+3 Wells Fargo Exit Opportunities 2 4y
+6 Exit opps for high yield DCM? 4 4y
+5 Too old to break “in”? 1 4y
+9 Freshmen at Stanford, Internships for next summer 2 4y
+38 Jefferies Rep 65 4y
0 London - IB analyst notice period? 1 4y
+18 Top BB Consumer Retail Teams 25 4y
+36 Possible to break in after PhD? 18 4y
+8 Guggenheim IB - Restructuring 1 4y
0 The End of In-Person Interviews in Finance? 1 4y
+61 Are you guys allowed BYOD in IBD? 16 4y
+3 Background check question 8 4y
+41 Fellow MBA associates, anyone else surprised at how bad it ksy 62 4y
+5 raymond james 2022 1 4y
+5 Insight Into Oppenheimer & Co 1 4y
+15 Recent Grads Eligibility Crisis? 1 4y
0 How to ace IB recruiting in Europe ? 1 4y
0 Deleted 4 4y
+8 How long do you think this hot lateral job market will last? 1 4y
+5 Blessed 1 4y
+14 Disclosing an Outside Business Activity 4 4y
0 DCM/ECM Interviews vs. M&A - Similar? 1 4y
0 How is Citi FIG in 2021? 1 4y
+4 Corporate/Commercial Banking Salary Bumps? 4 4y
+11 Will changing sectors put me behind? 1 4y
+11 Post baccalaureate courses for Columbia, Northwestern, Fordham 1 4y
+11 Costs / Benefits of Reneging - MM in SF to lower-tier BB in SF 4 4y
+18 What does a VP in IB do 19 4y
+6 Corporate Banking as long term career? 1 4y
+2 Time between verbal and written offer? 1 4y
+13 Networking after accepting SA offer 4 4y
0 What exactly does corp dev vs bankers in a process? 3 4y
+8 Stephens FT 2022 9 4y
+11 How bad is Moelis NY? 8 4y
+10 Lateral Cold Email Response Rate 11 4y
+5 How to Organize Inbox 5 4y
0 Corporate Banking Associate & VP Base Pay 4 4y
+3 Taxation in UK 3 4y
+21 Raymond James SA 2020 51 4y
+22 2020 Full Time/Off-cycle Dubai 40 4y
+6 Corporate/Business Valuations vs Portfolio Valuations 1 4y
+53 starting bb ib soon, depressed (???) what do 17 4y
0 Are phone interviews candidates selected on a rolling basis for summer internships ? 9 4y
+7 Aus IBD Exit Ops 5 4y
+4 RBC 2022 done? 13 4y
0 Investment Banking Power Rankings 22’ (NYC) 14 4y
+10 Going straight to PE vs IB first 19 4y
+5 RBC Summer Analyst Program 2022 1 4y
+21 GS Houston 23 4y
+13 Energy Banking 6 4y
+9 Craziest bathroom story at investment bank 1 4y
+14 Two 1-1 MD final rounds instead of superday? What to expect? 6 4y
+17 IB Secondaries Advisory 13 4y
+68 Are hours of my life my only value-add in this space? 12 4y
+11 Are off-cycle regarded the same as summer internships 1 4y
+43 Moelis NY vs PWP NY 23 4y
+5 BMO or DC Advisory? 1 4y
+2 Leaving new job after 1 year (will be 3rd year analyst by then) 1 4y
0 BMO Diversified & M&A Groups 1 4y
+18 Realizing the Hard Truth 7 4y
+19 Don't Know if I Can Make it 2 Years 3 4y
0 Interview Soon - Need Help with Math Question 6 4y
+6 Big 4 Corporate Finance (M&A) Salary 5 4y
+12 Advice on M&A 1 4y
+17 Linkedin cold message 13 4y
+120 I don’t do shit in my internship 68 4y
+6 em 2 4y
+95 London vs New York City 39 4y
+10 What's beyond M&A? 1 4y
+32 Energy Sector Primer 31 4y
+1 Interview Question: You overstated depreciation by $100 for the first year. How do you adjust it in the second year? 3 4y
+12 Path 3 4y
+8 2021/2022 Credit Suisse Off-cycle Investment Banking Singapore 1 4y
+3 How long are IB analyst programs across the st??? 10 4y
+9 Meh deal-flow, okay hours, (way) below-street pay 2 4y
+14 Does one always have to wear a suit in the office? 10 4y
+9 Piper Sandler Superdays 20 4y
+5 BAML Tech & M&A 1 4y
+4 No Offer? 4 4y
0 What do resume books do? 5 4y
+5 IBD Teams for each bank 1 4y
+21 Lazard SA 2022 142 4y
+19 Feeling totally misled about a new role I took 2 4y
+11 If Frank Reynolds were to Launch a SPAC what would he take public? 4 4y
+5 Any other IB structured like GS where M&A is built into coverage group? 10 4y
+11 Corporate Banking to Investment Banking 20 4y
+93 GS Raising Base - Litquidity 128 4y
+7 RBC Public/Municipal Finance 2021 67 4y
+8 Deloitte Discovery Internship good stepping stone to IB/PE? 1 4y
+1 EB Base Salaries (London) 7 4y
+4 Let's talk Canadian Comp - 4 4y
+11 How's OCR at Amherst/Williams? 8 4y
+5 JPM Lev Fin - Interview Experience / Prep 1 4y
+72 IB Good Exits - Not so much 20 4y
+19 [URGENT] Preparing PE Interviews efficiently 4 4y
+12 EB London Comp 28 4y
+5 How much do bankers really talk to each other between firms? 4 4y
+19 At Wells Fargo as Quality Anayst and Deloitte/Goldman Sachs reached out to me on an Operations Role. 4 4y
+6 Taking up another interview at the same bank but with different group while in the midst of interview- yay or nay? 2 4y
+2 Stifel Consumer NYC 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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