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+77 Delaying graduation: good/bad idea? 107 13y
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+19 MBA or not 9 13y
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+27 IBD FT Recruiting Timeline 57 13y
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+143 DOJ Rolls Over and Wets on Itself 78 13y
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+17 A fresh new credit risk analyst in BB's wholesale banking arm 6 13y
+14 Investment Banking, ROSENBAUM, PEARL Book Vs. Breaking into Wall Street 3 13y
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+10 Network before interview? 6 13y
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+32 Dell LBO Model 7 13y
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+42 Bad bonus season at BB - move to elite / MM? 30 13y
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+21 Quitting my job in 1 hr... 51 13y
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+25 Don't sweat it 18 13y
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+17 Equity Value vs. Market Cap. 8 13y
+14 email MD after 1st round? 11 13y
+16 What is going on in the market today? 12 13y
0 Financing a merger - Most expensive way? 11 13y
+9 It's 9:30 PM at GS in Manhattan.. 12 13y
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+39 Is it really THAT hard to get an interview "from the inside". 71 13y
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0 How much can a 1st year analyst help you get a job? 20 13y
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+32 The First 3 Things You Should Do if You’re Part of The Layoffs 18 13y
+30 Barclays vs. UBS for Leveraged Finance 19 13y
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0 Who to use for taxes? 2 13y
0 Offer from Hong Kong, Can still interview in US? 3 13y
+12 In the one year I've been on this site it has gone massively downhill 21 13y
+60 By the time you are 40 - The long term finance career paths 69 13y
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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
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