+29 Citi Tech - any good? Where's it based? 32 4y
0 Exit Options as a Generalist? 3 4y
0 IBD summer analyst in Asia 5 4y
+33 Piper Jeffries & Co. 65 4y
+20 Revolution Partners, a division of Morgan Keegan 35 4y
0 Trust Private Company Doctor? 1 4y
+26 NY IBD - What are my chances? 22 4y
0 shaving (SA) 21 4y
0 Citi or Greenhill? 26 4y
0 rejection but still future potential 5 4y
0 What's in TMT? 5 4y
0 Who is your team? 6 4y
0 Jeff Chang - Lions Gate Capital? 19 4y
+24 3 OFFERS - HELP ME PICK! NOW!! LA vs NYC, BB vs top boutiques? 30 4y
0 Which is more interesting work at the entry level: corporate finance or investment banking? 5 4y
0 BarCap HK Superday - Offers given? 7 4y
+20 Breaking into WallStreet- Excel & Modeling Fundamentals or Advanced Fin. Modeling? 11 4y
0 GS.Research or CICC IBD? 30 4y
0 Tech Group Rankings 16 4y
+27 MS Menlo Park - Buyside opps 47 4y
+25 LSE Msc Accounting and Finance for IBD/PE 21 4y
0 Another Ballin Email 32 4y
+16 2 months off before I start... 15 4y
0 Advising clients -When does it start? 5 4y
+87 University of Washington vs. UC Berkeley 63 4y
+35 Illiniprogrammer 25 4y
+14 360 Day Year In Interest Expense 5 4y
+52 List of Dead Banks 42 4y
0 BofA Merrill Tech in San Francisco 6 4y
0 Full time group placement 2 4y
0 Best exit opps in LA? (2011) 8 4y
+106 Getting Crushed -- OCR 76 4y
+48 Pros/Cons of Ibanking 100 4y
+34 Got into DCM, now what? 26 4y
0 What to say? 2 4y
0 Need advice about internship offer! 10 4y
+13 DCF with Negative Free Cash Flow 8 4y
0 What kind of firms are the easiest to value? 6 4y
0 Really weird interview process.... 4 4y
+16 Harris Williams IB london vs BarCap IBD 19 4y
+58 University of Dreams, is it a scam? 85 4y
+128 Life Plan (for Everyone) to Ponder 63 4y
+75 MBB Consulting -> Top Tier IBD 118 4y
+45 IB training/boot camps/valuation workshops etc 115 4y
+22 HELP: Awaiting offer letter/contract, but getting invited to other interviews 16 4y
+25 New Power Food for the Office... Chia Seeds or Bath Salts? 25 4y
+15 Full-Time: Big 4 Advisory vs. MM IB Analyst vs. BB Operations 10 4y
+22 RBC vs Citi Investment Banking 17 4y
+16 Which of These 2 IB Group Would You Take? 5 4y
+47 UBS Internship - Take or No? 89 4y
+11 Houlihan Lokey Corporate Finance - Technology Group 56 4y
+59 Top West Coast Investment Banks 68 4y
+83 Interview Question: Why Middle Market Investment Banking? 52 4y
0 GS Healthcare vs MS Tech Menlo 4 4y
0 Placed in ECM as a first year analyst and not loving it 2 4y
0 Background Check- Quitting Job 4 4y
+36 leveraged finance interview - what to prep 21 4y
+54 DCM Path 39 4y
+19 Under 21 for NYC SA...What to do? 37 4y
+17 Barclays LA 10 4y
+27 Traditional IB vs. ECM/DCM 33 4y
+40 West Coast Investment Banking 68 4y
+29 Unemployment Low in Many Markets - Maybe the Grass is Greener? 7 4y
+27 Cal vs UCLA (Math & Econ) 18 4y
+20 ECM Internship 13 4y
0 EY Writing Assessment Topics? 4 4y
0 CS - WFC deal half truth or whole lies ? 13 4y
+10 GS SF TMT vs. MS Generalist NYC Summer 13 4y
+19 High gpa but no banking experience 6 4y
0 Rothschild London GFA Team Rankings 3 4y
+29 Dress Boots 63 4y
+78 Working Abroad in Investment Banking 53 4y
+87 IB in Continental Europe: Paris to Vienna to Moscow 34 4y
+141 Elite Boutique Investment Banks 139 4y
+39 Q&A: Restructuring Analyst at Top BB 30 4y
+20 Silver Lake Associate + Senior Associate Profiles 9 4y
+16 MT NY or Tech NY? 13 4y
+46 How to renege BB IBD return offer for Megafund PE 20 4y
+14 Help with a merger model.. Balance sheet won't balance 4 4y
+13 Investment Banking UK - Unusual background 5 4y
+11 LevFin in SF vs. Boutique in NYC 0 4y
+35 Why are the top restructuring groups (PJT/HL) so popular now? 5 4y
+61 LevFin in London 22 4y
+17 BIWS - Accounting Fundamentals 8 4y
+25 FCFE and terminal value? 9 4y
+11 Are Chinese top Businuess Schools valued in EU/US? 8 4y
+9 Experience using eFinancialcareers for a FO job 7 4y
+19 Career Advice Needed - Credit Agricole or Goldman Sachs 5 4y
0 1st year Analyst - any teams do this? 0 4y
+26 MM IBD vs. Pension Fund PE 9 4y
+26 Credit Risk or Credit Flow S&T? 11 4y
+1 Wells Drug Test 2 4y
+17 Is SF that bad? 10 4y
+95 Top 3 Skills Needed for Investment Banking 55 4y
+161 Thoughts on PJT Partners? 35 4y
+7 JP Morgan Leveraged Finance 2017 3 4y
0 Financial Modeling Case - looking for best practice - Change in Inventory on Income Statement 3 4y
+75 Non-Lifer Investment Banking thoughts wanted - IBD to MBB, an improvement? 32 4y
+10 Chances of getting elite boutique or GS/MS? 10 4y
+15 PJT vs Rothschild (London) 5 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • 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

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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