0 PE On-Cycle Prep: Peak Frameworks vs. Office Hours 1 4y
+62 Where does your MD live? 43 4y
+3 Do MMs like Baird Blair Houlihan M&A Piper support buyside recruiting? 5 4y
+34 Why do some firms get so much hate and flack yet others are regarded as grindy but respected? 16 4y
+8 Thoughts on Solic Capital Advisors? 10 4y
0 Best sources for in-depth M&A/industry/company research? 1 4y
+36 RBC changing logo? 28 4y
+46 Are BBs Accelerating Recruiting? 18 4y
+42 Barclays v BOFA v PWP v Moelis? 12 4y
+64 Need Help Comparing SA Offers: Raine Group, HL Corporate Finance SF, DBO Partners, Union Square Advisors 78 4y
+20 LBO technical questions (not answered elsewhere) 4 4y
+66 Wall Street vs SF: Where would you rather start? 43 4y
+80 Toughest Groups Historically 41 4y
0 How much time to receive the contract? 6 4y
+9 Ajlan & Bros Holding Group Abilitii to invest SAR 50 Billion with the NIDLP 1 4y
0 Mid Level Background Check Credit Check - Unique Situation 16 4y
+18 How to quickly understand healthcare companies / IPOs??? 7 4y
+3 BB Levfin to EB or coverage 1 4y
0 Jefferies Tech SF Exits 2 4y
+12 Overtime Pay for California Summer Interns 2020 4 4y
+6 New York Athletic / Social Leagues 1 4y
+7 Is my salary too high? 14 4y
+21 How I've managed to break into IB from a non-target (work in progress) 1 4y
+19 Getting canned in IB? What does it actually mean? IB vs. PE comparison 7 4y
+34 How do you guys know so much about deal flow? 14 4y
+76 Best EB Restructuring Groups in 2021? 54 4y
+13 ER to ECM (senior level) 3 4y
+65 Do you guys usually get 2 phones? 41 4y
0 Omicron's Impact on WFH 1 4y
0 Nomura Salt Lake City vs CVP NYC? 1 4y
+3 Lightning Partners? 1 4y
+12 1 Week Gone By Since Final Round - Head Count Approval Process? What Is Happening Behind The Scenes? 5 4y
+236 What is your lowest pay you would take? 54 4y
+36 Moelis NYC 2021 - Best Groups? 33 4y
+18 AllenCo/Liontree/Raine vs Mid-BB 11 4y
+4 Centerbridge, Oaktree, Angelo Gordon - Information? 4 4y
+8 UMM PE Firms - Updated List 11 4y
+132 Insultingly Low Bonus 65 4y
+3 William Blair and Guggenheim Atlanta 3 4y
+126 Stop with the toxic prestige BS 32 4y
+18 PE vs IB career risk 3 4y
+35 Percentage of GS IBD summer interns that get FT offers? 41 4y
+32 Offers Between Top BB and EB 18 4y
+31 How to quit 3 months in? 25 4y
+12 When to respond to offer? - Important 15 4y
+10 Macquarie 2021 SA Thread 104 4y
+33 What Did Banking Used to be Like? 22 4y
+26 What are Diversity Programs actually LIKE? 11 4y
+16 Is coasting a bad idea? 3 4y
+16 How believable is citing the 08/09 recession as a starting point of interest for investment banking? 16 4y
+30 Media and Entertainment Banks? 17 4y
+12 Return to Office - What If You Don't? 4 4y
+85 From Liberal Arts to EB 16 4y
+6 Non M&I 400 Interview question 19 4y
+14 Is it ACTUALLY good to be an engineering major applying for IB roles, or do people just say that? 19 4y
+37 PWP SA 2022 163 4y
+18 PWP 2021 SA return rate + pay bump? 26 4y
+46 Guggenheim RX vs. JPM (Any group) vs. UBS (Global Banking) vs. Ares Management Alternative Credit 32 4y
+194 Covid Surge and Back to Remote 90 4y
+10 Lateral Analyst Expectations 5 4y
+27 Highest Paying Banks (Non EB/BB/MM) 30 4y
+43 Updated view on Private Credit/DL? 23 4y
+6 WFH Burn Out 1 4y
+8 Tier 1 BB vs EB vs PE 1 4y
0 IB bonuses in NYC vs Charlotte/Tier 2 1 4y
0 Issuing stock for acquisition 1 4y
+259 How To Stop Caring About BB Rankings? 67 4y
+137 Moelis SA 2021 387 4y
+50 MOELIS LA SA 2021 47 4y
+9 Impact of $100 Debt in y0,1 on the 3 statements 11 4y
+60 Ducera vs. M. Klein? 49 4y
0 Can someone give a list of how to balance that sheet 1 4y
+15 Which FINRA and Series Exams Do I Need to Take? Early Start Feb 8 4y
+1 How to get Spring Internships in the US? 3 4y
+18 Legacy of Gregg Lemkau | Goldman Sachs Career 9 4y
0 What are the chances we go virtual for the summer? 1 4y
+11 ROTC Cadet pursuing Investment Banking 3 4y
+13 Special Situations/Workout to Leveraged Finance 3 4y
+16 Audit to M&A transition 7 4y
+147 How to Overcome Class Barriers 53 4y
+21 LA IB’s with decent WLB 43 4y
+4 EB pays 240K An1 32 4y
+66 Feeling incompetent because I can't code? 24 4y
0 Need help with balancing a model 1 4y
+6 How Detrimental is Finance to Your Health 1 4y
+6 London Analyst 1 PE Very Small Prep Group 3 4y
+18 Does Wharton take a third of the analyst spots 10 4y
+7 Anyone have any BO to FO success stories? 18 4y
+5 What is your opinion about IB in Canada 10 4y
+21 Renewables valuations have gotten out of hand 1 4y
+2 Graduating mid year. 2 4y
+9 Public Finance Culture 6 4y
+9 Controllers - Salt Lake City - Goldman Sachs; should I have expectations? 1 4y
+6 Understaffed Deal Teams 20 4y
0 Feb 2022 NYC Roommate Thread 4 4y
+10 Greenhill RX in 2021? 20 4y
+5 Key Bank financial sponsor group 3 4y
+225 TAXATION IS THEFT 108 4y
+6 GS Classics group rankings 5 4y
+6 JPM 2022 Lateral Program 4 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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