+14 3.7 GPA Double Major 8 7y
+9 Interview preparation material 2 7y
+3 Would you take the same path again? 1 7y
+3 Goldman Sachs vs. J.P. Morgan vs. Morgan Stanley - Current Situation 1 7y
+17 Do Investment Bankers get laid off during recession ? 6 7y
+3 Corporate Banking Interviewing 1 7y
+3 If you could name your MBA program after anyone who would you choose? 1 7y
+7 What Should a Female Intern Wear? 1 7y
+9 Advice for Private Placement Analyst at new company 1 7y
+9 Structured Finance: Best banks? 1 7y
+7 bonus for analyst joining in the middle of the year 5 7y
+9 Classify Payment Method of M&A Transaction 1 7y
+12 Coding Trader the Golden Key? 1 7y
+7 Can graduate freshmen become Investment Banking associate at banks? 5 7y
+13 "Exit Opps" and the sequential nature of early finance careers 2 7y
+3 Is it too late to apply for a Summer in NY? 2 7y
0 How does partner/managing director and top-executive pay compare between elite and regional boutiques and MM and BB banks? 0 7y
+3 IB --> Consulting? FT2020 1 7y
+5 Are companies who are on a tail period with a bank still considered/treated as clients? 3 7y
+11 FCA exams in UK 5 7y
+35 Stanford vs. Oxford (US vs. UK) Undergrad? 14 7y
+4 Reference Backed Out What To Do 7 7y
+12 SIE Exam Study Time? 1 7y
0 College Internship Process 3 7y
+10 Deciding On Undergraduate - Lehigh/Fordham 4 7y
+3 SIE Exam 1 7y
+12 Telling interviewers that you interviewed for the same position last year? 4 7y
+9 Why so few women in RX? 9 7y
+12 OSU Fisher, BYU- Marriott, or UW-Madison for Investment banking 10 7y
+4 Warwick Univeristy 2 7y
+14 Valuation methods for REITs? - Interview tomorrow - **Urgent** 1 7y
+23 DB Rise into Success 23 7y
+3 Citi PFSS Superday 1 7y
+2 How can i find out soeones reddit username? 21 7y
+26 Just accepted my first IB internship 10 7y
+5 Are they Indians minorities? 3 7y
+24 NYU vs Johns Hopkins vs Emory 11 7y
+9 Take the early offer or play another hand? 4 7y
+12 No Job - Could Really Use Some Advice 1 7y
+12 Interview Response 1 7y
+8 How do bought deals work? 5 7y
+9 Is a Week of study abroad good for the Resume? 4 7y
+26 Forced to delay graduation but accepted summer 2020 offer -- what to do? 9 7y
+13 For summer intern-JH Daribie or Cedar Street Capital? 1 7y
+3 Deutche Bank Offer - Risk and Compliance 1 7y
+9 MBB vs Direct into industry? 1 7y
+16 Want to be more than an Excel Monkey 3 7y
+13 Is it worth it for me to keep pursuing IB at this point in my life? 5 7y
+6 What are some good kiss-ass encounters you've seen your subordinates/peers do? 4 7y
+16 High school student here. Should I have fun or try to get into a target? 10 7y
+3 Real Estate to IBD 1 7y
+3 What would be the minor that you would have chosen ? 1 7y
+31 Asking for Signing Bonus Early 11 7y
+12 UIUC CS+ECON VS NORTHEASTERN CS+BA 1 7y
+11 UVA or UChicago Undergrad 3 7y
+8 Question about MBA IB associate recruiting/hiring 3 7y
+8 Banks Focused on Energy Finance? 2 7y
+4 Payment Method 1 7y
+3 Has Anyone Taken/Studied for the SIE while in school? 1 7y
+9 IBD Interview Modeling Test Question 1 7y
+33 What the heck is going on with Tesla? 5 7y
+23 What is the correct mindset? - Lost student 4 7y
+31 No finance background 6 7y
+10 Modelling Formatting - Yellow Fill In-Model 1 7y
+12 Distressed Debt/RX Internships 1 7y
+13 Career progression and salary for Market Risk in BB 6 7y
+3 Too mature? 1 7y
+9 Breaking into IB with no IB internship? - a Junior student from a non-target school 1 7y
+13 Breaking into IBD a year after college 3 7y
+9 IB intern drug test? 3 7y
+12 Breaking Into Investment Banking From UC Berkeley 1 7y
+15 Jefferies Private Capital Group Summer Analyst? 2 7y
+14 MM M&A -> BB ECM -> BB M&A? 1 7y
+12 Relevant Ways to Challenge Oneself (Undergrad) 1 7y
+3 How often is there only one junior banker on a deal? Is this worth bringing up in an interview? 1 7y
0 Doing alternative internships 1 7y
0 Its Time to Play the Summer Conversion Rate Game! 25 7y
0 post graduate work 8 7y
0 What happens to quitters? 10 7y
+11 Non Econ/Math Major? (Target School) 11 7y
+13 Citi's Freshman Discovery Diversity Program - January 2019 5 7y
+35 Why do people think it's difficult to break into banking? 33 7y
+33 Two Offers, both bad, help me decide 8 7y
+20 FP&A vs. Boring work at PE 6 7y
+13 Old Deals & Prep work 2 7y
+14 Help CREDIT CHECK 3 7y
+28 Background Check HELP CREDIT CHECK 40 7y
+10 What Really Matters in this Process? 3 7y
+14 Which offer is the best? 16 7y
+31 Q&A tomorrow on the WSO IG with @UnicornBanker 12 7y
+7 What to Ask For in Bake Off Invitation 1 7y
+3 Is it possible to withdraw your application and resubmit a new one just to do another hirevue? 1 7y
+3 Does this summer 2019 internship sound useful for IB FT recruiting? 1 7y
+17 Would an interviewer think this is a good or bad thing? 10 7y
+13 What internship will help set a junior year internship at a BB: Fortune 50 or boutique IB? 1 7y
+39 Highest Paid Investment Banks 15 7y
+29 Should I do a PhD at an Ultra-Target University if I Want to be an IB Analyst? 7 7y
+166 The Infamous Goldman Interviewee Lands an Offer at GS 78 7y
+10 A day in the life of a certified investment banker 1 7y
0 Comments about specific groups 5 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • 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 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan No 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

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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
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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