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+16 Do you need computer science in IB or PE? Why? 10 6y
+16 Tough Valuation and accounting question. Help!! 5 6y
+45 At what level investment bank are you better off at in Consulting than Banking? 17 6y
+6 Future Skills for Investment Banking/PE 1 6y
+12 Quitting after just started 1 6y
+32 Goldman Sachs Salt Lake City IBD is being dissolved 39 6y
+3 Best Method of Keeping In Contact After Coffee Chat 1 6y
+12 Exit Opps for People who Dislike Networking? 1 6y
+12 My chances of navigating to IB/T-10 IB MBA programs 1 6y
+12 Equity Research SA — What Next? 1 6y
+12 Back Office -> Grad School -> Front Office? 1 6y
+3 Does any of our MBA finance theory education gets to use in IB? 1 6y
+34 Has FT Partners Really Changed? 6 6y
+14 IB Lifers: is Capital Markets the way to go? 2 6y
+12 Nontarget - 3.7 Major GPA - 2.9 Cumulative GPA due to mid-undergrad major change 1 6y
+3 Incoming IB summer analyst UBS 2020 1 6y
+28 Transferred to NYU CAS. What now? 16 6y
+43 Oily skin and bad acne after starting fulltime 32 6y
+5 Is obtaining an MBA worth it? 2 6y
+3 Student Loan Repayment Help 1 6y
+3 SA Offer Advice 4 6y
+9 Parkman Whaling? 3 6y
+9 Power Plant Model 4 6y
+22 Stifel FT IB Versus Wells Fargo Corporate Banking 9 6y
+1 Is A Shop That Focues on ~100mm debt/common equity raises worse experience than a a product group like M&A? 1 6y
+17 AVP 16 6y
+12 Equity Capital Markets - Syracuse Group Hong Kong 1 6y
+20 Making a switch from IB 3 6y
+3 Cowen SF - Healthcare & Tech Groups 2 6y
+12 The “learning on the job” myth 3 6y
+9 Difference in Prestige Between Valuation Firms for IB? 2 6y
+14 Industrials Group Interview 21 6y
+23 Accounting to PE/IB - is it realistic for me? 9 6y
+12 Non-Target Undergrad: Masters in Finance? 4 6y
+7 NY EB SA 2019 experiences 5 6y
+3 Are MM/Botique Equity/Debt Rasing Firms Good Experience? 1 6y
+14 Fighting HR Rules for a promotion 2 6y
+9 Lack of E-Board Experience 1 6y
+9 Increasing popularity of Direct Listings? 1 6y
+3 Hong Kong BB IBD Drug Test? 2 6y
+146 Tech, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated, will replace investment bankers 80 6y
+11 Dartmouth Tuck Bridge Program, and other similar programs are just expensive daycare for rich kids 3 6y
+12 Help/Advice getting into IB in Nashville 1 6y
+17 Mizuho Securities IBD vs Houlihan Lokey FAS vs Raymond James IBD vs DC Advisory 9 6y
+9 Might meet with an MD. First ever coffee chat. What to do? 4 6y
+3 Prince Andrew interview 1 6y
+15 Too Late to Cold Email for SA IB/PE Internship? 5 6y
+3 Why would anyone invest in projects in the 1980s and 90's? 2 6y
+12 Summer Internship - Is it time to search? 1 6y
+9 Interal fee allocation 1 6y
+10 Current deal flow? 1 6y
+423 Anybody else feel this way? 98 6y
+80 Investment Banking MBA Associate Starting Salary - 2019 27 6y
+7 Just signed my FT offer, should I start reaching out to previous firm alumni to talk about PE Recruiting? 3 6y
+15 Info request: Financo, PJ Solomon, Sawaya, Threadstone, etc 2 6y
+10 Masters in Finance,MBA or CFA 4 6y
+32 McDonald's Hamburger University - Higher Employment & More Exclusive than All Top MBA Programs 29 6y
+28 How to tell if I-Banking is your "true calling" 6 6y
+12 Best opportunity for advancement from these choices? 1 6y
+24 Current 1st Year M&A Analyst – Should I Accept A Sourcing Analyst Position? 17 6y
+144 Jokes in an interview 48 6y
+30 Monkey to Millions: COMING SOON 1 6y
+376 Worst slides ever 90 6y
+20 The easiest Wall Street internship/job 5 6y
+14 GPA rounding on resume 10 6y
+5 Books/Resources for Options Sales/Trading 3 6y
+12 Visiting LA - meet up with UCLA/USC students? 1 6y
+9 Transition from Mortgage lending to I-Banking 1 6y
+14 University Freshman trying to find internship 4 6y
+36 UVA Echols vs. Cornell for finance/banking placement? 23 6y
+13 DCM FT 3 6y
0 Do you like Huey Lewis and the News Paul? 1 6y
+9 Email MD or no? 1 6y
+14 Upcoming chat with an MD 2 6y
+13 What make a Banker talented? 5 6y
+4 FT Recruitment for Spring? 1 6y
+4 RSM, MSc in Business Analytics & Management for IBD 4 6y
+3 Spring Weeks: how many places available? 1 6y
+20 I need some advice about a career move 4 6y
+4 Sophomore Internship to FT 1 6y
+20 Post-MSF/Internship Choices 7 6y
+12 S&T Intern -> IBD Intern 1 6y
+9 Investment banks still recruiting 1 6y
+3 Is Fintech killing the I-bank? 3 6y
+23 Best practices for asking for a job when networking? 4 6y
+5 Total shares outstanding for dual-class shares 3 6y
+3 J.P Morgan 2020 Corporate & Investment Bank Risk Management Winning Women Undergraduate Program 1 6y
+9 What career path to go down 1 6y
+12 Accounting for Distress and Illiquidity. 1 6y
+4 Sourced a Deal as an Associate - How to Negotiate Bonus? 4 6y
+7 Information on commissions for sourcing deals, anyone? 6 6y
+12 Hotel advisory - what time of models / valuation analysis used 1 6y
+3 How would you answer this (DCM)? 1 6y
+14 Investment Banking Memes 3 6y
+16 Best graphic visualisation tools for IB 4 6y
+9 Thoughts on entering Buy Side through Insurance firm? 1 6y
+304 Q&A: Disadvantaged Background to A2A Promote at Elite Boutique 79 6y
+20 Fail Class or take a W? 15 6y
+18 Are investment bankers “smart” 20 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
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