+39 RBC London thoughts? 46 2y
+539 Why are we Obsessed with "Work/Life Balance"? 151 2y
+6 Market Rate Comp for Corp Dev (5 YEO --> 2 FDD / 3 MM IB) 1 2y
+256 Scam Internship List: Be Aware 193 2y
+12 A Crossroad of Choice - What would you do? 2 2y
+116 Water Prestige Power Rankings 34 2y
+245 Would you move to a 'tier-2' city? 168 2y
+15 What would you do? 12 2y
+11 Abdiel Capital 10 2y
+19 Has anyone ever regretted NOT doing banking? 21 2y
+35 Jefferies Modelling Test 56 2y
+266 Hardo Hot Take: Middle-Market Investment Banking is Not Prestigious or "High-Finance" 88 2y
+47 Stop with the Diversity Madness! 15 2y
+210 Are the people at Ducera/Moelis/sweatshops beta males? 36 2y
+58 MM IB Ranking Intern Power Hour - STARTING AT 8:45 EST 9 2y
+36 Freaking out about BofA background check 36 2y
+43 Life In The Financial Sponsors Group 21 2y
+136 People wondering whether they should quit their IB job to join the military 36 2y
+13 Is it a waste of time in this case? 5 2y
+8 Sweatiest Industrials Groups | Chicago 11 2y
0 Top Markets other than NY/Cali/Toronto for IB in terms of comp 1 2y
+31 Corporate Banking: a detailed day in the life? 18 2y
+6 NYU Stern Placement SA 2025/2024 3 2y
+11 LevFin placement into PE 14 2y
0 piper sandler detroit 1 2y
0 jefferies chicago thoughts 2024 3 2y
+98 Baruch to Investment Banker 125 2y
+6 polisci at NU? 3 2y
+122 Citigroup is Paradise 21 2y
0 Blair Is Paradise 1 2y
0 UBS Chicago Business Services - Culture, Comp, Exits? 1 2y
+5 Gooning Among IB Analysts 2 2y
+45 Being A Hardo Is Paradise 11 2y
+3 Delay graduation for SA or try for FT? 5 2y
+25 Path to IB for 24 year guy in developing country 6 2y
+61 Calling All Lower-Middle to Bottom Bucket Analysts: Why were you Bottom Bucket and Where are you now? 18 2y
+9 GS Chicago FT 24 14 2y
+15 Thoughts on New Century Capital Partners in L.A. for internship experience? 11 2y
+109 GS Cross Markets vs RBC 51 2y
0 Emerging Markets DCM 1 2y
+5 What's the point of joining an IB group that doesn't have a guaranteed chance of exiting to MF? 18 2y
+13 Investment Banking in Mexico - Any insight? 7 2y
+21 Delaying graduation by a semester 20 2y
+14 Delaying graduation by a semester as a double major in order to be more prepped for IB recruiting? 14 2y
+288 EXCEL cheats megathread 99 2y
+17 Barclays Tech? Thoughts? 33 2y
+9 Doing almost nothing in my internship…should I be worried? 2 2y
+180 Thanks to IB long hours, I officially have angina 47 2y
+3 Why the M&A sector in mainland China is not as big as it should (is all concentrated in Hong Kong? 2 2y
+10 Capstone Partners - Boston Office interview process 3 2y
+6 Toronto IB GPA 8 2y
0 BofA Chicago Industrials 2024 thoughts 1 2y
+23 Morgan Stanley Office Attire 29 2y
+18 Semi Target or Alpha Chapter 6 2y
0 bb class sizes from targets 1 2y
+5 Chicago EBs (PWP/Moelis/Evercore) Thoughts? 6 2y
+63 Why Energy Investment Banking? 47 2y
+39 Georgetown MSB vs. Uchicago 12 2y
+16 Minmaxxing Internship 10 2y
+32 What’s the infatuation with Non-target D&I students within the USA? 14 2y
+18 Old post no more needed 49 2y
+12 IB SA in Sao Paulo 1 2y
0 Peakstone Chicago 3 2y
+12 MS GCM LevFin 18 2y
+15 How do people get sophomore internships at BB/LO AM/MF? 9 2y
0 Decisions 1 2y
+6 Best Industrials team in NYC or CHI 6 2y
+16 Help/Advice. What should I do? 9 2y
+390 Computer Science is Paradise 38 2y
+50 JPM Pencils Down Policy 18 2y
+13 Is UNC Chapel Hill a Target School? 18 2y
0 Lazard Chicago Superday 3 2y
+10 Hartford CT Boutique/MM 7 2y
+16 MM IB Perks 10 2y
+64 Q&A: Ultra Non-Target to BB IBD & Top Tier PE 31 2y
+28 Citi - Leveraged Portfolio Group 22 2y
+33 How common are Python/VBA/R/SQL skills? 16 2y
+9 Baird Healthcare MedTech CHI - Thoughts? 1 2y
+73 If you could do it all over again, would you still pursue a career in finance? 65 2y
+371 Vent Some Wisdom to Incoming Analysts/Interns 45 2y
+9 Divisions which require less math/little modeling? 7 2y
+52 MS & GS vs JPM 26 2y
+6 Sourcing and Selling on Amazon 2 2y
+5 What to expect as a Stifel PubFin analyst in STL, MO 5 2y
+17 Re-applying for FT at the firm where you didn't convert SA last year 9 2y
+18 Failed to Transfer as an International Rising Sophomore - What's Next (Spring Transfer, etc.)? 12 2y
0 Detailed breakdown of everything asked in the IFC Investment Analyst interviews 2 2y
+14 Corporate Exits : May 2024 7 2y
+22 May 2024 Grad - Big 4 Audit or T1 MSF? 15 2y
+9 any insights on M&A at constellation software Canada? 10 2y
+14 Any color on the China mainland IB scene? 34 2y
+6 Thoughts on Tigress Financial Partners in NYC? 5 2y
+21 Am I cooked? CC to IB, will I pull it off? 6 2y
+25 100% Accurate College Tier List 19 2y
0 Washu STL? 2 2y
+16 Work/Life balance in IB 21 2y
+675 That's it. 164 2y
0 Whats the move 1 2y
+4 Elite Boutique -- Associate Lateral 4 2y
0 Lincoln Chicago 1 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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