+27 Depressed and not wanting to go on 10 5y
0 Geo with Energy PE experience…. Can I break In? 2 5y
0 Middle Bucket Analysts - How did you explain your ranking to recruiters / future employers 1 5y
+11 Barclays London IBD - Best Groups 15 5y
0 What is the difference between the activity dona at a Big 4's restructuring arm, and that of a restructuring division at a Boutique (HL, Lazard, PJT...)? 1 5y
0 FT Shot UK 1 5y
+128 Bullied by female junior? 69 5y
0 What is the best pure Tech group in NY? 4 5y
+4 HELP NEEDED 9 5y
0 Stephens Info 1 5y
0 Graduating late- how does that affect internships and FT offers? 1 5y
+21 Skipping Sophomore Summer Internship 6 5y
0 IB Intern -> CorpFin -> IB 1 5y
+6 When is help coming? 11 5y
+9 How to Transfer from NY to London Office? 4 5y
+1 RBC Investment Baking 1 5y
+401 Black Women in IB - Experiences? 140 5y
+14 Investment Banks in Boston - Reputation 22 5y
+12 So am I fucked? 7 5y
+9 Lazard writing test 15 5y
0 IB Summer Analyst cover housing? 3 5y
0 Barclays has Confirmed Virtual SA 2021 in Beginning 2 5y
0 Barclays 2021 SA Details 3 5y
+13 Offer Decision: Baird vs. Houlihan Lokey (Chicago) 19 5y
+14 Why would anyone quit banking? 26 5y
0 Will Summer Internships be in the office or working from home? 8 5y
+19 If I want to Lateral, how does PE/GE recruiting work? 8 5y
0 Advice on reaching out to hiring managers 2 5y
+23 Scotiabank Exit Opps 6 5y
+20 Engineering PhD into IB 10 5y
+3 Citi Meal Perks 1 5y
+5 Defer Summer Internship Due to Covid - Possible? 3 5y
+33 Outsourcing IB work to India/abroad? 18 5y
+6 BofA Lateral Process 3 5y
+8 Non-Superday Zoom LATERAL Interview Attire 4 5y
+9 Working 80+ hours at boutique firm, been here little over 3 months, can't stand it much longer... 1 5y
+10 IBD Salary Progression 4 5y
+75 Tattoos in high finance? 49 5y
0 Getting that First Contact 1 5y
+13 Is it possible that IB will ever become more bearable WLB at the Analyst / Associate level? 2 5y
+4 When should I be trying to lateral? 4 5y
+17 Best ~$150 Monitor for IB? 12 5y
+35 GS/MS/JPM vs DB/UBS 21 5y
+257 Finance/Wall Street Wannabes 72 5y
0 Renewable Finance & Strategy Analyst Opportunity (Texas) 1 5y
0 Invited to Virtual Information Session with Goldman Sachs after Hirevue. What to Expect? 2 5y
+11 When is it Appropriate to Use Vacation Days? 12 5y
0 Case study growth PE - "high level" cash flow statement 2 5y
+99 What is So Bad About UBS? 97 5y
+13 Private Funds Group (Secondaries PE Advisory) 5 5y
+9 Compilation of Mega-Fund LBO Modeling Tests 1 5y
+1 Credit Suisse 1 time bonus and Analyst raises 2 5y
+3 Summer PE --> IB FT 2 5y
0 London IBD Recruiting out of Target MSc Finance Program 1 5y
0 Cap IQ Formula Help 2 5y
0 Lateral Bonus 5 5y
0 Necessities for Incoming Analysts 1 5y
+3 NYC Training for European Junior Bankers 2 5y
0 Undergrad in VA 1 5y
0 DeBlasio calls 80k workers to office 1 5y
+4 Citi planning on having in office work only 3 days per week post pandemic 5 5y
0 Behavioral or technical interview first? 2 5y
0 Retail to IB 2 5y
+23 MD doesn't know I got HR dinged? 18 5y
+25 Evercore recruiting in Houston 24 5y
0 What do I need to know for Corporate Restructuring? 1 5y
+3 SA 2021 in person or virtual? 1 5y
+12 Taking a extra semester for IB? Help. 1 5y
+6 Will I need an MBA for Corporate Banking 6 5y
0 Case study 1 5y
+13 Career in IB or Management Consulting after a "Tech" College 6 5y
0 Good places to live near midtown 1 5y
+3 Salary Insight 1 5y
0 Headhunter Etiquette Overview 1 5y
+2 Extremely jealous of the working relationship between the associate and other new analyst 2 5y
+6 Baird vs Lincoln 6 5y
+23 DCF Perpetuity Growth Rate 14 5y
+50 A2A - Direct Promote Benefits/Bonus/Etc. 48 5y
+15 Houlihan Lokey RX in Asia 17 5y
+21 Returning to IB after Corporate Development? 1 5y
+9 Loan Syndications - Comp and Exit Op 6 5y
+18 MSC Finance at Warwick vs boutique consulting 5 5y
0 RX exit ops? 1 5y
+64 Q&A: Big 4 to Commercial Banking 41 5y
0 HR Horror Stories 3 5y
+59 Does the Investment Banking Wage Gap Still Exist? 8 5y
+10 Hours will be just as bad after WFH finishes? 5 5y
+60 Unique Corp Dev Opportunity 26 5y
0 Salary for banking intern 1 5y
0 Corporate Banking Expectations 1 5y
0 Corporate Banking Expectations 1 5y
0 IBD vs PE vs Start up 2 5y
+5 EB ASO (NY) to PE in LDN? 8 5y
0 It's a sunk cost matter now... 1 5y
0 Citi summer internship update 6 5y
+12 Anyone else think consulting prestige is proportional to how bullshit the role is? 4 5y
0 Moelis Lateral Interview Process 3 5y
0 US presence of Canadian leverage finance groups 1 5y
+62 Is Brown a target? How about Williams? 27 5y
0 Question to Analysts: Social vs Professional Networking Calls 3 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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