+9 Houston Summer 2021 Housing 1 5y
+69 What are the best groups for JPM? 63 5y
0 Rotation at BB 1 5y
+10 NYC FT Start Date Thread 10 5y
+4 Goldman Sachs Early Careers 7 5y
0 IB Case Study samples 2 5y
0 Deal Experience Question 2 5y
+18 Serious Problem in Banking or just Anecdotal 9 5y
+9 IB Leavers : What would you do differently now? 1 5y
+7 Greenhill in 2021 7 5y
+3 KBW SF 2020 1 5y
+2 HSBC 8 5y
0 What's a Normal Workload? 1 5y
0 SPAC merger 1 5y
+10 No SA offer (London) 2 5y
+41 Barclays - Top IBD Groups in UK/EU? 27 5y
0 How sweaty is JPM TMT? (London / NYC) 2 5y
+163 Toxic Masculinity in Finance 53 5y
0 Investment in 2021 1 5y
+13 Did I just get a guaranteed return offer?? 31 5y
+24 Can't be around people who use, so how common is drug use in IB? 20 5y
+14 1st Year Planning to Quit - What's Next? 23 5y
+26 Project Finance - exit opportunities 16 5y
+22 The very first IB analyst program 15 5y
0 IB culture in London 3 5y
+6 DCF and Future Share Price 12 5y
0 Seeking Advice As A Senior Who Is Expecting To Graduate During The 2021 Pandemic 7 5y
0 Credit Suisse Spring Week Conversion Rate 1 5y
0 Work vs Study 1 5y
+11 Pro Athlete to IB 3 5y
+12 OPT delays - 3 to 8 months processing times?! 5 5y
+17 Goldman TMT SF -- Culture and Exits 17 5y
0 Post-MBA Associate Moving to NYC after graduation -- Where to live? 3 5y
+13 Summering at a group that gives out low FT offers. Tips? 8 5y
+4 MS or MBA 4 5y
0 Lazard Chicago RX team 1 5y
0 Parcrest Advisors? 1 5y
0 Guggenheim Partners Email Assessment 2 5y
0 what else to set up my life? 4 5y
+10 Corporate Banking Lifestyle During the COVID-19 Pandemic 1 5y
+16 IB salaries in UK 17 5y
0 ECM vs. LevFin vs. Project Commodity & Infrastructure Finance 1 5y
0 Nomura IBD vs BNP Acquisition Finance 5 5y
0 M&A Tax 1 5y
+28 Yelling at Your Boss 27 5y
+5 SMBC SA 2021 44 5y
+15 What is Adjusted EBITDA? Doesn’t EBITDA / EBIT already have one-time expenses stripped out? 9 5y
0 Tips for lateral analyst w no previous IB experience 8 5y
+133 PWP/GHL/Guggenheim 58 5y
0 PJT Park Hill Hedge Fund/Private Credit Group 3 5y
+75 Corporate Banking Huddle 33 5y
+34 Would having my father work for JP Morgan NYC make up for going to a non-target school? 16 5y
+14 EU IB execution from London? 15 5y
0 Back of the envolope valuation for a mortgage portfolio 1 5y
+2 Harris Williams Slander 6 5y
+247 Junior RBC Analyst Charged With Insider Trading 86 5y
+65 Goldman IBD Bonuses (how low?) 43 5y
+29 Is this still considered a LBO? 12 5y
0 Australian winter analyst recruitment 3 5y
+15 Technicals Studying Strategy 5 5y
0 PE Club 6 5y
0 Yelling at work 1 5y
+45 I need a new watch (HELP) 18 5y
+30 Deutsche Bank New CEO, a BB dying? 16 5y
+51 why do you pay off debt in lbo in exit? 27 5y
+19 Financial model sanity check 11 5y
+4 DCF Doesn't Balance 3 5y
+18 Experienced Lateral to J.P. Morgan - Coverage 12 5y
0 Here's why Investment banking is the best career path ? 19 5y
+19 A&M Business Honors or Mccombs 29 5y
+4 HH asking for salary 4 5y
+37 Poll: Horizontal or Vertical Models? 27 5y
+31 Breaking away from the standard pitchbook! 8 5y
+44 Struggling to Renege offer, need advice please? 20 5y
0 Gross to net London? 4 5y
0 Dinged for 2 accounts? 1 5y
+6 Bank of America headcount reduction 10 5y
0 HSBC Global Banking Internship 3 5y
+10 how does LBO analysis imply a share price? 9 5y
+7 GS’s CEO wants interns in office 20 5y
+4 Exits After 1 Year of IB 3 5y
+3 Do PE Firms do stock or asset purchases? 4 5y
+7 UK Lockdown Updates and virtual SA 16 5y
+9 Barely slept in 2 days 14 5y
+9 Are technical skills needed before starting off as a first year IB analyst, or are the skills taught on the job and the technical interview is just a weed out phase? 3 5y
0 SF BB Office Culture/Dress Code 7 5y
+18 1st year analyst lateral - tech banking in SF 8 5y
0 Chicago IB - Industry focus, trending up/down, and exit opps 1 5y
0 FDD —> IB 1 5y
+15 Why does my MD care about where I work? 34 5y
0 Credit Suisse Summer Internship Drug Test 2 5y
+38 Can MMs be the best option if you don't want MF / UMM PE? 14 5y
+10 GS TMT (SF) Culture 23 5y
+149 First year analyst, still feel incompetent and like I haven’t learned anything 56 5y
0 Intern Roommates/Housing 1 5y
0 Regarding the Recent Threads on Quitting IB 4 5y
+8 Reputation of Japanese Investment Banks in EMEA 4 5y
+5 Teams Falling Apart/No Headcount, Which Is It? 5 5y
0 Summer 2021 Bonus Expectations 1 5y
+12 Goldman Sachs Structured Equity Group Interview 3 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

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  • 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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