side quant 22 1y
+41 Enterprise value and equity value 20 8y
+41 Finished Goldman Sachs Hirevue Response Time 26 8y
+41 Who Has More Aura? GS Vs. Evercore 33 10mo
+41 GS IBD or PEG or REPIA? 26 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • 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 99.0%
  • 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 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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