+1 Questions from a Junior in Highschool 2 5y
+47 Future of Banking? 22 5y
0 Evercore NYC Gym Access? 1 5y
+15 DC Advisory 2021 SA 79 5y
+10 Best Pay to COL Ratio in IB? 17 5y
+11 RBC and Exit Opportunities 3 5y
+1 Does Bofa have TMT in NYC? 4 5y
+72 [FT Recruiting 2020] Updates on banks that still sponsor H1B for international undergrads? 77 5y
+19 PWP 2020 SA 52 5y
+11 Evercore NYC SA 2021 Gc + Housing 6 5y
+3 Columbia Barclays Interviews 14 5y
+20 General Advice for Struggles/ CAS vs McDonough. 6 5y
+1 Patagonia Corporate Logo 3 5y
+3 Summer Internships 0 5y
+15 International Student Interns: Are you allowed to WFH??? 28 5y
0 Deleted 6 5y
+273 Laughed at —> Top BB 46 5y
0 Foreign Temp Project Salary 0 5y
+106 Evercore v.s. Lazard v.s. PJT Partners 35 5y
+3 Summer offers from Bain/BCG vs. Citi/CS/BCG 4 5y
0 What does lack of midlevel employees mean for boutique folks? 2 5y
0 IB structuring & execution interview 0 5y
+16 should I still send a thank you note? 6 5y
+7 Should I rent a place in NYC for my SA gig? 4 5y
0 lateralling Internationally < 1 year into the job 3 5y
0 Incoming MUFG SA 2021 0 5y
+6 Tax Consultant to Investment Banking 0 5y
0 MS NY vs Centerview SF vs Lazard NY 7 5y
+3 Intl - why Boston 0 5y
+12 Rutgers (Undergraduate) to Wall Street 6 5y
+12 Goldman Sachs Firmwide Strategy Group 3 5y
0 HSBC Commercial Banking Graduate Programme 0 5y
+132 Big Law to Investment Banking -- Thoughts? 159 5y
0 Deals at Big 4 vs Boutique 5 5y
0 Monday @Mentions February 23, 2015 0 5y
0 Should I do on-cycle PE recruiting? 1 5y
+6 top international schools perception from the street 5 5y
+13 Relocating and Jumping Ship 1 5y
+3 JP Morgan in Philly? 1 5y
+3 Question about ECM and M&A 1 5y
+9 Raymond James NY Insight 9 5y
+28 What's the IB scene like in Charlotte? 17 5y
0 CB Relationship Management to Loan Syndications? 1 5y
+36 California Banks 23 5y
+6 Is it hard to get a job in IB? 12 5y
0 GS SA 2021 CIMD-NYC/Norwalk 0 5y
+9 Return to Office Protocol (NYC) 1 5y
0 Can someone from another team refer you? 3 5y
0 House hunters Investment banking 4 5y
+13 First Year Analyst Out of Undergrad: MM Tech Offer SF or Specialized Boutique NYC 8 5y
0 Give it to me straight.. Am I in the wrong here? 2 5y
+14 Summer got cancelled 10 5y
+3 Summer 2021 - Ranking the Japanese Banks 1 5y
+212 Wharton -> Lazard -> KKR -> HBS -> Carlyle -> Retire -> Die 57 5y
0 Speeding up HR response? 2 5y
+15 Technicals from a Liberal Arts target 6 5y
+76 2019 SA Sophomore Internships Thread 138 5y
+50 So you want to work at an investment bank... 39 5y
+12 Recent trends in target school pecking order for IB recruiting? 1 5y
+22 Transfer to Ivy? 13 5y
+27 2020 SA Recruiting for International Student 11 5y
+28 DB/UBS SA FT Choices 24 5y
+11 MS Media & Comms Group - General Thoughts, People, Culture, etc. 15 5y
+102 Grateful Monkey Giving Back Pt. 1: Questions to Ask Interviewers 8 5y
+99 Quit Blaming Diversity Programs/Racism for you sucking... 28 5y
0 CS return rate 3 5y
+3 Referrals from Different Office 2 5y
+150 Credit Suisse 2020 SA Recruiting 412 5y
+87 Advice for undergrads going into IB interested in PE 48 5y
0 Wall street prep 2 5y
+1 wells fargo corporate finance, is it IB? 2 5y
+8 FT: Lower BB in NY vs. Boutique in TX 8 5y
0 Mizuho FT SF/NY 6 5y
+2 How hard is it to break into IB? 9 5y
+24 Weight gain recruiting 27 5y
0 Morgan Stanley IBD SA 2021 Superdays? 1 5y
0 Getting into IB late through masters program 0 5y
+12 Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets 2021 Quantitative Technology Services 1 5y
0 What timeline should I be looking at? 0 5y
+7 Offers ... BNP Paribas, Cowen, Jefferies, Brown Gibbons Lang, DC Advisory 8 5y
+7 NY vs LA 6 5y
0 FinCen Files and Money Laundering 1 5y
+14 Moving From UK to US 8 5y
0 SA Question 7 5y
+143 Ranking: Evercore NY, PWP NY, Lazard NY, Lazard Tech? 30 5y
+6 Stephens NY FT 2021 9 5y
+5 Long hair for male recruiting in IB - Is this seen as bad? 7 5y
+3 Do bankers in SF get paid more than their NY counterparts given the cost of living is higher? 5 5y
+9 Answer to support my case please 5 5y
+9 Intnl Student - Why America/NYC? 7 5y
+6 Starting out in London as opposed to the big apple 3 5y
0 Does Goldman Sachs test for weed? 1 5y
+5 Who's back in the office NYC??? 6 5y
+1 Lazard Boston TMT SA 4 5y
+2 Banking/PE Scene in TX 3 5y
+30 Is NYC still attractive these days? 14 5y
+12 When will JPM send people back home? 22 5y
+17 BB Corp Banking vs. MM IBD 8 5y
+26 Wells Fargo vs. Tech Boutique (think Union Square/GCA/FT Partners) 22 5y
+11 Should I follow up? Interview 4 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $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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