0 What to say to an MD at a 16B hedge fund when you're from a non-target? 39 13y
0 Take the 30M hedge fund analyst offer? - sort of exploding 23 13y
0 How often will you be asked why you chose the university you attended? 5 13y
+44 Unschooling Yourself Part 2: Unlearn What You Have Learned 11 13y
0 Did not turn in 'graded' Training the Street assignment during training 4 13y
0 Discrepancy in graduation date 2 13y
+11 Transition to Origination..Bringing in the Business! 3 13y
0 Corporate Finance F500 Sophomore Internship 5 13y
0 MBA Fellowship/I-Banking/Consulting 1 13y
+18 Goldman GMS 7 13y
0 Reading Recommendations 5 13y
0 Formatting financial ratios with 'xs' 12 13y
0 Technicality in EV 5 13y
+17 When do the hours Improve? 13 13y
0 The value of a legal education/experience in IBanking? 6 13y
0 When is the right time to fill out applications? 6 13y
+33 Psychology in the boardroom 13 13y
+1 Conversing with the MD 4 13y
0 Should I study LBO for FT recruiting? 7 13y
0 What to do if I haven't taken core finance courses in time for recruiting season? 2 13y
+24 Corporate Finance, M&A, or FIG? 14 13y
+9 UFCF Technical Question 1 13y
0 Sophomore Internship Choice Need Professionals plz 7 13y
0 Bonus Bananas May 31, 2013 14 13y
0 CFA level 1: cfa practice exams v Kaplan practice exams 4 13y
+18 Screw it why not 9 13y
+42 What is it like to work in IBD at Goldman Sachs? 35 13y
+22 Switching groups (product to industry group) during summer internship? 16 13y
+2 Series 79 or 82? 2 13y
0 Lazard Sponsors NY 0 13y
0 Hedging Your Career by Shorting Your Industry or the Market 3 13y
+19 How I have made my son the perfect Investment Banker 46 13y
+27 Effect of Cash on WACC 11 13y
+15 Do non BB IBD generally have the 3.5 minimum expectation? 9 13y
0 First vs. Second Year in Banking 3 13y
0 Advice for incoming transfer (AEM)? 3 13y
0 Would Switching Majors Help Me? 3 13y
0 What are you spending your time on in IBD? 0 13y
0 precedent transaction=DCF>trading comps under this scenario 2 13y
0 Only geniuses in NY? 12 13y
0 Are any Investment Banks still taking on interns? 3 13y
0 Refinancing debt in the debt schedule 2 13y
0 The Old JP Morgan Chase Credit Training Program 0 13y
0 LAX in Finance 0 13y
0 Anyone in the office this weekend? 3 13y
+20 Is it wrong or illegal to network off your bank's WGL? 12 13y
0 Interest Bearing Debt 3 13y
0 Help - Don't have my banker books 7 13y
0 What would you choose? 9 13y
0 Choosing between two extremes 10 13y
0 Should I accept? 12 13y
0 Value of consideration in a private company share swap? 1 13y
+33 Special Announcement: 6 Free Financial Modeling Lessons from WSO 11 13y
0 What's the longest (# of years) you've been in banking? 4 13y
+23 What was the best intern you ever had like? 54 13y
+5 Got a B in corporate finance... 11 13y
0 What to Major In? 19 13y
0 Is this possible? 1 13y
0 So after FT training.. we are basically on our own? 3 13y
0 Successful people that started in banking? 5 13y
+8 Looking for a synagogue in midtown 9 13y
0 Second Concentration/Minor 2 13y
0 GS Entrepreneurs 26 13y
0 COOP Internship 4 13y
0 Rumor: Northrop Grumman dumping Aerospace division? 2 13y
0 How do BB bank layoffs logistically work? 5 13y
0 thoughts on title 10 13y
+28 JPM versus GS/MS 25 13y
+22 Where in Operations is Best? 12 13y
0 Any Food & Bev bankers here? 0 13y
+48 Dartmouth vs. Princeton vs. Yale Undergrad 43 13y
+37 How much do you get blamed as analyst? 35 13y
+16 Investment Banking Associate or Prop Trader 8 13y
0 Sell side valuation 0 13y
0 Havent heard from HR in a while... (Incoming Analyst) 3 13y
+16 Internship: Trading vs. Boutique PE 6 13y
0 Banking bonus schedules 2 13y
+28 Deciding Offers - Private Equity vs Capital Finance 22 13y
+45 What happens when life happens? 54 13y
+12 Advice for SA's in especially intense groups 4 13y
0 Valuing Divestitures 0 13y
0 Does anyone (at the junior level) actually enjoy working in M&A? 3 13y
+32 BB MDs/group heads jumping ship?? 13 13y
0 Just starting my job/passed my series 7. What do I read/watch to keep up with news? 0 13y
+18 Tomorrow: Envisioning Finance 6 13y
0 Stupid Me 6 13y
0 EX.99 Pitch Books worth reviewing? 12 13y
0 WSO Thank You / Internship Advice 2 13y
0 Minority Interest - Urgent 5 13y
+10 Convince me to go - conference 4 13y
+34 SolarCity: A Bright Future Indeed 11 13y
0 Questions regarding Roth IRA / ESA disclosure 1 13y
0 Other ways of breaking in 1 13y
0 Choosing Tools You Use 2 13y
0 I've been told about job openings at BBs - is it too direct to reach out to staffers I don't know? 4 13y
+18 Finra exceptions to statutory disqualification due to felony 19 13y
0 Awesome connection, confused on next steps 1 13y
+52 Prejudice against women? 83 13y
0 Merger Model Help - Combined P&L 9 13y
0 help needed with case study, would be EXTREMELY grateful 2 13y

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June 2026 Investment Banking

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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

June 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

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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