+32 Cowen and Company in 2019 30 5y
+21 ZH: America’s top graduates don’t want jobs on wall st 17 5y
+9 JPM IB Superday - When Should I Expect to Hear Back? 1 5y
+48 Moving To Houston, TX - Tips for a Young Professional 31 5y
0 List of MM/boutiques in the NYC area for sophomore summer/ how to find? 1 5y
+30 Houston Summer 2020 Associate Recruiting 15 5y
+31 To all the chimps with no return offers, there is hope 21 5y
0 How do I break into IB if I’m not going to a target school? 2 5y
+16 Thoughts on Factset employment? 12 5y
+16 Reneging for a return offer 3 5y
+9 M&A at big 4 or Tech at IB 1 5y
+16 London - Best Banks for Consumer & Retail and Media 5 5y
+6 How common is CIMA/CMA in IB? 1 5y
+21 Selling my Soul to the CFA Institute 1 5y
0 Will EBs increase base salaries/compensation? 1 5y
+13 How to Get my Boutique to Raise Base???? 19 5y
+49 Renege BB PB Offer For MM IB? 33 5y
+3 When will Base Raises be reflected in pay? 1 5y
+35 Green Energy/Infra/Tech Groups 33 5y
0 Bringing in business as an Analyst / Associate 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs IBD SA 2022 Offers? 3 5y
0 Have rents in NYC skyrocketed again? 3 5y
+22 Received offer for most likely junior program as a sophomore 20 5y
+6 nyc to require indoor masking next week; effects on return to office plans? 10 5y
+4 2nd round of base increases??? 6 5y
+11 Let's Get this Straight: How many Hours do You Work on Saturday/Sunday? 4 5y
+8 EB Salary Increases? 15 5y
+140 SEO 180 5y
+3 How to deal with lazy/aggressive associates and ensure you don’t get overworked? 1 5y
+3 Ziegler IB 2 5y
+12 IB sell-side or strategy 1 5y
+40 IB/MC Medical Equivalence 10 5y
+9 What does it feel like going home late at night? 7 5y
+6 Moving groups after SA? 4 5y
+4 Wells Fargo IB First Year Analyst Salary 5 5y
+1 Got COVID Before Superday 1 5y
+3 Macquarie Infra IBD/Principle Investing 3 5y
+9 SF Banking Lifestyle - Good / Bad? 3 5y
+3 VP comp 5 5y
+19 Is this a smart idea? 11 5y
+107 BOFA Analyst training call anti semitism -- follow up 95 5y
+2 Analyst Rent Help 1 5y
+4 Am I (half white, half Asian) ever considered diverse? 8 5y
+87 JPMorgan wants to end banker burnout, for real this time 51 5y
+16 Dump intern? 14 5y
0 Precedent Transactions < Trading Comps? 2 5y
0 Yachts in finance 3 5y
+6 Park Sutton Advisors 5 5y
+3 DC IB Question 1 5y
+15 Solutions to lack of work experience. Please help! 1 5y
+3 J&J vaccine 1 5y
+20 Cash and Cash Equivalents don't match in audited financials year to year? 5 5y
+21 What did you do to land in the bottom bucket? 15 5y
+9 What happens to options & RSUs in a privatization? 2 5y
+90 Introducing WSO Alpha 14 5y
+71 Intern looking to exit 45 5y
0 Corporate Banking (Associate to VP) 1 5y
+30 Dubai IB/PE in 2020 7 5y
+3 Has anyone been drug tested since COVID started? 1 5y
+1 Friday/Saturday Nights 4 5y
+5 Path to 2024 SA 6 5y
+21 Most Respectful Way to Ask the Analysts in My Group Where They’re Exiting? 15 5y
0 Lazard Pay Raise? 3 5y
+201 Thoughts on Barclays Response to Goldman survey 116 5y
+29 Possible to have social life in IB? Feeling down 34 5y
+3 Comp raise updates 1 5y
+17 Taxes on internship help please 37 5y
+24 What exactly is KPMG's EVS (Economic valuation services) group, what do they do? 1 5y
0 Does BofA sponsor? 1 5y
+17 Other Income included in EBITDA? 5 5y
+3 Where to live in Charlotte? 8 5y
0 BofA 2022 SA Waitlist 1 5y
+8 We might not be going back to the office yet… 5 5y
+3 Will the salary bump come out of the bonuses? 6 5y
+25 Return to Office - 5 Days in Person vs. Hybrid Model 23 5y
+9 Is it fair I’m being forced back to the office despite no firm policy? 1 5y
+7 Why do small IBs post on LinkedIn about deals they didn't do? 3 5y
0 Rotary Club / Lions Club - doing good and networking? 1 5y
+12 CB to IB advice 4 5y
+50 Why do people treat internship offers like D1 scholarships on LinkedIn? 34 5y
+9 Clarifications about UVA 1 5y
+4 Does Wells Fargo pay street bonus? Anyone struggling with studying the 79? 3 5y
+3 Rothschild London - Culture 3 5y
+7 Public finance at top BB or IBD at low level BB for SA 2 5y
+3 Q3 Hours/Lifestyle Check-in 1 5y
+4 Barrenjoey 9 5y
0 No work as a SA 2 5y
+3 UBS Outlook 2 5y
+15 How much of an advantage does JP/MS/GS have over EBs in London for exit opps? 2 5y
+17 Second week on the job but feeling burned out. Is this normal? 10 5y
+12 Wells Fargo's HR Screen 1 5y
+6 What do you guys small talk about in the beginning of interviews? 11 5y
+31 Ripped in IB? 51 5y
+3 Keeping a level head 5 5y
+16 2022 On Cycle confirmed for post labor day 2 5y
+3 Which IB coverage group covers Cargill/ADM? 2 5y
+26 How to get out of ECM 15 5y
0 Late Career “Switches” 2 5y
0 Introduction to Investment Banking Recruitment 3 5y
+9 Vietnam Investment banking M&A Analyst jumping to Singapore Investment banking 3 5y

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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