0 Researching Deals - Best place in a given sector? 1 10y
+10 Offer Help - Offer expiring before interview? 2 10y
0 Offer help - Top ranked MBA 2 10y
0 Offer Help! - Received a FT IBD offer 15 10y
0 Offer Question - Just wrapped up SA stint 1 10y
0 Opinion requested - 4 year retail banking experience 1 10y
0 Opinion requested - Senior in college at a non-target 1 10y
0 Opinion - Typical ibanker? 2 10y
0 Opinion - Nearly impossible to get into BB 3 10y
0 Pay to Play - Thoughts? 5 10y
0 Plan B - Screwed up during recruitment 13 10y
+18 Plan B - Merchant banking 7 10y
0 Pitch books - Substantial capital raise 13 10y
0 Please Help Potential target as part of IB 4 10y
0 Please Help - Exit opps 0 10y
0 Please Help - Finance assignment 3 10y
0 Positioning yourself as an analyst - First year in a coverage group 3 10y
0 Need some advice - Entering my 3rd year at an Ivy 5 10y
0 Net Working Capital - Equation? 0 10y
0 NetSpend IPO Skyrockets 20% - Prepaid Cards Serving the Underbanked - Valuation 0 10y
0 Need some guidance - Been working for a MM IB for a few weeks 3 10y
0 Newbie - Currently a senior completing my undergrad studies 4 10y
0 Nomura - Interviews coming up 0 10y
0 Numbers - Any help would be appreciated 15 10y
+34 Non-target - Credentials 33 10y
0 Offer - Full time offer at BofA IB 14 10y
0 Offer - Main person to help secure? 5 10y
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
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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
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0 Modeling - Valuation 0 10y
0 Model Help - Any tips? 3 10y
+12 Mitt Romney - Below 7000 19 10y
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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
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+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

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
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  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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