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0 ANL1 / ANL2 - How has / how did starting remotely treat you with respect to developing financial modeling skills? 4 5y
+17 TD Securities vs. Wells Fargo 16 5y
+1 Rates And Currencies Superday 1 5y
+5 Free items and perks in IB? 8 5y
+6 Become an Entrepreneur through Acquisition 1 5y
0 MM Scene in London 1 5y
+3 NYC Summer 2021 1 5y
0 Does anyone know anything about DNB Markets in the US? 1 5y
+6 Valuation Advisory v. Regional Boutique 1 5y
+3 Age and Number of Employees by Ranks at BB 1 5y
0 Baird IB Deal Team Locations 2 5y
+71 Finance seems like an incredibly bad deal compared to FAANG 79 5y
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+3 Deutsche Bank? 6 5y
+31 Houston Restructuring Exit Ops 16 5y
+32 BB/EB 1Y analyst hours WFH 78 5y
+4 Securitization Training 2 5y
0 2022 SA BAML LA Genralist vs Cowen SF Tech 3 5y
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+23 Interview Question : Tell me about a recent deal 11 5y
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+4 Job During SA? 5 5y
+15 IB Assignment 4 5y
+46 FT recruiting timeline London 24 5y
+14 Study for the SIE 25 5y
+24 Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home 10 5y
+9 How specifically do US underwriters determine the initial offering price? 1 5y
+9 Hearing back from Partner Interviews: Need Advice 1 5y
+9 Small IB vs Big 4 1 5y
+16 Advice on Master's programme Europe 13 5y
+18 Levered Beta with Perpetuals/Preferred shares 12 5y
+4 Strong Wells Group or BofA Coverage? 7 5y
+7 Is NYC worth it for associates? 12 5y
+10 Evercore Chicago 5 5y
+10 Seeking a Medical Devices Investment Banker for one of my portfolio companies... 7 5y
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0 SocGen Advisory & Financing Group 2 5y
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+6 Next Big Services Biz Rollup Strategies 1 5y
+36 RX scene in London/Europe 13 5y
+5 Can Americans apply to London for SA? 17 5y
+12 27 Year Old Analyst 14 5y
+12 Workout Plan 5 5y
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0 Wall Street vs Washington DC 3 5y
+25 How to survive when you have excessive daytime sleepyness. 22 5y
0 Preparation for interviews in IB as a CS student 4 5y
+8 Nervous for 2021 Summer in Banking 1 5y
+9 Do Investment Banks provide WFO setups? 1 5y
+9 High COL West Coast Internship In-Person or Not? 1 5y
+7 Pretend to be busy 11 5y
+28 How Long Did It Take You To Fully Understand IB Technicals? 16 5y
+9 Forecasting a Balance Sheet without supporting schedules? 4 5y
+2 All-stock Transactions 3 5y
+15 US/Europe vs U.K. work hours 4 5y
+6 BB FT 2022 Recruiting Process 7 5y
+2 Starting FT in a FLDP vs IB 3 5y
+11 Interview Question about two companies merging 6 5y
0 Compensation Debate: BB vs. Middle Market 2 5y
+30 How to prep for banking 18 5y
+19 Will drug test follow background check test immediately?? 16 5y
0 Corporate Finance TMT at Big 4 in LDN 1 5y
+6 BB SA 2021 Drug Testing 12 5y
+14 Long break between analyst to associate stint possible? 8 5y
0 DITL GS intern @ Youtube 1 5y
+19 Where do all the interns and analyst go??? 19 5y
+1 Corporate Banking vs Corporate Finance vs Commercial Banking 2 5y
0 Hong Kong Email Formats 2 5y
+3 What time do you get to leave on the last day of SA? 5 5y
+8 Will non-target undergrad hurt my PE exit opp chances? 11 5y
+24 Serious: Accounting over IB for non-target state schools 10 5y
+15 Non-Target Chances 8 5y
+44 Am I at a Sweatshop? 47 5y
+13 Guggenheim Benefits? 11 5y
+8 Banks getting M&A credit for financing 3 5y
+6 Equity Research Intern and loving it. Does it make any sense to quit ?? 3 5y
+2 Incoming SA: When Can I Tell People What Group I'm in? 2 5y
+4 IBD (EB) in Panamá - Hours, Comp & Culture 5 5y
0 Macroeconomic Report Layout 1 5y
+9 FP&A --> IB/PE 1 5y
+17 Do you guys think it's possible for IB to adopt more of a consulting WLB where you mainly have weekends off? 8 5y
+27 Why bankers are preferring to work from home? 25 5y
+2 Are any banks doing FT training in-person? 4 5y
+11 Salary at William Blair Chicago 7 5y
+16 Why don't bankers breathe? 11 5y
0 How prepared am I for the upcoming summer internship? 4 5y
+6 What Do People Actually Bring to Work Everyday? 9 5y
0 a day in the life of engineer working from home 1 5y
+5 Union Square Advisors (USA) Interviews 7 5y
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+3 Lateraling Decisions 8 5y
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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