+9 High COL West Coast Internship In-Person or Not? 1 5y
+7 Pretend to be busy 11 5y
+28 How Long Did It Take You To Fully Understand IB Technicals? 16 5y
+9 Forecasting a Balance Sheet without supporting schedules? 4 5y
+2 All-stock Transactions 3 5y
+15 US/Europe vs U.K. work hours 4 5y
+2 Starting FT in a FLDP vs IB 3 5y
+11 Interview Question about two companies merging 6 5y
0 I hate being a non-target 7 5y
0 Compensation Debate: BB vs. Middle Market 2 5y
+30 How to prep for banking 18 5y
+19 Will drug test follow background check test immediately?? 16 5y
0 This is the way... 1 5y
0 Corporate Finance TMT at Big 4 in LDN 1 5y
+20 Are firms still drug testing? 16 5y
+66 Summer Analyst Drug Test 33 5y
+6 BB SA 2021 Drug Testing 12 5y
+14 Long break between analyst to associate stint possible? 8 5y
0 DITL GS intern @ Youtube 1 5y
+1 Barclays start date 3 5y
+19 Where do all the interns and analyst go??? 19 5y
+1 Corporate Banking vs Corporate Finance vs Commercial Banking 2 5y
0 Hong Kong Email Formats 2 5y
+3 What time do you get to leave on the last day of SA? 5 5y
+8 Will non-target undergrad hurt my PE exit opp chances? 11 5y
+24 Serious: Accounting over IB for non-target state schools 10 5y
+15 Non-Target Chances 8 5y
+44 Am I at a Sweatshop? 47 5y
+6 GS IBD Knowledge Management Analyst Role 1 5y
+13 Guggenheim Benefits? 11 5y
+8 Banks getting M&A credit for financing 3 5y
+6 Equity Research Intern and loving it. Does it make any sense to quit ?? 3 5y
+2 Incoming SA: When Can I Tell People What Group I'm in? 2 5y
+4 IBD (EB) in Panamá - Hours, Comp & Culture 5 5y
0 Macroeconomic Report Layout 1 5y
+9 FP&A --> IB/PE 1 5y
+17 Do you guys think it's possible for IB to adopt more of a consulting WLB where you mainly have weekends off? 8 5y
+27 Why bankers are preferring to work from home? 25 5y
+2 Are any banks doing FT training in-person? 4 5y
+11 Salary at William Blair Chicago 7 5y
+16 Why don't bankers breathe? 11 5y
0 How prepared am I for the upcoming summer internship? 4 5y
+6 What Do People Actually Bring to Work Everyday? 9 5y
0 a day in the life of engineer working from home 1 5y
+5 Union Square Advisors (USA) Interviews 7 5y
+8 CS Houston 28 5y
+3 Lateraling Decisions 8 5y
+9 What is the difference of Private Debt Facilities (Unitranche/Stretched Senior) vs. standard TLBs in LBOs? 1 5y
+4 Will Summer Analysts/Associates get dinner allowance? 8 5y
+10 How long does a Background check usually take? 10 5y
0 Private Placements 1 5y
+112 Tired of this "personal hour" work life balance initiative talk 71 5y
+80 What's Your Dream Job/Title/Position or One of them 42 5y
+6 Lateral Question 2 5y
+2 Avg amount of tombstones for analysts? 4 5y
+12 Exercise as a Junior Banker? 17 5y
+66 Does anyone do IB to stay in IB? 32 5y
+38 Investment Banking Internship vs Studying Abroad 26 5y
+3 BAML LevFin Hours 4 5y
+32 Updated thoughts on LionTree 12 5y
+11 Miami Funds/PE 2021 7 5y
+13 Are Long Hours Worth it for the Firm? 3 5y
0 2nd/3rd Year Analyst Temperature Check 4 5y
+33 Is IB still considered a high paying job? 56 5y
+26 Debt Syndicate vs DCM 9 5y
+45 BAML / Bank of America is going virtual this summer 45 5y
+2 Evercore Private Funds Group 3 5y
0 ECM or SPO 1 5y
+3 JPM FT Analyst 2021 1 5y
0 Series 79 2 5y
+6 3 Weeks in Manhattan before SA 7 5y
+6 Info on Vaquero Capital? (SF tech boutique) 4 5y
+6 Need a closed m&a for PE/GE??? 5 5y
+20 Can I round my GPA up from a 3.449 to a 3.5? 26 5y
+133 How do I simulate IB work/hours/pain before even getting an internship? 48 5y
+3 LatAm IB Comp 3 5y
+13 What do you actually learn in 1st year of IB, that a trader does not learn? 8 5y
+3 Risk Management to Investment Banking 2 5y
+31 Are there any juniors out there who do not hate their life/regret going into IB? 15 5y
+17 BB vs MM for Post-MBA Associate 11 5y
+3 Oil and Gas Terminal Financial Modeling 1 5y
+5 Commercial banking associate vs credit risk associate? 2 5y
+13 Hardest Time in your Analyst Years? 6 5y
+6 LBO value creation decomposition for IPO exit 1 5y
+6 Evercore ECM - Insight? 4 5y
+12 Is MSc choice overrated for the sake of getting interviews? 6 5y
+3 GS Lev Fin hours 1 5y
+12 Barclays Perks 16 5y
+9 UBS London - EMEA Execution Group? 2 5y
+12 Can't understand the basics of financial modeling lol. Kindly help with this problem 3 5y
0 ER vs IB to get into HF/ AM 4 5y
+14 Use forward looking multiple for terminal multiple in a dcf? 8 5y
+24 Renege on MM for BB 20 5y
+73 PJT 2020 25 5y
0 RBC - New York/SF 1 5y
+28 How do you pick a multiple in DCF terminal value calculation (multiples method) 29 5y
+3 Moelis NYC SA 2019 4 5y
0 JPM 2021 FT Analyst GroupMe 1 5y
+4 Houlihan Lokey Perks? 5 5y
0 Software engineering vs Investment Banking 11 5y

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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