+15 M&A - Have I idealized this job? Or am I just in the wrong place? 2 6y
+6 Internship Location on Resume 4 6y
+32 How is group / team selection actually determined for analysts and/or interns? 11 6y
+12 Advice on Next Steps 1 6y
+18 Background/Interests - What is appropriate to share? 6 6y
+9 Boutique ranking - Europe 2019 6 6y
+3 Spring Insight 2 6y
+4 Finance Internship 1 6y
+6 Is having no finance classes a bad signal for spring weeks/internships? 2 6y
+3 Networking With People From Your Country 1 6y
+3 Is that worth to travel for BCG and Mckinsey tests? 3 6y
+3 FinModel differences around the world 1 6y
+4 Risk-On, Risk-Off 2 6y
+12 Year abroad in Russia or not? (Trying to break into M&A) 1 6y
+10 Starting in IB with no experience - help! 3 6y
+9 Alantra in Europe 1 6y
+3 Im a senior graduating with a liberal arts degree, failed pre-med student 1 6y
+3 BNP Paribas Salary 3 6y
+3 Thoughts on Jefferies HC & TMT? 1 6y
+9 Morgan Stanley prep interview 1 6y
+15 Wondering which banks have the worst retention problems 1 6y
+12 Leveraged Finance in Asia 2 6y
+4 Question from a BB, please help. 2 6y
+12 interview offer in IBD at GS, Job offer in AM. Which one? 1 6y
+6 Negative Cost of Debt? 3 6y
+12 I really need some advice here 1 6y
+3 US Bank layoffs 1 6y
+8 Honest House Rankings 2019 1 6y
+13 Markets grad role to LevFin 3 6y
+32 Big four M&A team to IB? 12 6y
+27 From hardships to a great career: realistic? 6 6y
+3 N+1 1 6y
+9 DCM internship, suggestions needed! 1 6y
+3 Big 4 M&A Case Study - Help! 1 6y
+32 How to enter IB post MSF/what to do during MSF 7 6y
+7 UK to US via business school 1 6y
+12 EB FT vs Masters 2 6y
+13 P&L Analyst??! 3 6y
+12 P&L Analyst position??! 1 6y
+9 Interviews during off-cycle internships 3 6y
+12 Advice: Middle-Office to hedge fund Front Office?? 1 6y
+27 (Europe) Master's in Finance - How much student loan debt is too much? 7 6y
+9 Advice: What master's degree??? 1 6y
+20 Exit Opps: BB FIG vs. MM Botique / LDN 4 6y
+12 ER at Jefferies/Oppenheimer/Piper Jaffray or Equities at Schroders/Janus Henderson 1 6y
+12 M&A Law internship as a business student? 1 6y
+23 Study Abroad Next Fall–Recruiting? 8 6y
+21 Seeking IB career advise - already working as analyst 1 6y
+1 evercore europe 4 6y
+13 searching for M&A advisor (sell-side) 1 6y
+12 The Dramatic Fall of European Investment Banks in the US (FT article) 1 6y
+23 Corporate Banking to Investment Banking (How to transition?) 5 6y
+9 Moving from Operation Division to Investment Banking Division 1 6y
+9 BSchool is considering delaying graduation due to coronavirus - can apply for suumers? 1 6y
+12 Sophomore internship in a foreign country during the recruitment season 1 6y
+4 Any BB banks covering Emerging Europe (CEE)? 3 6y
+3 Office transfer? 1 6y
+20 Any Central Eastern Europe (CEE) reports and news coverage source? 6 6y
+3 Citi - regional offices - changes to get FT 4 6y
+7 What makes each elite boutique unique? 2 6y
+10 Recruiters asking the pay of previous internships 7 6y
+3 (Cross-border) Mergers in European Banking 1 6y
+18 JPM Virtual FT Start 5 6y
0 Advice needed - Frankfurt BB IB bonus numbers 9 6y
0 Deutsche Bank poaches Merrill, Posts 4Q Loss 8 6y
0 M&A data 2 6y
+8 Bonus Watch ’11: Which Bank Pays Employees The Most On Wall Street? 13 6y
+18 Please let all your Christmas agression out on this IB cover letter :) 8 6y
0 Arabic (College Language) 4 6y
+42 TPG hires a 23-year-old GS analyst as Director!! 44 6y
0 What do you guys think about this? Can anyone confirm? 3 6y
+12 Reputation of Max Planck Society vs. Ivy League PhD 1 6y
+10 IBD In Germany 5 6y
+3 Advantage speaking fluent German for IB internshps in Frankfurt? 1 6y
+7 How fierce is the competition for Frankfurt IB internships? 4 6y
+14 Case interview, previous case questions found, interested in answers 3 6y
+3 Raiffeisen Bank IB - Sarajevo & Vienna 1 6y
+12 Please, help me with my survey dedicated to valuation! 1 6y
+4 Goldman Sachs Frankfurt groups 1 6y
+9 help urgent question, non UK citizen concerning IB application 1 6y
+9 General Management Bachelor for a Career in IB 1 6y
+14 Risk free rate and equity risk premium selection 1 6y
+12 Germany or Emerging Markets Internship? 3 6y
+9 goldman sachs - application status "currently not being considered" 1 6y
+4 Networking for FT in Germany 2 6y
+29 Which of the below options will make my application for spring weeks stand out more? 10 6y
+12 IBD Intern Frankfurt - Advice needed from somebody who is familiar with the market 1 6y
+12 Quantitative Finance vs Financial Econometrics 1 6y
+3 T2 FT vs Masters 1 6y
+14 Anyone seen the TV show Bad Banks? 2 6y
+38 Deutsche Bank Commerzbank Merger 13 6y
+9 Language requirements for front office position in Frankfurt. 1 6y
+6 Break into EU IB 3 6y
+12 Gap Year During Uni - IB Advice 1 6y
+3 Deutsche Bank cutting another 15 - 20,000 bankers outside of Germany 1 6y
+44 Deutsche Bank Cutting 18,000 jobs!!!! 15 6y
+16 Cost of equity for multi-jurisdiction company/asset 3 6y
+31 ”Teenager IB summer programs?“ 11 6y
+3 IB/IB related program Teens 1 6y
+3 Project Finance / Leveraged Finance in Frankfurt 2 6y

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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