+3 BMO Capital Markets San Francisco 1 6y
+12 Regional office Vs NY 3 6y
+23 Chicago SA to NY FT? 5 6y
0 Blackstone Interview: anyone worked here or interviewed? 25 6y
+12 Lateraling offices within same bank for personal reasons 1 6y
+66 My FT Recruiting Process 32 6y
0 Guys i need help with a CV 8 6y
+17 Options outside NYC IB 3 6y
+3 Citizens' Capital Markets Analyst program? 2 6y
+240 Do many young I-Bankers pivot to F500 ladder? Seems like you sharks would dominate, yeah? 79 6y
0 Summer Internship weeks 5 6y
0 Big 4 Tax specialist Vs. IB opeations 9 6y
0 How hard is it to just get by in NYC on a 1st year Analyst salary? 53 6y
0 How to go about this... 2 6y
+25 Banking in the PNW and other advice 10 6y
+12 SAIS, SIPA, Fletcher, Georgetown SFS, WWS, Kennedy, etc. 13 6y
+3 Summer Housing 1 6y
0 First FT job and exit ops 1 6y
+6 Bank of America - Layoffs 1 6y
+7 Thoughts on Shea & Company? 3 6y
+28 Gap Year before Banking? 9 6y
0 How pedigree focused are Manhattan banks vs Chicago 2 6y
+30 Job Title vs. Pay - Which Do You Choose? 5 6y
+44 TN-1 Visa for Canadians - Academic Equicalency and Credentials Evaluation 4 6y
0 Socializing/dating while living in the financial district (NYC)? 2 6y
0 Ken Lewis in the Hot Seat 2 6y
+122 NYC Analyst Monthly Budgets 171 6y
0 Cell Phones - Best Coverage in NYC? 10 6y
0 How to apply for Goldman Sachs Winter Internships 1 6y
+103 PE Recruiting Failure 51 6y
+12 British Citizen with UK Degree - Applying to New York Analyst Roles 6 6y
0 Internship Advice Needed ASAP Please! 6 6y
0 So Much Irony & Truth 2 6y
0 SA Offer Retracted from IB Firm 5 6y
+194 Still no MD after 30+ Years 36 6y
+65 Facts about banking (lessons for the morons on WSO) 74 6y
0 Target school; intl student; engineering major 1 6y
+13 Internal transfer from Hong Kong to NY in BB IBD 8 6y
0 Deutsche Bank M&A 1 6y
0 Irish undergrad choice 0 6y
+4 NYC investment banker budget 3 6y
0 Contacting HR Reps 1 6y
+12 At this point in the year, what's the best summer opportunity still available? 1 6y
+12 Advice on starting as a FO Analyst 1 6y
+20 East-coast MBA >> LA IB. How difficult is it to do this? 9 6y
+13 Why are Investment Bank offices so spread apart in NYC? 9 6y
0 Outside of the US, where do American BB IB's recruit most of their visa sponsored foreign employees? 0 6y
+16 Can us bankers take the home office tax deduction for working at home? 9 6y
+20 Boston College vs. Carnegie Mellon Tepper: which is better for a future in IB? 26 6y
0 Boston University Economics Major 8 6y
+9 How are Thomson Reuters League tables calculated? 0 6y
+40 Big 4 First Year Salary and Bonus 42 6y
0 Kolping House NYC 3 6y
0 Silicon Valley - Analyst Food 1 6y
0 High School Senior - M&A 1 6y
+40 PJT SA 2020 108 6y
0 NESCAC Day at Citibank 0 6y
+11 School choice problem 3 6y
+9 Please Advise: Groups 12 6y
+20 IBD Internship in Japan 5 6y
+43 Villanova or Boston College 36 6y
+22 *** How do I follow-up with the CIO of GS regarding my resume *** 6 6y
0 Which non-US cities typical have Investment Banking tech groups? 1 6y
+16 Exit opportunities and Comp in Commercial/Corporate Lending 2 6y
0 2012 Spring Semester Internship??? 4 6y
+10 Sophomore Summer Question 2 6y
0 Own/Rent Manhattan 8 6y
+9 training meal reimbursement 7 6y
+33 Undergraduate USC Marshall vs. UVA 6 6y
0 EQ/IB pharma background - Second year pharm student 0 6y
+1 Ipad - Worth it? 17 6y
0 Middle Market SA schools 17 6y
+28 GS Internal Audit vs. BarCap Tech vs. JPM Tech 9 6y
+38 Freshman at a Non-Target 21 6y
0 UBS Leveraged Finance Credit, Morgan Stanley TMT Credit, or RBC Capital Markets TMT Corporate Banking 8 6y
0 Largest J.P. Morgan Fraud Exposed 8 6y
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0 Boston College vs Fordham FOR NY 20 6y
+12 Breaking into Investment Banking in Hong Kong with a Masters degree 1 6y
+12 FT Partners 2020 Superday 14 6y
+151 How do I survive Wall Street as a 1st generation college student? 15 6y
+20 Transferring from CC - Deciding between majors 7 6y
+19 Getting Caught Shopping Around 13 6y
+78 Is Chicago IB Pay Lower than NYC? 45 6y
+3 How Difficult is it to Request a Transfer (Global Mobility) from a BB Office in a Developing Country to their London Office? 1 6y
+8 Boston Investment Banking Compensation 3 6y
0 GS phone interview on Monday with internal recruiter? 1 6y
+22 Career Advice (SBs inside) 5 6y
0 Corporate Development Recruiting / Headhunters 3 6y
+28 Is there any hope for a young Canadian boy? 10 6y
+7 Rothschild GFA Summer Analyst Interview Help!! (NYC) 2 6y
+47 Should I go to China? 20 6y
+31 IB Associate Class Sizes? 16 6y
0 NYC Room mate wanted for Luxury building in Chelsea 0 6y
0 BAML/Citi SA->FT Geographical Mobility 4 6y
+13 Am I really missing out by not being in IB? 3 6y
+12 Energy Asset Valuations 1 6y
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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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