+20 First Year Analyst 15? 42 15y
0 Jumping Ship / "Experienced" Resume 3 15y
0 Reckless driving 5 15y
+15 MM placement into MBA 18 15y
0 How do I valuate companies that.... 3 15y
0 Bloomberg Focus Day 1 15y
+65 What is wrong with you people? 44 15y
0 Brushing up on financial modeling skills 19 15y
0 Comparabile Companies Valuation 5 15y
0 Hearing back from HR 2 15y
0 Are you a creative person? 2 15y
0 Do I need to prepare before training? 8 15y
0 Is a background in biomedical engineering/biology necessary to work with those types of clients? 1 15y
0 If I want to switch minors? 5 15y
0 Why Isn't There a Corporate Finance Forum? 8 15y
+15 This is Investment Banking? But is it???? ... Please Help! 7 15y
+58 Finance's luster fading? 56 15y
0 HK IBD Interview & Informational? 1 15y
0 Help a youngster - Sorry if this is the wrong forum 11 15y
0 Industry Knowledge - Coverage Group vs Research 4 15y
0 How to ask this MD for contacts of his subordinates 4 15y
0 recruiting dates 6 15y
0 Economist's Take on BNP 0 15y
0 A noob LevFin question 3 15y
+17 How is accounting used iin I-banking 12 15y
0 Name Mistakes in Interviews 7 15y
0 Informal Boutique Interviews (Not Hiring) 3 15y
0 Advice on how to break into your preferred group 0 15y
0 Taking the SAT late 5 15y
+26 U.S. Goes to Bat for Goldman's Black Box 4 15y
0 Experience After Banking 3 15y
0 Did I get thrown for a loop? 4 15y
+4 was fired from internship years ago 9 15y
0 I have 2 offers .. what do y'all think? 5 15y
0 lack of experience 5 15y
+4 What is Securtization in DCM? 3 15y
+22 Rank the Banks… Recruitment videos 13 15y
0 Microsoft, Google, and Apple combined have $100BB in cash & short-term securities 11 15y
0 Got an offer! 27 15y
0 Meeting potential employers before another firm's interview 5 15y
0 Research's role in IBD? 6 15y
0 Monty09 tour continues.....any monkeys in NOLA? 7 15y
+22 Please help - Recommender asked me to write my own rec letter 10 15y
+13 The next big bubble. 4 15y
+14 External Hire vs. Internal Hire 3 15y
+38 Investment Banking Scorecard 16 15y
0 Big Week for Bank Earnings 12 15y
0 RBS DCM undergrad 1 15y
+3 Chinese interest rates 3 15y
+29 Jim Rogers on China and BofA 10 15y
0 The Blackstone IPO Case Study 1 15y
0 Urgent Help Needed With Offer Decision!! Corporate Banking at BB or IBD at a MM boutique? 19 15y
0 mcdonalds ibd vs. jefferies 12 15y
+2 Corporate Finance - Help 2 15y
0 Experienced analyst hiring timeline 3 15y
0 i want an offer, but i feel fucking bored 11 15y
+24 Why we people believe it wiil all be different. 35 15y
0 Take offer now or wait it out? 8 15y
+20 Top Line Truths, Bottom Line Realities 9 15y
+3 MonkeyShit Pics and Popularity 1 15y
0 Debt Financing Models 0 15y
+23 EPIC -- ONE WORD AND ONE WORD ONLY -- DESCRIBE GOLDMAN SACHS 46 15y
0 Brainteaser Approach? 11 15y
0 Asset Monitoring & Divestiture? 1 15y
+42 Finance: not so “attractive” anymore? 31 15y
0 For the brave souls that made it... 5 15y
0 Which one should I choose GS TMT vs Blackstone M&A? Need to choose urgent! 3 15y
+28 Commodities and my dream of green energy 18 15y
0 Recruitment timelines across "industries" 0 15y
+27 Wall Street Cribs: NYC Edition 21 15y
0 Which bank don't require assessment test 2 15y
+13 What does it mean when... 9 15y
0 Best Way to Prep 6 15y
0 Swiss Finish Sets New Standard for Global Bank Regulation 1 15y
0 Present value of a new financial asset 1 15y
0 FT IB S&T Analyst closing dates 0 15y
+12 I need help on EV/EBIDTA 3 15y
+10 Stuff you see on resume 22 15y
0 Need WSO to Help Me Once And For All on Two Things (long but please help for bananas...cliffs at bottom) 6 15y
0 Career Advice: CM or ER? 1 15y
+29 What happens to debt when a company gets acquired? 11 15y
+3 Fridays/Saturdays 4 15y
+20 No more bottles?? 14 15y
+12 Purple Heart to Front Office 11 15y
0 Consulting vs I-Banking for Financial Management @ F500 Exit Ops Only 9 15y
+30 associates can go kill themselves 30 15y
0 Following up on preliminary phone calls? 2 15y
+36 The end of BB? 13 15y
0 What's up with the retarded identifying patterns test used to test logical aptitude?? 9 15y
0 What should I be looking for when finding a F/T IB Job? 4 15y
0 Networking DOES pay off 7 15y
+1 What is the email format when contacting a banker? 3 15y
0 Bank and the Beanstalk 1 15y
0 how much sway to associates/analysts have at MMs? 3 15y
0 Monkey needs urgent help 5 15y
0 Industry Conferences: Worth the cash? 2 15y
+10 The American Taxpayer: Wall Street’s #1 fee payer 4 15y
0 Dillema between IBD n ER Position 14 15y
0 Stay in my group for the people or move for greener pastures? 1 15y
0 State & Local Bankruptcies Imminent 37 15y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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