0 Offer Decision - Final evaluation 1 10y
0 Offer advice - Semi-target 9 10y
0 FT Drug Test for EB 2 10y
0 Transfer College decision 1 10y
+14 Money for College - How much debt? 9 10y
0 Multiples - Look at manufacturing companies 5 10y
0 MS M&A - Moving onto goldman? 12 10y
+110 My dad is a client while I am an SA: How will this affect me? 75 10y
0 Loomis Sayles: insights and more info? - Rankings? 12 10y
0 LSE AIC - Any advice? 1 10y
0 Macquarie? - Principal financing group 1 10y
0 Majors - Soph looking to do math and econ 14 10y
+14 MBA - Georgetown undergrad (economics major) 10 10y
0 MBA? - Current and future analysts planning on one? 11 10y
+25 Merrill Lynch - Found many VPs at ML 14 10y
0 Merrill Lynch - Street cred and growth potential? 1 10y
0 Modeling - What color 1 10y
0 Modeling - Valuation 0 10y
0 Model Help - Any tips? 3 10y
+12 Mitt Romney - Below 7000 19 10y
0 Modeling Question - Earnings projections? 1 10y
0 Modeling question - Future price of commodities 4 10y
0 Lehman Brothers - Insight to type of questions 3 10y
0 Lehman Brothers? - Summer analyst interview structure? 6 10y
0 Investment Strategy at BB? 0 10y
0 Letter of Recommendation - Useful? 6 10y
0 Bonuses at the MD level - Jefferies 0 10y
0 Analyst/Associate Job Title at boutiques? 6 10y
+95 Vacation as an Analyst? 42 10y
+15 Practicing financial modelling skills Excel 12 10y
0 Job Decision - Interviewing stage for 3 companies 4 10y
0 Job Decision - Two job offers 2 10y
+14 JPM M&A - Deal flow, and exit opps? 36 10y
0 Junior SA Resume Review - Junior looking to apply for IB 5 10y
0 KKR - Which associates come from the top 5 10y
0 KKR - PE full time positions? 3 10y
0 Layoff Package - Any intel? 14 10y
0 Law and Finance - Graduating this year with a finance and accounting BBA 8 10y
0 Lateraling - Victim of Bear Stearns debacle 4 10y
+31 LBO Model Question - Confirmation of validity? 17 10y
+27 LBO - Several questions? 10 10y
0 LBO - Information 1 10y
0 LBO question - How to gain on this? 7 10y
0 LBO question - Pro forma BS 3 10y
0 LBO Question - Clarification? 12 10y
0 Internship Recruiting - SA recruitment for BBs? 5 10y
0 Internship Options - Summer 2007 1 10y
0 Interview attire - Hair gel? 7 10y
0 Interview Attire - What is the appropriate thing to wear? 10 10y
0 Interview advice - Anyone in the area? 1 10y
+19 MHA -> Healthcare IB? 11 10y
0 Interview Follow up - Top IBD for analyst 2 10y
0 Introducing myself - 25 year old former engineer 7 10y
0 Interviews - Senior in high school 1 10y
+7 Investment banking interviews - Low GMAT score 2 10y
0 Investing - Sectors or markets? 4 10y
0 Investor Relations Questions - Outsourcing company 3 10y
0 Investor Relations Questions - Research internship 0 10y
0 Investment Idea Pitch - Any thoughts would be appreciated 2 10y
0 Investment Idea Pitch - 30 second stock pitch 0 10y
0 IPO underwriting - M&A advisory 28 10y
0 Is it worth it??? - Not expecting much 4 10y
0 Is it worth it? - Non-target with a mediocre GPA 7 10y
0 Is it the end? - Final year of non-target school 3 10y
0 Is it possible? - BA computer science program 1 10y
0 Is it possible? - Currently attending a community college 2 10y
0 Is HR going to give me the boot right at the door? - How does the HR process work? 7 10y
+16 Is this a front office position? - Hourly wage 6 10y
0 IB/IM Dilemma - Career advice? 5 10y
0 Help me choose - Junior undergrad 10 10y
0 Help! Evaluating an Offer - Convert this value 3 10y
0 Help! Any chance of getting a junior BB internship?! - Target with a 3.55 0 10y
0 Help/advice needed - Difficult time deciding what to do for the summer 1 10y
+34 Inside Job - People's opinions 38 10y
+15 Input On What This Internship Entails - Global Markets Division 3 10y
0 In need of advice - Current sophmore at a non-target state school 10 10y
0 Institutional Desk or Risk Management - Risk management team 7 10y
0 Insight on this FI Job - FO role? 2 10y
0 Internship - How was the experience? 5 10y
0 Internal transfer - Securing an offer? 3 10y
0 Interesting situation - Rising junior 5 10y
+26 Insurance-Linked Securities - Types of bonds 19 10y
0 Institutional Equity Sales - Soon to be graduate 3 10y
0 Internship Dilemma - Super 2007 offer 7 10y
0 Internship Decision Help - Sophmore at target 4 10y
+9 Good Book for Advanced M&A/Corporate Finance & Accounting? 1 10y
0 Help with Netflix Inc. DCF 5 10y
0 Hong Kong - Anyone around? 1 10y
0 Hong Kong.. - Freshman at UMich/Ross 14 10y
0 How screwed am I? - Sophmore 27 10y
0 How long - Recently joined a fund 3 10y
0 How to end up in your group of choice - What questions to ask? 2 10y
0 How to end up in your group of choice - Best way to guarantee not landing in a group? 1 10y
+10 How would you answer this question - Repercussions 7 10y
+18 How would you answer this interview question - What to think 11 10y
+16 How to treat the internship topic in an informational interview - Emailed an alum 6 10y
+13 How to not get pidgeonholed into capital markets (SA) - Sophmore at capital markets 3 10y
+6 Incoming FT analyst - how to improve financial modeling skills ASAP 8 10y
0 Goldman Sachs - Where I could start research? 7 10y
0 Goldman Industry Groups - Just accepted a SA offer 5 10y

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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%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.7%
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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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