+6 How to kill it as a FT employee during COVID 7 5y
+11 Brexit - Visa Issue Help!! 8 5y
+16 Qatalyst "Corporate Finance Test" 4 5y
+9 Return to Office Protocol (NYC) 1 5y
0 Should I accept an S&T Internship for next summer? 5 5y
+88 Hardest Probability and Statistics Interview Questions 195 5y
0 Can someone from another team refer you? 3 5y
0 House hunters Investment banking 4 5y
+10 Wells Fargo IB/ABF Reputation & Culture 17 5y
+5 Graduating in May 2022 - What do I do? 1 5y
0 What to say in Alumni Networking Call? 1 5y
0 TD Securities Toronto SA (IB) 23 5y
0 Desjardins Toronto 9 5y
+4 Best email newsletters for for IB/PE deals and Commercial Awareness 4 5y
0 Give it to me straight.. Am I in the wrong here? 2 5y
0 Brexit - Uni Fees - Visas 1 5y
+23 Should I Accept an Internship Offer and Renege Later, or Just Reject? 13 5y
+112 How would you rate ECM/DCM as a long term career? 51 5y
+14 Summer got cancelled 10 5y
+3 Summer 2021 - Ranking the Japanese Banks 1 5y
0 Speeding up HR response? 2 5y
+15 Technicals from a Liberal Arts target 6 5y
+21 international students who struck out in the US 21 5y
+12 Current sophomore trying to figure out what I want to do with my life!!? 6 5y
+13 Day in the life of an IB analyst - COVID 8 5y
+3 EB3 Visa for IB 0 5y
+12 Trying to figure out next steps, seeking advice 1 5y
0 Sophomore BB Return Rates 5 5y
+14 Appropriate Ways to Ask for A Resume Push 4 5y
+15 Playing Defense 2 5y
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+15 What Do You Guys Suggest I Do?? 6 5y
+20 Lazard - EV/ Equity value 12 5y
+6 EB Salaries Associate+ 1 5y
+12 Finding the Time to Interview 0 5y
+76 2019 SA Sophomore Internships Thread 138 5y
+102 Summer 2018 Citigroup Summer Sophomore Leadership Program 207 5y
+50 So you want to work at an investment bank... 39 5y
+11 Is JPM SF Tech still interviewing SA? 7 5y
+12 Recent trends in target school pecking order for IB recruiting? 1 5y
+22 Transfer to Ivy? 13 5y
+30 Undergrad Investment Clubs and their impact on recruiting 9 5y
+27 2020 SA Recruiting for International Student 11 5y
+77 is it even worth it for international students anymore? 38 5y
+14 Are Elite Botiques Percieved the Same as Botique Consulting Firms 12 5y
+102 Grateful Monkey Giving Back Pt. 1: Questions to Ask Interviewers 8 5y
+99 Quit Blaming Diversity Programs/Racism for you sucking... 28 5y
0 CS return rate 3 5y
0 Jefferies Reports Record Quarter - Month After Interns Complain About Offers 2 5y
+3 Referrals from Different Office 2 5y
+418 John 3:16 129 5y
+28 Bounced back after being fired from IBD. How to survive new gig? 11 5y
0 How did you juggle between getting killed on deals in IB and PE recruitment? 2 5y
+9 Union Square Advisors reputation in 2020 5 5y
+14 DTL arising from goodwill in acquisitions 3 5y
+3 How does lateraling work? 1 5y
+150 Credit Suisse 2020 SA Recruiting 412 5y
0 Is Debt Capital Markets and Loan capital Markets a part of IBD? 1 5y
+87 Advice for undergrads going into IB interested in PE 48 5y
+1 Implied Enterprise value vs. Total Transaction value in CapIQ 1 5y
0 Opportunity cost in financial modeling 4 5y
0 Hiring Freezes and 2021 5 5y
0 Small Business Lending Training (hybrid / online and webinar based) 0 5y
0 small tech boutique to Tier1/2 Tech PE 0 5y
+1 wells fargo corporate finance, is it IB? 2 5y
0 Citi SA 2021 Participants 1 5y
0 BofA Public Finance Superday 9 5y
+11 MM PE Junior Internship to BB/EB IB FT? 4 5y
+8 FT: Lower BB in NY vs. Boutique in TX 8 5y
0 Analyst WFH Package 5 5y
0 How to secure a fall/spring internship while networking for future internships 1 5y
+16 Take a Bad Offer vs. Take a Gamble with COVID Hiring Environment 6 5y
+31 Stop Pretending Diversity Programs Help Racial Inequality: Admit It's for PR and Move-On 22 5y
0 Technical Question: Why do we use EV/EBITDA and P/E? 2 5y
+14 Superday preparation 14 5y
+2 How hard is it to break into IB? 9 5y
+20 Who else is going crazy? 7 5y
+26 Biopharma IB to Buyout PE 10 5y
+11 Is UChicago Undergrad a Target School? 11 5y
+208 Female Associate caught me staring at her boobs 62 5y
+1 WHAT TO DO?! PLZ HELP. 6 5y
0 Bonuses for Analysts at DB? 0 5y
+12 Leerink 2018 Info? 17 5y
+8 Mid-tier BB vs EBs in London 7 5y
0 What metrics are MD and VP level bankers evaluated on by COO team? 0 5y
0 Getting into IB late through masters program 0 5y
+12 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets 2021 Quantitative Technology Services 1 5y
+6 Yield Curves - CB/DCM? 3 5y
0 LBO Q on Existing Debt Fees 3 5y
+21 What do people do if they don't get into PE? 24 5y
+1 Citi Groups 1 5y
0 William Blair Europe Cuts 3 5y
0 What timeline should I be looking at? 0 5y
0 IB 4 Month Long Intern Project 1 5y
0 Portfolio Management Direct Lending Interview 2 5y
+7 NY vs LA 6 5y
+23 Big 4 TAS to Investment Banking 14 5y
+14 Moving From UK to US 8 5y
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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

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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 No 97.1%

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  • Associates (45) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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