+41 Thoughts on Baird Chicago? 32 5y
+21 How do you manage your stress/anxiety? 7 5y
+13 How to answer "Situational" Questions? 1 5y
+23 Questioning my decision to go into finance. Why did you pursue banking? Legitimate answers please. 8 5y
+25 Trying for lower tier bank. Bad move? 5 5y
+15 JP Morgan HireVue for e-Trading & Morgan Stanley 2 5y
+12 Angry Client/Boss 1 5y
+9 BB analysts - when are you leaving? 6 5y
+81 Feels like I got bullied into accepting an offer 17 5y
+76 I didn’t offer to pay for the banker’s coffee in coffee chat 38 5y
+3 Do SA banks/ firms call references to evaluate your performance? 1 5y
+6 Bringing up something from LinkedIn? 1 5y
+6 Does anybody have access to Axial or a spreadsheet with a list of banker contacts? Willing to pay! 1 5y
+6 Credit Suisse IB and S&T Merge Implications? 1 5y
+21 How strict are FT graduation requirements 11 5y
+12 Getting hit in the nuts is the worst pain 1 5y
+15 Most resilient sectors through COVID outlook 2021-2023: Which groups will still bring in IB revenue? 1 5y
+15 Division of Labor between Industry Coverage vs Product Groups? 2 5y
+22 How Do Investment Bankers View Equity Research? 7 5y
+25 What to do if you don't get an offer in the age of COVID? 13 5y
+3 Which bank pays the most for IB analyst position? 2 5y
+5 required to network during internship? 3 5y
+19 UK VISA SYSTEM 5 5y
+31 A2A at EB -> Recruit for Buyside? 11 5y
+16 What’s Wrong with RBC? 7 5y
+16 Do non-wall street IB's such as Suntrust Robison Humphrey (Atlanta) recruit large, non target, state schools? 9 5y
+20 Lev Fin at BB vs Super regional 8 5y
+3 Biotech M&A Pitchbook 4 5y
+12 Restructuring / Turnaround Management vs LevFin / RX IB? 2 5y
+6 Asset v Equity Sale 1 5y
+3 What is merchant banking? 2 5y
+27 Investment banking culture in BBs/EBs in Singapore 2 5y
+20 What is the difference between FSG and LevFin at Bank of America? 5 5y
+131 PJT RSSG vs. Evercore M&A 69 5y
+9 Weekend work at MM boutique in London ? 3 5y
+70 Breaking into Houston energy groups without being from Texas 41 5y
+4 Subscribe to my newsletter - covering deals, trends, etc. in IB and PE 1 5y
+12 Financial Sponsors League Tables 1 5y
+4 MOELIS London Insights 1 5y
+3 Sophomore year finance internship 1 5y
+11 Canadian 1st Year Analyst - what platform to invest with? 6 5y
+10 Should I ask interviewers about interests/free-time activities in interviews? 6 5y
+20 Intern here, can someone help me with a finance question. thanks! 5 5y
+3 Looking for Equity Research Report for $ 1 5y
+10 Fine to talk about pending deals in my interview? 2 5y
+16 Spring Internship Worth It? 3 5y
+4 Investment Banking Internships 1 5y
+12 Regional Boutique to New York? Odds, Networking, etc? 1 5y
+15 How is Barclays Menlo Park? 4 5y
+16 Any other underclassmen doing bs “IB” internships? 5 5y
+13 JPM Lev Fin 5 5y
+20 Take Equity Research SA or wait for IB? 3 5y
+3 Portfolio valuation? 1 5y
+12 Firms that are sinking? 2 5y
+9 Any way to view deleted comments? 1 5y
0 Canadian firms hiring fall interns 3 5y
+21 Which jobs in tech competes with high finance? 4 5y
+18 Post internship depression 4 5y
+13 How to best transport 2 full-size monitors? 4 5y
+23 DCF Question: Calculated EV and TEV to be less than half of company's reported EV/TEV.... 10 5y
+24 Undergrad MM PE or IB 8 5y
+16 Jump ship in summer? 4 5y
+15 Does Big 5 name hold weight in the US? 9 5y
+12 Which banks haven't started recruitment? 1 5y
+6 Summer Analyst Prep. 1 5y
+6 When you put someone's name as a referral on the Bank of America app, what does that do? 2 5y
+29 Why not use a DCF for a bank? 9 5y
+15 Singapore IB as a non-Singaporean? 2 5y
+6 SAP to Spin Out Qualtrics through IPO? 1 5y
+12 Will investment bankers be replaced by computers? 7 5y
+13 Investment Banks In Scottsdale AZ Or Denver CO 4 5y
+12 Appropriate to name drop in hirevue? 6 5y
+6 Answering: Teach me something new 3 5y
0 West Coast Recruiting Culture 2 5y
+9 What does it mean in an interview when asked “who’s the CEO of our bank” or “what’s our bank’s stock trading at”? 17 5y
+14 What do Fall semester graduates do? 4 5y
+26 Lazard Final Round Interviews 47 5y
+8 How to leverage a connection in another part of bank for IB? 2 5y
+6 5 Tools of Banking 0 5y
+13 Return offer in HK? Differences between HK and US 4 5y
+3 Full time recruiting for next summer 1 5y
+10 Should I study the Restructuring part of The 400 Questions Guide for a BB Superday? 2 5y
+15 Evercore Houston Transitioning into Renewables? 1 5y
+12 Unique Late start to current internship – how to speak to it during IB superday? 2 5y
+26 My Virtual SA Frustrations 10 5y
+51 What are some name-brand banks that hire sophomores? 76 5y
+15 M&A accretion / dilution model visualized 1 5y
+21 IB in Switzerland 9 5y
+13 What are the top P&U, Nat Res, and Energy groups? 11 5y
+9 IB to consulting?!! help!!! 1 5y
+18 SA Application Timeline 1 5y
+3 Non-Target IB Advice 1 5y
+12 Stupid Bond Question - Prepping for IB Interviews 1 5y
+20 PUI or Financial Sponsors Group in Barclays LDN? 13 5y
+12 Minority interest question 3 5y
+15 Medical Marijuana Card in Investment Banking 7 5y
+15 How to lateral without sell-side experience? 1 5y
+2 BofA London 1 5y
+508 The future of Hong Kong high finance 143 5y
+6 Suited AI 2 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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