+10 Deciding On Undergraduate - Lehigh/Fordham 4 7y
+3 SIE Exam 1 7y
+12 Telling interviewers that you interviewed for the same position last year? 4 7y
+9 Why so few women in RX? 9 7y
+12 OSU Fisher, BYU- Marriott, or UW-Madison for Investment banking 10 7y
+10 JPM Treasury Analyst Question 4 7y
+4 Warwick Univeristy 2 7y
+15 Crossing the border on a TN visa "economist" ? 2 7y
+14 Valuation methods for REITs? - Interview tomorrow - **Urgent** 1 7y
+23 DB Rise into Success 23 7y
+3 Citi PFSS Superday 1 7y
+2 How can i find out soeones reddit username? 21 7y
+26 Just accepted my first IB internship 10 7y
+5 Are they Indians minorities? 3 7y
+24 NYU vs Johns Hopkins vs Emory 11 7y
+9 Take the early offer or play another hand? 4 7y
+12 No Job - Could Really Use Some Advice 1 7y
+12 Interview Response 1 7y
+8 How do bought deals work? 5 7y
+9 Is a Week of study abroad good for the Resume? 4 7y
+26 Forced to delay graduation but accepted summer 2020 offer -- what to do? 9 7y
+13 For summer intern-JH Daribie or Cedar Street Capital? 1 7y
+3 Deutche Bank Offer - Risk and Compliance 1 7y
+9 MBB vs Direct into industry? 1 7y
+34 Choosing Colleges-Rutgers, Penn State, UTD, UT CAP, SMU 22 7y
+16 Want to be more than an Excel Monkey 3 7y
+13 Is it worth it for me to keep pursuing IB at this point in my life? 5 7y
+6 What are some good kiss-ass encounters you've seen your subordinates/peers do? 4 7y
+3 Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech 1 7y
+16 High school student here. Should I have fun or try to get into a target? 10 7y
+3 Real Estate to IBD 1 7y
+3 What would be the minor that you would have chosen ? 1 7y
+31 Asking for Signing Bonus Early 11 7y
+12 UIUC CS+ECON VS NORTHEASTERN CS+BA 1 7y
+11 UVA or UChicago Undergrad 3 7y
+8 Question about MBA IB associate recruiting/hiring 3 7y
+8 Banks Focused on Energy Finance? 2 7y
+48 Columbia - How are they perceived on the street? 83 7y
+4 Payment Method 1 7y
+3 Has Anyone Taken/Studied for the SIE while in school? 1 7y
+9 IBD Interview Modeling Test Question 1 7y
+33 What the heck is going on with Tesla? 5 7y
+23 What is the correct mindset? - Lost student 4 7y
+31 No finance background 6 7y
+10 Modelling Formatting - Yellow Fill In-Model 1 7y
+12 Distressed Debt/RX Internships 1 7y
+3 Invited to interview but later got canceled? 1 7y
+13 Career progression and salary for Market Risk in BB 6 7y
+3 Too mature? 1 7y
+9 Breaking into IB with no IB internship? - a Junior student from a non-target school 1 7y
+13 Breaking into IBD a year after college 3 7y
+9 IB intern drug test? 3 7y
+12 Breaking Into Investment Banking From UC Berkeley 1 7y
+15 Jefferies Private Capital Group Summer Analyst? 2 7y
+14 MM M&A -> BB ECM -> BB M&A? 1 7y
+12 Relevant Ways to Challenge Oneself (Undergrad) 1 7y
+3 How often is there only one junior banker on a deal? Is this worth bringing up in an interview? 1 7y
0 Doing alternative internships 1 7y
0 Its Time to Play the Summer Conversion Rate Game! 25 7y
0 post graduate work 8 7y
0 What happens to quitters? 10 7y
+11 Non Econ/Math Major? (Target School) 11 7y
+13 Citi's Freshman Discovery Diversity Program - January 2019 5 7y
+35 Why do people think it's difficult to break into banking? 33 7y
+33 Two Offers, both bad, help me decide 8 7y
+20 FP&A vs. Boring work at PE 6 7y
+3 BIG 4 Valuation or boutique investment bank 1 7y
+13 Old Deals & Prep work 2 7y
+14 Help CREDIT CHECK 3 7y
+28 Background Check HELP CREDIT CHECK 40 7y
+10 What Really Matters in this Process? 3 7y
+14 Which offer is the best? 16 7y
+31 Q&A tomorrow on the WSO IG with @UnicornBanker 12 7y
+7 What to Ask For in Bake Off Invitation 1 7y
+3 Is it possible to withdraw your application and resubmit a new one just to do another hirevue? 1 7y
+3 Does this summer 2019 internship sound useful for IB FT recruiting? 1 7y
+17 Would an interviewer think this is a good or bad thing? 10 7y
+13 What internship will help set a junior year internship at a BB: Fortune 50 or boutique IB? 1 7y
+39 Highest Paid Investment Banks 15 7y
+29 Should I do a PhD at an Ultra-Target University if I Want to be an IB Analyst? 7 7y
+166 The Infamous Goldman Interviewee Lands an Offer at GS 78 7y
+10 A day in the life of a certified investment banker 1 7y
0 Comments about specific groups 5 7y
+4 Goldman Sachs IBD Insight Day 2019 2 7y
+19 Question on Net Debt v.s. Adjusted Net Debt when doing WACC and DCF analysis 3 7y
+3 Connection help in securing an interview 1 7y
+24 Stanford vs MIT vs Angier B. Duke Scholarship at Duke 10 7y
+17 IBD 2020 FT Recruiting Question 2 7y
+3 Where are your former IB colleagues now? 1 7y
+74 Informational Phone Call 76 7y
+18 Why in IB is common practice to hire graduates without a finance/economics background? 3 7y
+12 Need Help -- Incoming Investment Banking Analyst with Low GPA 1 7y
+3 Valuation ----> Investment Banking - Is it possible? 1 7y
+12 WM/AM/IM modeling guide or resources? 1 7y
+3 Balance Sheet Wont Balance, please help 3 7y
+15 Q&A Interest Check : Extreme Poverty To IB Offer To Potentially Giving It All Up To Whistleblow 1 7y
+22 No GPA on resume; never been questioned; disclose or not? 13 7y
+9 IBD policy on options, futures, and oversea stock accounts 1 7y
+12 Non-Compete/HR Implications? Internship before Starting FT 1 7y
+17 Does CFA Level I help with getting a job in IB? 6 7y

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July 2026 Investment Banking

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  • 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

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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
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
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