0 Has the traditional buy-side recruiting cycle started for 2020 analysts?  3 5y
+98 Ranking MM Firms? 40 5y
+3 Transferring to a regional office during A2A 2 5y
+1 Normal For First Interview To Be With Head MD? (Off Cycle) 3 5y
+8 Will FP&A prepare me for joining as a FT IB analyst? 1 5y
+28 How do I develop better attention to detail? 11 5y
+9 Why transaction advisory over IB? 5 5y
+9 Best LA Boutiques for Sophomore Summer Internship? 1 5y
+12 Prep Time for Technicals 1 5y
+4 Trading Surveillance Analyst - Good Start Of A Career In IB/PE? 7 5y
+28 What banks have increased pay in London? 47 5y
+5 CFA in Toronto/Canada, why so common? 3 5y
+7 Unpaid Investment Banking Internship 7 5y
0 MS APAC SA 2022 1 5y
+21 Bifurcated unitranche vs 1L/2L 8 5y
+6 Case study 1 5y
+17 Best BofA Groups 15 5y
+3 Wells Fargo Corporate Banking Analyst Interview 1 5y
+6 Need help on how to list out steps on sell-side M&A deal 5 5y
+15 Has any of you ever thought about dating an actress or singer now that you're in ibanking? 19 5y
+15 Dealing with annoying co-worker (AN)? 1 5y
+3 Interview with partner 7 5y
+14 Leaving B4 TAS after 2 months? 7 5y
+19 BB'S AND MBA ASSISTANCE 9 5y
+17 BlackArch Partners FT 2022 9 5y
+3 How Important is my undergraduate school? 1 5y
+6 South Florida Finance PE, IB, HF Networking For a Free Lunch 1 5y
+6 Benchmarking Pymetrics Results 1 5y
+18 Does Deal Size Matter? 15 5y
+7 Banking salaries in different cities 8 5y
+9 Suggestions for Master thesis topic 2 5y
+10 Am I too old? 3 5y
+2 What are some interesting, profitable small businesses you’ve encountered in your career? 2 5y
+7 Are there any good summaries or articles that define main differrences between IFRS, US-GAAP (and German HGB)? 1 5y
+14 Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt vs. UNC vs. Emory for ibanking 26 5y
+9 Two questions regarding cost of debt... 2 5y
+27 why infrastructure 9 5y
0 IB ANALYST AND CLIENTS 1 5y
+12 Which calculus in college is important on transcript for IB internships? 2 5y
+6 How do headhunters work? 10 5y
0 Harris Williams best groups? 4 5y
0 Wells Fargo Bonus Numbers 2 5y
+1 Benchmarking Singapore IB Analyst Salary 2021 5 5y
+9 IB Financing Group Exit Ops 16 5y
+253 Why can't I even get any interviews? 227 5y
+6 Moving from no name MM shop to BB or upper MM 1 5y
0 Wells Fargo PE exit ops 2 5y
+13 Getting good at designing PPT slides? 3 5y
+9 DCF Valuation Question - EV to PPS 2 5y
+6 Prospects of Becoming IB Analyst in Emerging Market Office 1 5y
+7 MD/Partner Sizes 2 5y
+91 The Monkey's Guide to PPT Slides 15 5y
+4 Opinions on Greentech SF following incredibly negative Glassdoor review 4 5y
+20 underrated LA banks 18 5y
0 Salary negotiation 1 5y
0 Total Comp Expectations? 1 5y
+57 Am I the only one who worked at a no-name boutique IB and had zero problem going UMM buyside? 50 5y
0 DA, Truist, RJ, Jefferies, SA 2022 Timeline? 4 5y
+21 HR problem URGENT 13 5y
0 Morgan Partners - Fintech IB (Insurance) 6 5y
+6 Visa sponsorship in London IB 5 5y
+6 Mock interview partner 7 5y
0 Jefferies Post-COVID 3 5y
+38 Community College to IB? 9 5y
+25 Banks focused on culture/fit rather than technicals? 49 5y
+9 Social Science to MSF to IB? 1 5y
+6 MS IBD SA - no automatic test? 9 5y
+9 IB Informational Interview 1 5y
+3 Finding comps for unique business 1 5y
+6 What to pursue in senior year? 3 5y
+15 Jefferies vs UBS vs DB 11 5y
+24 Recruiting: Illegal ways companies are using your demographic data 6 5y
+10 SVB Leerink - Updated Thoughts on Expansion 3 5y
+6 Sophomore Summer Plans 1 5y
+4 Comp at top MMs 4 5y
0 ASAP Biotech Primer 0 5y
+3 FX Sales 1 5y
0 When are bonuses paid ? 1 5y
+2 is it true that banks sponsor Phd programs? 4 5y
0 EB Ranks 5 5y
+10 Wells Vs. MM (HL/Lincoln/Blair) 15 5y
+27 The only thing that makes me feel alive anymore is noticing a bust in the materials while on a call with a client and hoping they don't notice it 4 5y
+14 Rothschild & Co North America 14 5y
+77 jefferies vs ubs 43 5y
+3 Investment Portfolio as IB Analyst 2 5y
+11 FT Offer Decision: Wells Fargo vs Jefferies vs UBS 22 5y
0 Investment Banks as Colleges 7 5y
+9 How does one get a BB/EB Summer Internship without being a URM/connection hire? 9 5y
+14 UnitedHealth/Optum M&A/Corp Dev? (x-post CF) 6 5y
+20 Help negotiating lateral offer 8 5y
+1 Can any SLC analysts give me a weed plug? 4 5y
+69 Morgan Stanley NYC vs. Moelis NYC 28 5y
+3 When are MS / JPM London opening FT IBD roles for 2022? 1 5y
+12 Analyst Lateral 13 5y
+7 mannn fuck the y**kees 9 5y
0 Bonus hitting my account next week; bank cannot recall it once sent? 16 5y
+3 MFin programmes for IB 0 5y
+3 Credit Default Swap Workflow 1 5y
+2 Staying in IB or going in PE (London) 10 5y
+1 Applied to a DACH role, but not fluent in German 3 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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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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  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • 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

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