+29 Weird Majors->IB ? 26 3w
+6 FIG IB to RX IB/Distressed PE 5 3w
+38 No RO and Dark Thoughts 11 3w
+9 23 and want to know my best way in 1 3w
+170 Banks with Best Comp + People? 117 3w
0 Anyone heard of ClearSky? 2 3w
0 FT '27 Top Shops Pulse Check 1 3w
0 Stifel Financial - Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3w
+5 Insight into FT Partners 2026 5 3w
0 HLRX FT 2027 0 3w
+20 Return Offer Rate Drawdown 10 3w
+3 Wells Fargo CLT IB Summer Analyst Return Rate? 7 3w
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - Generalist Data 3w
0 Any bank besides these is cooked. 3 3w
+50 How cooked am I as an incoming WF IB SA 2027? 17 3w
+28 No Return Offer and gutted, advice for what now? 11 3w
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3w
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 3w
0 HL SA 2027 Baltimore 1 3w
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Restructuring Data 3w
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 3w
+11 No Return Offer - Advice Moving Forward? 1 3w
+39 Top banks for Power & Utilities M&A? (2026) 52 3w
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Sales Data 3w
0 WF 2027 CIB IB Analyst Program HireVue 2 3w
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Generalist Data 3w
0 IB Model Lateral Test 3 3w
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 3w
+7 Networking for FT Recruiting, not getting any responses? 7 3w
+1 No RO, what now? 4 3w
+6 Where can I go? DCM + Port Management role exit 1 3w
+21 London A1 flatshare search 34 3w
+41 2026 Investment Banking Return Offer Climate 25 3w
0 Fifth Third Securities - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3w
0 Future Outlook of Banking 4 3w
0 Work Life Balance at top BB 1 3w
+21 How does networking for summer 2028 IB internships actually work? 5 3w
+3 Looking for anecdotal stories of people or people you know that have broken into IB WITHOUT an MBA? 2 3w
+48 Moelis Interviews 56 3w
+8 Full Time Mobility - BofA 7 3w
+7 Better postgrad opportunity: MM IB Analyst or MM PE Analyst? 4 3w
+2 Advice for next year's summer analyst class? 2 3w
+8 WF MOVING TO TWO YEARS A2A? 2 3w
+6 JP Morgan - ECM - Convertibles Analyst Interview 2 3w
+14 Guggenheim London 7 3w
0 MS and JPM Off Cycles 3 4w
+21 Is IB a dying industry? 9 4w
0 How should I proceed? 1 4w
+5 Fund finance groups + overall thoughts? 9 4w
+3 Summer'27 IB Internship's Possible? 1 4w
0 PCE Holdings - Review - Generalist Data 4w
0 PCE Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4w
0 Sophomore summer internships? 2 4w
0 Davidson Capital Advisors - Review - Generalist Data 4w
0 Davidson Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4w
+16 Lying for behaviourals 7 4w
0 Mizuho - Interview - Generalist Data 4w
+9 MBB SA -> (Solid) IB FT: How Feasible Is It? 2 4w
+219 Evercore > Goldman and I don’t think it’s particularly close anymore 83 4w
0 Most effective way to learn from other bank’s, sponsor’s, and/or clients’ model 1 4w
0 Best cities to target for recruiting in these times? 3 4w
+2 The Long Hours Are the Best Part of Investment Banking 3 4w
+25 Struggling SA - Nervous about RO 7 4w
+6 Series 79 2 4w
+13 Cut from a spring internship, have a SA offer for next summer. Will my SA offer get pulled? 7 4w
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Restructuring Data 4w
0 Solomon Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4w
+4 The Long Hours Are the Best Part of Investment Banking 10 4w
+9 Piper Sandler Offers 2 4w
0 DelMorgan Co - Review - Investment Banking Data 4w
+9 GS TMT Falloff ? 13 4w
0 Société Générale - Interview - Debt Capital Markets Data 4w
+10 TD Return Offers 3 4w
+19 What is going on at MS Industrials??? 7 4w
+14 BB offer likely at Analyst. Base cut, forfeited bonus, and I’d be giving up scope. Talk me into or out of it. 3 4w
+7 LAZARD????? 23 4w
+475 Help! MD is asking me to come with him 86 4w
+3 Serious family issue, ok to use PTO as incoming? 1 4w
+13 Guggenheim Lateral Recruiting 7 4w
0 Lazard LA? 2 4w
+130 I am a drunk MD AMA 40 4w
+270 Why UBS Is the Worst Place to Start Your IB Career 45 4w
+5 Wells Fargo Exits 9 4w
+5 KKR Credit Solutions 16 4w
+17 BofA London Best Sector Teams for Balance of Culture & Deal Exposure? 4 4w
0 Apply for graduate program / ft role at same bank Im doing off cycle at 1 4w
+13 Public Finance Exit Opportunities 12 4w
+14 CRM for IB networking? 10 4w
+250 UBS 2nd Year Analyst Q&A (2026) 55 4w
+3 Goldman Sachs IB Return Rates? 7 4w
+6 2027 IB & Buyside Recruiting Discord Server 13 4w
+36 [WSO MODS] Please Delete This BS Host Books Spam! 3 4w
+3 Gs ib SA 2026 return offers 3 4w
0 Question about generalist EB SA programs 1 4w
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 4w
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4w
0 JPM IB Credit Risk Fellow/SA? 2 4w
+1 Boutique IB -> Not Registered as a Broker-Dealer 1 4w
+19 Analyst 1 Savings 16 4w
+9 Deleted 1 4w

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (51) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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