0 Anyone buying GS? 2 14y
+13 How to Display your CFA knowledge without having written it/passing it? 10 14y
0 How to Display your CFA knowledge without having written it/passing it? 1 14y
+20 Google buys Motorola Mobility 23 14y
+21 is restructuring coming back? 15 14y
0 Duff & Phelps Email Structure 2 15y
0 Exploding Offer / how to get interviews? 2 15y
0 M&I was right: investment bankers do secretly want their own company 14 15y
0 Laz vs GS for tech corp dev exit ops 1 15y
+7 Cold e-mailing: when to stop e-mailing a particular bank 3 15y
+9 Negative EV? 4 15y
0 Who's got the best weekly performance? Post numbers here 6 15y
0 Resume bullet points for this summer's job 1 15y
+17 How to target banks for internships 6 15y
0 unpaid part-time fall internship in Nashvile 3 15y
+43 Using precedent transactions 31 15y
+17 Hedge Fund Vs Private Equity Pay Post IBD 14 15y
0 Background Check -- Questions? 7 15y
0 Would this be wrong? 3 15y
0 After the internship ask for letter of rec? 12 15y
+14 What type of IBank are you interested in/work at? BB? MM? Boutique? 15 15y
0 Just finished up my IB internship and now need advice 9 15y
0 Random WSO Questions 0 15y
+12 Spoke with a guy at BAML 6 15y
0 Can someone explain the recent events of the stock market 4 15y
0 Investing Vs Underwriting in DCM/LevFin/Commercial Banking 4 15y
0 Hustling HR 1 15y
0 where da cash at? 1 15y
0 NSFW Episode 31: DOWNgrayedd 7 15y
+68 Ugly Day Ahead? 58 15y
0 Why do IBanks hire MBAs? 7 15y
0 "Rip your face off" Rally 9 15y
0 Advice for next summer 1 15y
0 S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake 9 15y
0 Are BB hiring??? 12 15y
0 Sophomore internships in Hong Kong 3 15y
0 What MBA programs am I realistically looking at? 6 15y
0 The Opportunity Is In The Middle of Somewhere... 3 15y
+51 Summer Analysts Under Fire 34 15y
+41 In Stanley We Trust 24 15y
+53 Advice for Summer Associate Intern 58 15y
0 HELP with Recruiting Cycle/Graduation Question 6 15y
0 Summer Associate vs. Summer Analyst 16 15y
0 Career Direction 17 15y
0 Possibility? 4 15y
+5 Admitted to both Harvard MBA and Harvard M.S. in Computer Science..which would you take? 15 15y
+30 S&P Downgrade based on Political Dysfunction 13 15y
0 How to describe this in Resume? 0 15y
+14 DCF of Banker's Life 8 15y
+26 Bonus Bananas August 5, 2011 10 15y
0 Showing indecisiveness during informational interview 1 15y
0 A Big Decision to Make 12 15y
+17 Goldman Struggles 10 15y
0 How do you guys make really sexy line charts for pitches? 6 15y
0 Modeling and Recruiting 18 15y
+9 Difference between IBD groups? 3 15y
0 Business GPA 6 15y
0 Chances of getting into FT IBD 5 15y
0 Made a mistake on my resume, background check? 13 15y
0 Layoffs: Last in first out - Is this true 8 15y
0 Create Something in iB 7 15y
0 Is MBA a Good Choice for me 4 15y
0 BB Healthcare 3 15y
0 Lat Am Banking 0 15y
0 Banks Bulldozing Foreclosures 21 15y
+40 Watching TED videos----> questioning your chosen "life"? 20 15y
0 Wells Fargo Investment Banking 13 15y
+11 The Future 5 15y
0 Too much of a good thing? 13 15y
0 Commerce One Financial or John Thomas Financial 1 15y
0 Corporate Divesture/Spin-off Analysis help 4 15y
0 On a personal level 9 15y
0 non-FO Director/MD comp 9 15y
0 Financial Model please! 7 15y
0 CAGR and IRR 2 15y
0 Job responsibilities, how close are they? 5 15y
0 Resources for Power & Utilities Banking 1 15y
+13 The Weekend Wrap-up 7.31.11 1 15y
0 What Are the Chances? 9 15y
+5 Peter Pan was an Investment Banker 7 15y
0 If a Time Machine Was Built? 7 15y
0 model formatting 4 15y
+8 My chances 11 15y
0 Transaction comp data needed 3 15y
+19 HELP: If/when should I jump to IB? 8 15y
0 ALPFA Conference 4 15y
+25 [Social Science (not econ)] Major Accounting Minor 12 15y
0 Share price impact of settlement 2 15y
0 Bonus Bananas July 29, 2011 8 15y
0 Suggestions on my career path? 7 15y
0 Bonus Night! 8 15y
0 UMich Ross, Cornell AEM, Duke Trinity or Penn CAS for IBD 11 15y
0 DB Acquisition Finance 5 15y
0 Deep Capture at it again 2 15y
0 Does anyone believe in hardwork anymore? 56 15y
+21 A guy got called a "fuck ass" at my dad's firm and a harassment lawsuit hit. How do bankers and Steve Cohen get away with it??? 13 15y
+12 what the hell is a broker? 12 15y
0 Interview help - a little different 1 15y
0 Balancing Military and Finance Career 3 15y
0 Why does banking have to be so complicated? 2 15y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
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