0 After the internship ask for letter of rec? 12 14y
+14 What type of IBank are you interested in/work at? BB? MM? Boutique? 15 14y
0 Just finished up my IB internship and now need advice 9 14y
0 Random WSO Questions 0 14y
+12 Spoke with a guy at BAML 6 14y
0 Can someone explain the recent events of the stock market 4 14y
0 Investing Vs Underwriting in DCM/LevFin/Commercial Banking 4 14y
0 Hustling HR 1 14y
0 where da cash at? 1 14y
0 NSFW Episode 31: DOWNgrayedd 7 14y
+68 Ugly Day Ahead? 58 14y
0 Why do IBanks hire MBAs? 7 14y
0 "Rip your face off" Rally 9 14y
0 Advice for next summer 1 14y
0 S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake 9 14y
0 Are BB hiring??? 12 14y
0 Sophomore internships in Hong Kong 3 14y
0 What MBA programs am I realistically looking at? 6 14y
0 The Opportunity Is In The Middle of Somewhere... 3 14y
+51 Summer Analysts Under Fire 34 14y
+41 In Stanley We Trust 24 14y
+53 Advice for Summer Associate Intern 58 14y
0 HELP with Recruiting Cycle/Graduation Question 6 14y
0 Summer Associate vs. Summer Analyst 16 14y
0 Career Direction 17 14y
0 Possibility? 4 14y
+5 Admitted to both Harvard MBA and Harvard M.S. in Computer Science..which would you take? 15 14y
+30 S&P Downgrade based on Political Dysfunction 13 14y
0 How to describe this in Resume? 0 14y
+14 DCF of Banker's Life 8 14y
+26 Bonus Bananas August 5, 2011 10 14y
0 Showing indecisiveness during informational interview 1 14y
0 A Big Decision to Make 12 14y
+17 Goldman Struggles 10 14y
0 How do you guys make really sexy line charts for pitches? 6 14y
0 Modeling and Recruiting 18 14y
+9 Difference between IBD groups? 3 14y
0 Business GPA 6 14y
0 Chances of getting into FT IBD 5 14y
0 Made a mistake on my resume, background check? 13 14y
0 Layoffs: Last in first out - Is this true 8 14y
0 Create Something in iB 7 14y
0 Is MBA a Good Choice for me 4 14y
0 BB Healthcare 3 14y
0 Lat Am Banking 0 14y
0 Banks Bulldozing Foreclosures 21 14y
+40 Watching TED videos----> questioning your chosen "life"? 20 14y
0 Wells Fargo Investment Banking 13 14y
+11 The Future 5 14y
0 Too much of a good thing? 13 14y
0 Commerce One Financial or John Thomas Financial 1 14y
0 Corporate Divesture/Spin-off Analysis help 4 14y
0 On a personal level 9 14y
0 non-FO Director/MD comp 9 14y
0 Financial Model please! 7 14y
0 CAGR and IRR 2 14y
0 Job responsibilities, how close are they? 5 14y
0 Resources for Power & Utilities Banking 1 14y
+13 The Weekend Wrap-up 7.31.11 1 14y
0 What Are the Chances? 9 14y
+5 Peter Pan was an Investment Banker 7 14y
0 If a Time Machine Was Built? 7 14y
0 model formatting 4 14y
+8 My chances 11 14y
0 Transaction comp data needed 3 14y
+19 HELP: If/when should I jump to IB? 8 14y
0 ALPFA Conference 4 14y
+25 [Social Science (not econ)] Major Accounting Minor 12 14y
0 Share price impact of settlement 2 14y
0 Bonus Bananas July 29, 2011 8 14y
0 Suggestions on my career path? 7 14y
0 Bonus Night! 8 14y
0 UMich Ross, Cornell AEM, Duke Trinity or Penn CAS for IBD 11 14y
0 DB Acquisition Finance 5 14y
0 Deep Capture at it again 2 14y
0 Does anyone believe in hardwork anymore? 56 14y
+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 14y
+12 what the hell is a broker? 12 14y
0 Interview help - a little different 1 14y
0 Balancing Military and Finance Career 3 14y
0 Why does banking have to be so complicated? 2 14y
0 Wall Street hiring: If '07 was a 10, and '08/'09 were a 2 or 1... 8 14y
0 LinkedIn Advice 6 14y
+31 EV: Price or Value? 10 14y
0 Gold Set To Plummet? 18 14y
0 BAML FX Trading 2 14y
+54 NSFW Episode 30: Oslo Bombing, Amy Winehouse 24 14y
0 Junior trying to get SA position in IB 1 14y
+87 Rethinking the wall street path 47 14y
0 Hair Drug Test 9 14y
0 How do I sound less 'robotic' ? 5 14y
0 M&A Magazine? 5 14y
0 IBD SA Resume Advice 0 14y
+43 WF IBD VS. GE FMP 20 14y
+20 another IB intern tell-all "I'd Rather Be At Home Watching Paint Dry" 3 14y
+5 Banking events 7 14y
0 Question asked in an initial phone interview 4 14y
+26 Using weighted average strike for treasury stock method? (Public comps) 5 14y
0 help!! playing hard-to-get with goldman sach is not working???!!? 2 14y
0 Financial models in Investment banks focused on small software firms. 3 14y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • 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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  • Associates (44) $258
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  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
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