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0 OBJECTIVE BANKING CITIES TIER LIST 23 1y
0 GP Stakes Model Test 1 1y
+1 WF 2025 Exits 3 1y
0 Exit ASAP 2 1y
+22 maintaining your looks working 90+ hours/week in IB to continue cracking huzz? 11 1y
+24 Feeling burnt out before even starting IB...should I target a new career path? 10 1y
+30 UCLA IB Placement 22 1y
+10 What Is The Best TMT Group Amongst The Non-Tech Specializing EBs 3 1y
+12 Would IB consider my weird career path/profile (age 34)? 3 1y
0 Career Advice Needed: Commerzbank S&T vs. CME Market Risk 4 1y
+15 CS Undergrad + International Student → Tech Investment Banking? 6 1y
+23 UCLA Clubs Placement 6 1y
+10 USNews 2025-2026 Ranking Leak 3 1y
+9 Negotiating FT offer 4 1y
+33 Goldman Demands an Oath From Junior Bankers Every 3 Months 17 1y
+3 BB AN3 base London 6 1y
+6 NY vs SF for investment banking 1 1y
+18 RIP Barclays LA 11 1y
+6 Is it still possible for me to break in? 6 1y
+20 College Tier List by Nepotism Amount 7 1y
0 Best NY-based Tech Groups? 1 1y
+27 Elite Boutique scene in Australia 24 1y
+4 RBC Women's Advisory Program Interview 19 1y
+9 Mad Hatter in the Basement of Platinum Equity - What's going on over there? 1 1y
+2 Del 2 1y
+3 SoCal fulltime opps update? 1 1y
+13 Best paying TMT EB? 11 1y
+37 Good MDs vs Mediocre/Bad MDs 7 1y
+59 Am I crazy for my undergrad choice? 47 1y
+3 BTIG Superday 8 1y
+16 IB in LA - UCLA >= H/S/W? 5 1y
+17 Province Firm RX Co Final Verdict 3 1y
0 Graduate programme: rejected then called back about an opening. What should I expect? 2 1y
0 Ft internal lateral to NYC at BB 1 1y
+1,169 A Letter To All Top 10 University Kids Complaining About Recruiting 80 1y
+11 Best biotech IB groups? 4 1y
+6 How is the IB lateral market for FT analysts? 5 1y
+9 Have a BCG 2026 Internship offer, now what? 5 1y
+13 HYP Student Pushing Back Grad - Need Advice 3 1y
+2 CITI LA RE gooner needs to chill 0 1y
+13 U5 Termination Help!! 4 1y
+235 UBS to Merge M&A, Sponsor Advisory in Investment Banking Revamp 59 1y
+52 IB vs. PE in 2024+ 12 1y
+9 PJT LA/Santa Monica 6 1y
+5 UK analysts… what is the lowest bonus you have seen? 17 1y
+22 Working for my family's biz for a year? 4 1y
+96 College Transitions updated 2024 IB ranking 39 1y
+10 Interested in Aerospace and Defense IB 2025 9 1y
+9 MPP/MPA + World Bank/IMF/IFC to IB (M&A) 4 1y
0 Anyone hear back from Mizuho's San Francisco Team for SD SA 2026? 0 1y
+5 Bad MDs 3 1y
+3 Lincoln Industrials (LA) vs Piper S&I (Minneapolis) vs Well Fargo Client Growth Segments(Charlotte) 1 1y
+5 Reneged after verbal offer 3 1y
+11 Not in a Top Club or Frat at Berkeley — Big Deal? 8 1y
+6 Tips for getting strategic finance job 2 1y
+7 Deferred MBA 2 1y
+17 is IB a pipe dream for me? 2 1y
+9 Analyst Lateral Advice 2 1y
0 Recruiting Prep Tips for Rising Sophomore at a Target 2 1y
+9 Bonus Clawback Risk When Leaving After Year 2? 1 1y
+3 Guggenheim x LA Lakers 4 1y
+8 Houlihan Lokey Capital Markets 15 1y
+8 What's the easiest city in the U.S. to build a friend group/social circle from scratch? 7 1y
+199 WF is so back. 35 1y
+71 Restructuring versus M&A 29 1y
+6 IB in San Diego? 7 1y
+121 Journey from Worst Possible Applicant 119 1y
+89 Ken Moelis stepping down to Executive Chairman? 30 1y
+2 NYC Intern Comp is cooked? 9 1y
+85 how do i "know the markets"? 36 1y
+54 Stoner Analysts? 16 1y
0 Lazard SF? 3 1y
+54 Help Me Choose a College Please (specifically headed towards IB and then PE) 29 1y
+20 Will be 32 when finishing my undergrad 10 1y
+9 Rothschild USA: Sponsorship? 29 1y
+13 Intrepid Investment Bankers 1 1y
+111 Best PCA/Secondary Advisory Groups 131 1y
0 CVP Bonuses 2 1y
+80 Sleeping on Jefferies??? 37 1y
+6 Campbell Lutyens Modelling Test? 2 1y
+12 Will UBS sell its Investment Bank in the Americas? 7 1y
+24 How to deal with annoying co-intern 7 1y
+3 Best Non Tech IB Groups in SF 2 1y
+6 Co invest / Secondaries to IB —> PE Long Term 1 1y
+3 If you had the option to go a different route than IB (In the current environment), would you? 2 1y
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+11 Feeling behind in my undergrad 1 1y
+12 Those who have exited to Corporate, what is your comp? 5 1y
+217 European Bankers Aren’t Bankers 34 1y
+25 How many of you like NYC as a city ? 18 1y
+4 Advice for Canadian student aiming for US IB? 1 1y
+14 Negative Premium 6 1y
+45 Perfect Two-Year Program for Family Business Trajectory 17 1y
+15 Networking Advice to Transfer After Summer Internship 3 1y
+11 Please chance me for IB in SF; Non-Target 5 1y
+75 What NOT to do as a Summer Analyst 16 1y
+19 Non target road to NYC: advice? 5 1y
+9 SF Tech Group Exits 1 1y
+18 Greenhill Tech vs Lincoln Tech 9 1y

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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