0 Capstone Financial - Atlanta, GA - Financial services training program? 5 10y
0 Capital Markets group - Idea of the spectrum of positions 0 10y
0 Capital Markets Group - Detailed summary 4 10y
0 Career Advice Needed - In my mid 20s trying to advance my career 2 10y
0 Career Dilemma - Began working in a MM group 3 10y
+13 Career Dilemma - Completed a guide 4 10y
0 Challenge - Calculate weighted average beta 4 10y
0 CIT - Significant asset sales or full acquisition 1 10y
+20 Take the [low] Offer? 15 10y
0 Bloomberg Question - Easy way to do this? 3 10y
0 Bloomberg Question - Need to pull M&A deals 4 10y
0 Bonus - What to expect? 3 10y
0 Bonus Time - Been announced at a few banks 4 10y
0 Bonus Time - Lots of speculation 22 10y
0 Bonuses - Operations department? 2 10y
0 Books related with corporate loans - Big help to receive any manuals 2 10y
0 Books - Best books that display what it take? 6 10y
0 Boutique Banks - How does pay compare? 5 10y
+19 Bear Stearns Summer Analysts - Sold to another bank? 35 10y
+60 Basic Guide Ramping Up On A Company With Public Information Part One 29 10y
0 Bear Stearns Summer Analysts - Anyone hear anything? 38 10y
0 Blackstone - Straight from undergrad 6 10y
0 What to do on year gap? Then Military or MSF? 4 10y
+13 Suntrust AFES group 8 10y
0 Which undergrad for a hedge fund job? 0 10y
0 Blackberry - Many different models 13 10y
+21 Big 4 vs. Accounting at Big Bank - Big bank such as Goldman? 14 10y
0 Barclays Global Investors - Invited by BGI for interview 3 10y
+32 Barclays Capital - M&A advisory? 26 10y
0 Banking Experience - ibanking experience 1 10y
0 Bank-Sponsored Trading Games - Resume/Cover letter? 3 10y
0 Banking versus Trading - Option to do an internship in either 12 10y
0 Background Checks - Junior standing because of credits earned 3 10y
0 Background check question - Spring internship 3 10y
+28 Background check question - First offer 21 10y
0 Associate Signing Bonuses - Thoughts on signing bonuses? 13 10y
0 Associate Comp - Total compensation? 15 10y
0 Associate Bonuses - Thoughts on bonuses? 7 10y
0 Applying Online at BB from Target Schools - Student at an Ivy 2 10y
0 Applying Online at BB from Target Schools - Student at a non - HYP 1 10y
0 Looking for a roommate starting in June/July (female) 0 10y
0 Anybody knows about JPM - Got a job in HK 10 10y
+18 Advice Please - Not sure what the hell to do 9 10y
0 Am I screwed - I was interested in securities and ib 11 10y
0 Advice Please - Graduating this June from non-target 2 10y
0 Advice Please - Opportunity to join one of two groups 3 10y
0 A Day in the Life - profiles on various career pages 72 10y
0 ACC/SEC Kids in SF? - Where to watch college sports? 4 10y
0 Accounting Questions - Accounting related 6 10y
0 Accounting Questions - Couple of questions for interview 8 10y
+6 Accounting Questions - Three statement questions 2 10y
0 Accounting Question - Record an equity injection? 10 10y
+10 Accounting Basics - Is this a good book? 15 10y
+8 1st year bonus - Starting in M&A 13 10y
0 Duke Engineering? 4 10y
0 2016 FT Roommate 0 10y
0 Calculating interest exp. from opening balance to avoid circular reference? 1 10y
+64 Breaking into I-Banking w/ NO experience 66 10y
+10 Private Equity Analyst Position 6 10y
0 Need help/guidance 3 10y
+13 Finding Growth Rate from Financial Statements 2 10y
0 STEM- grad to Banking 0 10y
+10 Invited for coffee, but in a different city, should I go? 10 10y
+18 Non-BS EC's that work on an Analyst Schedule 6 10y
+36 General Paradigm of IB/Consulting as Pre-Requisite Experiences 13 10y
0 How to introduce yourself at a networking event? 1 10y
0 Should I include diversity related affiliations on my resume? 7 10y
0 Applying on LinkedIn or Applying on the Company website (or both?) 0 10y
0 Not sure if I should do ROTC at HYP 13 10y
0 Advice for Target School Engineering Grad only offer in Commercial Banking??? 2 10y
0 "Pure numbers" shops 1 10y
+38 MBA Program 46 10y
+8 Treasury (BB) or Product Control (BB) 3 10y
+10 Is buying a sports coat worth it as an analyst? 12 10y
+23 Using an Investor Relations role for IB Internship next year? 6 10y
0 Buy side recruiting..are all BB equal? 4 10y
0 % of Oxbridge students in IB 4 10y
+167 Snitch on Friend Who Lied to Get SA Offer? 96 10y
+31 Do MBA IB associates jump to PE after 2 years? 29 10y
+19 Living together and working together 5 10y
+42 Non-Target, Low GPA, Mediocre Internships. Landed a Tech M&A position. Q&A 16 10y
+10 Training for incoming second year analyst 3 10y
0 Transfered into a top target, don't have a summer internship. Please help! 2 10y
0 Jun 17, 2014 - Recent Market Commentary by James Investment Research 0 10y
+13 Barclays IBD Groups: Power and Utilities vs. Natural Resources 9 10y
0 May 29, 2013 - Here's what happened in the stock/bond markets last week 0 10y
+7 Breaking In - Possible for me to swing IB with this background? 5 10y
0 Valuation Question - What is considered to be cash equivalents? 2 10y
0 Valuation Question - Have some trouble valuing a few BS items on this company 5 10y
0 Valuation question - How to value govt offered exclusivity 4 10y
0 Interview Help - Quantitative nature of the analyst position 2 10y
0 Interview Help - High school junior 4 10y
0 Interview Help - Do I still have a chance? 3 10y
0 Interview Help - Rising Sophmore economics major at a prestigious school 1 10y
0 Interview Help - Some questions? 15 10y
0 PE Recruiting - Top ten PE 0 10y
+19 Rejected by most of sophomore pre-internship programs? 5 10y
0 Quick resume question - Did an MA 6 10y
+12 League Tables - Standings of different banks? 13 10y
0 League Tables - Slightly off? 2 10y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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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

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • 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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  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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October 2026 Investment Banking

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