0 Recruiting process (the whole thing) at large IB as GS 2 9y
0 EY FSO Advisory to FIG??? 0 9y
+16 Looking for advice on my situation 6 9y
0 How can an undergraduate from a non-traditional school like Harvard Extension break into investment banking? 0 9y
+25 Range of BSchools for IB 3 9y
+15 Someone is having a worse day than you 0 9y
0 1000 person firm IB, S&T, or ER? 4 9y
+9 Worth going to NABA conference? 2 9y
+15 The $400 Million Mistake at Lazard: Solarcity "Undervalued" in Tesla Purchase 3 9y
0 Wellington Management? 5 9y
0 Ex-Firm Asking to Pay Them Back - Dilemma 1 9y
+29 Run me through a DCF interview question 9 9y
0 Differences between IBs besides size of the firms? 1 9y
0 "Portfolio Specialist" at a BB? 0 9y
0 Finance to Back Office/Ops.... What's my story? 3 9y
0 IB in Copenhagen 0 9y
0 What's the best way to sell a company? 0 9y
+22 Prestige vs. Learning Internship 12 9y
+18 Knopman Series 79 / 63 Materials 7 9y
+18 Do you need to attach excel model to get higher response rate for your cold emails? 11 9y
0 MD offers Help, what to do next 0 9y
0 Depreciation not in Income Statement 17 9y
+26 Why are interview questions not intuitive? 11 9y
0 More horror for Wall Street, what's next? 0 9y
+78 What's Your Five Year (IBD) Plan? A VP Reflects and Looks Forward. 7 9y
0 Do quants have a lot of upward mobility? 2 9y
+86 Preparing for Interview with MD 85 9y
+1 Chinese banks 2 9y
0 Sent Wrong Document With List of Potential Targets HELP! 4 9y
0 Boutique IB's with no weekend work? Your experience? 1 9y
0 Will there be any interviews in the spring for 2017 summer analyst positions? 1 9y
+36 Why is market cap / equity value useful? 16 9y
+15 Valuation for a Specialty Finance Company (Equity DCF or DDM?) 2 9y
0 Finance vs. Economics & CS 0 9y
+58 Accounting vs Finance 68 9y
+7 Does anyone have the templates for rosenbaum's second edition? 23 9y
0 Informational Interview with TMT IB Global Director 1 9y
+60 How I used LinkedIn to get Interviews and Land Offers 49 9y
0 How to value a foreign company traded in the US 0 9y
+32 Intern deal experience on resume 19 9y
+10 What happens if purchase price < shareholder's equity in an acquisition? 1 9y
0 Employment Restrictions 0 9y
0 Financial Model of Internet based Private company 0 9y
0 Picking an Offer 2 9y
+14 2016/2017 Investment Banking threats & trends 4 9y
+25 Interview Question: How Does Your 3-Statement Model Change After A Merger?/IPO? 10 9y
0 Help - all-cash acquisition impact on equity value 1 9y
0 M&A Structure and Financing Solution for Hotel Chain Acquisition 0 9y
0 Working Full Time 0 9y
0 Career outside USA 0 9y
0 Do I need more than one suit for SA IB OCR? 1 9y
+87 I was told to be more "aggressive".. What does that mean? 32 9y
0 Loan Syndications (DCM) vs. Derivatives Group 2 9y
0 summer recruiting 2017 1 9y
0 IB vs S&T: A lurker's questions 2 9y
0 Is there anybody that can help out 3 9y
0 Apply for SA AND Graduate at the same bank 0 9y
0 Linkedin Summary? 3 9y
0 Transitioning from S&T internship to IB FT 0 9y
+5 Investment Banking Case Competitions? 6 9y
+35 Tricky Enterprise Value Question 16 9y
0 Adding M&A fee to Goodwill 6 9y
0 Negative CAPEX and WC 53 9y
+34 Risk Management Exit Opps 24 9y
+8 When are annual bonuses paid? 12 9y
0 TEV / EBITDA vs. TEV / Sales multiples 14 9y
+44 Equity multiples vs EV multiples 25 9y
+20 Gordon Growth vs. Exit Model 24 9y
+37 Corporate Finance vs Commercial banking 70 9y
+6 Knopman Vs STC for series 63 6 9y
+16 When will UBS drug test? 66 9y
+7 Questions to ask HR in Phone Interview 11 9y
+37 Questions to ask at recruiting and networking events 39 9y
+39 BofA/ML Drug Test 56 9y
0 Paranoid about Drug Screen? 33 9y
+52 Failed Drug Test? Advice? 73 9y
+66 Middle Market IB out of college 22 9y
0 BB Informal Interview 1 9y
+6 Will background check cover on-campus jobs? 5 9y
0 Best Time of Day to Send Follow Up Email? 4 9y
+7 When does it not make sense to DCF? 6 9y
0 So I suceeded in networking really high in a BB Bank 2 9y
+24 Big 4 - Valuation and Business Modeling 1 9y
0 2017 Full-Time Investment Banking Analyst Application 1 9y
0 All-stock deal & target's net debt 2 9y
0 Behavioral Interview with MD & Associate 0 9y
0 Top investment banks for Healthcare 2016 2 9y
0 Help - Healthcare IB with no bio degree but with healthcare management concentration at Wharton 1 9y
0 Huxley Associates: 7 ways to impress in your new job 0 9y
+20 On Debt and M&A , is debt to be repaid or refinanced ? 6 9y
0 Question Regarding Background Checks 2 9y
+10 What path to take to go up the corporate ladder in BB banks? (Not interested in exit ops but utimately corporate management) 1 9y
0 How to phrase no return offer 6 9y
0 TheStory - Breaking In 0 9y
0 Bank Groups Interaction / Roles 0 9y
+81 Quit BO role before I hit the desk to pursue FO role? 44 9y
+15 IB and BIWS/WSP guidance 5 9y
0 In the IBD of major investment banks, are they all segregated into product and industry groups? e.g. GS TMT or GS ECM 1 9y
0 How long do firms give you to sign? 1 9y
0 Harris Williams TMT SF - Thoughts? Exit Ops? 2 9y

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
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