+8 Guggenheim IB - Restructuring 1 5y
0 The End of In-Person Interviews in Finance? 1 5y
+61 Are you guys allowed BYOD in IBD? 16 5y
+3 Background check question 8 5y
+41 Fellow MBA associates, anyone else surprised at how bad it ksy 62 5y
+15 Recent Grads Eligibility Crisis? 1 5y
0 How to ace IB recruiting in Europe ? 1 5y
0 DCM/ECM Interviews vs. M&A - Similar? 1 5y
0 How is Citi FIG in 2021? 1 5y
+4 Corporate/Commercial Banking Salary Bumps? 4 5y
+11 Will changing sectors put me behind? 1 5y
+11 Post baccalaureate courses for Columbia, Northwestern, Fordham 1 5y
+11 Costs / Benefits of Reneging - MM in SF to lower-tier BB in SF 4 5y
+18 What does a VP in IB do 19 5y
+6 Corporate Banking as long term career? 1 5y
+2 Time between verbal and written offer? 1 5y
+13 Networking after accepting SA offer 4 5y
0 What exactly does corp dev vs bankers in a process? 3 5y
+8 Stephens FT 2022 9 5y
+10 Lateral Cold Email Response Rate 11 5y
+5 How to Organize Inbox 5 5y
0 Corporate Banking Associate & VP Base Pay 4 5y
+3 Taxation in UK 3 5y
+21 Raymond James SA 2020 51 5y
+22 2020 Full Time/Off-cycle Dubai 40 5y
+6 Corporate/Business Valuations vs Portfolio Valuations 1 5y
0 Are phone interviews candidates selected on a rolling basis for summer internships ? 9 5y
+7 Aus IBD Exit Ops 5 5y
+11 Going straight to PE vs IB first 19 5y
+21 GS Houston 23 5y
+13 Energy Banking 6 5y
+9 Craziest bathroom story at investment bank 1 5y
+14 Two 1-1 MD final rounds instead of superday? What to expect? 6 5y
+68 Are hours of my life my only value-add in this space? 12 5y
+11 Are off-cycle regarded the same as summer internships 1 5y
+5 BMO or DC Advisory? 1 5y
+2 Leaving new job after 1 year (will be 3rd year analyst by then) 1 5y
0 BMO Diversified & M&A Groups 1 5y
+18 Realizing the Hard Truth 7 5y
+19 Don't Know if I Can Make it 2 Years 3 5y
0 Interview Soon - Need Help with Math Question 6 5y
+6 Big 4 Corporate Finance (M&A) Salary 5 5y
+12 Advice on M&A 1 5y
+17 Linkedin cold message 13 5y
+120 I don’t do shit in my internship 68 5y
+95 London vs New York City 39 5y
+10 What's beyond M&A? 1 5y
+32 Energy Sector Primer 31 5y
+1 Interview Question: You overstated depreciation by $100 for the first year. How do you adjust it in the second year? 3 5y
+12 Path 3 5y
+8 2021/2022 Credit Suisse Off-cycle Investment Banking Singapore 1 5y
+9 Meh deal-flow, okay hours, (way) below-street pay 2 5y
+14 Does one always have to wear a suit in the office? 10 5y
+5 BAML Tech & M&A 1 5y
+4 No Offer? 4 5y
0 What do resume books do? 5 5y
+5 IBD Teams for each bank 1 5y
+19 Feeling totally misled about a new role I took 2 5y
+11 If Frank Reynolds were to Launch a SPAC what would he take public? 4 5y
+5 Any other IB structured like GS where M&A is built into coverage group? 10 5y
+11 Corporate Banking to Investment Banking 20 5y
+7 RBC Public/Municipal Finance 2021 67 5y
+8 Deloitte Discovery Internship good stepping stone to IB/PE? 1 5y
+1 EB Base Salaries (London) 7 5y
+11 How's OCR at Amherst/Williams? 8 5y
+72 IB Good Exits - Not so much 20 5y
+19 [URGENT] Preparing PE Interviews efficiently 4 5y
+12 EB London Comp 28 5y
+5 How much do bankers really talk to each other between firms? 4 5y
+19 At Wells Fargo as Quality Anayst and Deloitte/Goldman Sachs reached out to me on an Operations Role. 4 5y
+6 Taking up another interview at the same bank but with different group while in the midst of interview- yay or nay? 2 5y
+44 Wells Fargo Groups 31 5y
+3 Yo Where’s My Bonus 7 5y
+6 Headhunters and email addresses 2 5y
+8 In Office, WFH, or Hybrid? What's your bank doing? 4 5y
+12 ECM Questions - Bulge Bracket vs Mid Market Broker 4 5y
0 Wells Fargo 2022 FT 6 5y
+44 Buyside AM offers vs a second IB summer? 24 5y
+42 Leaving Banking - End of PE Chances? 9 5y
+101 Barclays vs. Jefferies vs. Credit Suisse vs. BAML 46 5y
+5 Wells Fargo IB 1 5y
+25 Failed the 79 17 5y
+40 Feels good 5 5y
+30 DB Future Outlook 21 5y
0 Comunicado Oficial 2 5y
+3 SVB Leerink Boston office SA? 9 5y
+33 Difficulty blending within the Analyst class 12 5y
0 Piper SF vs Stifel NY vs HL ATL vs Citi Capital Markets NY vs RJ Boston 2 5y
+51 GS AFG vs CS/UBS/DB 18 5y
+5 Houlihan FT 2022 1 5y
+12 CITI PAY INCREASE!!! 21 5y
+5 Roommate in NYC? September 1 1 5y
+2 Are buyers included in the closing dinner? 1 5y
+9 Worried about current employer finding out I am interviewing for other position 1 5y
+11 Do redeeming shareholders in a SPAC get a free lunch? 2 5y
+11 FICC Sponsored Repo program 1 5y
+16 Boutique Associate Comp? 20 5y
+61 Why do so many extremely rich kids end up in banking? 41 5y
+5 Consolidate HoldCo/OpCo 2 5y
+8 Coverage group exit 2 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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