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+39 Lateral Promotion Risks? 12 10mo
+39 Jefferies any good? 29 6y
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+39 Fastest/Craziest Promotion Timelines You've Seen 27 6mo
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+39 EBs NY vs SF offices 17 4y
+39 Q&A: Restructuring Analyst at Top BB 30 4y
+39 "More Revs" 29 4y
+39 Internship WFH - No Work Given 13 3y
+39 Wife’s bf got me an interview at JPM 15 3y
+39 Sick of this recruiting shit, lost 17 5y
+39 Effects of long term sleep deprivation? 54 12y
+39 Wall Street's Worst Case Scenario 22 12y
+39 Advice on improving terrible attention to detail? 11 6y
+39 Cornell Dyson vs NYU Stern vs Berkeley Econ vs UMich Ross 43 1mo
+39 Alternative options to IB 40 1y
+39 Werr 36 12y
+39 Stupid for leaving pre-bonus? 23 3y
+39 Interested in quitting as a 1st year ANL... thoughts? 33 5y
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+39 How do I know when I’m relying too heavily on ai for IB technicals? Or should I just avoid it? 12 1mo
+39 Ethics Test - Sharing Secret Documents 22 11y
+39 Fired as an A2 - what now??? 25 4y
+39 Houston SA 2024 29 4y
+39 Jefferies Groups Ranked 18 2y
+39 Maxing out 401(k) as a first year analyst? 40 3mo
+39 Immigrant seeking advice on breaking into IB in Canada post an MBA at a Canadian MBA program 21 3y
+39 WF or UBS for SA 2026 25 1y
+39 Any I Bankers who play Clash Royale down to have a coffee chat? 8 11mo
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+39 Consulting internship during sophomore summer? 40 9y
+39 Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Banker: A Monkey's Review 27 9y
+39 The nicest offices & perks among EBs and BBs | London 41 6y
+39 Summer Analyst Macquarie vs. Jefferies vs. Goldman Sachs 20 9y
+39 Which EB/BBs have the best-looking websites? 26 4y
+39 Freshman at A&M. How to grind 26 2y
+39 Can you BS transaction sizes on your resume? 23 9y
+39 children of investment bankers 39 4y
+39 Why does nobody talk about HSBC? 18 9y
+39 Intern Commute Time? 86 9y
+39 Are GH, HL, PWP EB in 2020? 7 6y
+39 IBD Informational Interview with an Analyst 68 9y
+39 GS LA, MS LA, CS LA IBD groups? 33 9y
+39 Barclays Screws You Over One Last Time on the Way Out 9 10mo
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+39 Best Banks for Project Finance 33 2mo
+39 Senior resignations at UBS TMT? 70 5y
+39 SANTANDER BONUS 2024 50 1y
+39 finance in India 24 6y
+39 Question about debt restructuring 11 9y
+39 Fake ID's as a Summer Analyst - To be or no to be? 11 6y
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+39 Piper Jaffray vs Imperial Capital 25 6y
+39 NYC IB: UBS vs RBC 7 6y
+39 RBC or Jefferies NY IB HELP 31 6y
+39 Boutique IB is a lie -- Experience Rant 15 6y
+39 *Official* UK Investment Bank rankings 2024 27 2y
+39 Top banks for Power & Utilities M&A? (2026) 52 2mo
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+39 EVR MP 2024 56 1y
+39 Bulge Bracket Technicals (SA) 23 6y
+39 DCF Question 6 9y
+39 What happens to partner-led boutiques when the partners leave? 16 6y
+39 Full Time 2025 Panic Mode -- Multiple Final Round Rejections 18 1y
+39 Interview question: Should I mention video games as a hobby? 58 4y
+39 Lack of rigor in the theories of business-related fields 13 1y
+39 Lunch at work?????? 24 9y
+39 GS Healthcare NYC 17 6y
+39 Do Engineers/SWE’s irritate you guys as much as they irritate me 30 3y
+39 LBO model - Base vs Optimistic 9 7y
+39 Metals and mining IB in Europe 6 1y
+39 How do I properly explain how I worked on this DCF? I was told I did it wrong. 13 9y
+39 AI’s Rise and IB Analysts - Still Worth It for High Schoolers? 11 1y
+39 Is DCM useless? 14 1y
+39 Guggenheim (NY) Vs. Rothschild (NY) Vs. William Blair (Chicago) 24 6y
+39 Best Vacation? 35 6y
+39 E&Y Valuation, Deloitte Valuation interviews? 66 9y
+39 LSE Accounting and Finance MSC 19 4y
+39 Obvious weakness? 20 9y
+39 PE is overrated (compared to staying in banking) 13 7y
+39 Army Reserve/AD commission? 14 2y
+39 US Department of War Recruiting Bankers (Recruiting Deck Included Below) 42 1mo
+39 Easy A classes? 15 6y
+39 GS Merchant Banking 93 3y
+39 Nothing is Going Right for Recruitment... What's Next? (Need Advice) 10 9y
+39 College List for IB 32 5y
+39 Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam Overview 0 7y
+39 Is Operations experience worthless? 16 4y
+39 Highest Paid Investment Banks 15 7y
+39 Loan Syndiation under Investment banking arm 19 4y
+39 Point of a Search Fund? 20 8y
+39 Current Take on FT Partners 33 4y
+39 Journey from CC to EB 7 4y
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+39 Goldman Sachs drug test type 26 8y
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+39 why IBD? 70 8y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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