+462 15 Things I Hate About Banking 43 6y
+9 COVID-19 impact on promotions across FO in investment banks? 6 6y
+8 Inverse Bond Yield Question 2 6y
+21 Restructuring Groups have more work than they can handle 6 6y
+6 Sources and Uses One off Question 1 6y
0 Lehman Brothers - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Lehman Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Crescent Capital Group LP - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+399 Confessions of a former second year IB Analyst 31 6y
+48 What banks take more summer analysts than they can give out full time offers to? 39 6y
+3 Loan to Own Funds 1 6y
+3 How do you motivate yourself to push through the constant late nights and adapt to the hightly stressfulenvironment? 1 6y
+12 Summer 2020 Cancellations 12 6y
+6 Return offer rate for Cowen 1 6y
+20 TD Cancelled 9 6y
+57 UBS internship on hold? 48 6y
+4 Interview prep: M&A accounting questions 1 6y
+67 Top Bulge Bracket Groups 18 6y
+4 how do you calculate Apple’s PP&E 3 6y
+10 MS Power & Utilities 5 6y
+8 What's Harder: MBB vs Tier 2 / Big4 Strategy Consulting vs EB / BB 2 6y
+12 IB Group Networking 4 6y
+4 Intern hours? 1 6y
+14 Interview Technical Question 10 6y
+6 Hardest Behaviourals 5 6y
0 KKR Analyst 2021 2 6y
+5 Most important people to network with? 1 6y
+11 Investment Banks To NFL Quarterbacks 12 6y
+3 What % of shares do you need for an activist position? 4 6y
+3 Best way to spend SA relocation check? 2 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Momentum Cybersecurity Group, LLC - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+12 Game Over? 7 6y
0 Tobin and Co - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 DNB Markets - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 DNB Markets - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+6 Wanting to create a mastermind group for ib 5 6y
0 Mizuho Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+11 Risilient Business Models? 1 6y
0 Mizuho Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+53 Oppenheimer & Co. Investment Banking - An Honest Review 2 6y
+10 I've been part of this private placement company in Dubai, exit options tnoughts if any ? 1 6y
+37 JPM return offer rate? 17 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+15 How to self assess 3 6y
+9 Investment Banking Interview Questions Flash Cards 2 6y
+5 Invest in modeling course prior to starting? 4 6y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+12 ER vs IB Compensation- Final Guide 1 6y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Municipal Muni Data 6y
+3 How are modeling tests graded? 2 6y
+6 PWP return rate? 5 6y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Review - Corporate Banking Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 6y
+26 Point72 Academy Summit 2020 54 6y
+14 Societe Generale SA 2020 Confirmed 10 Weeks - Fully Virtual - June 1 Start Date 9 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+5 How to lateral and not “lose” a year 3 6y
+22 Average Analyst Comp 21 6y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Corporate Banking Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 6y
+17 Credit HF Recruiting from IBD? 8 6y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+16 Am I crazy to consider lateraling in this market? 4 6y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+17 FactSet vs manual hardcoding 5 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+4 What is the technical question guides everyone refers to? 1 6y
+14 engineering to banking 4 6y
+18 BB offer deferral? 10 6y
+3 Switching from one group to another in same bank 1 6y
+3 Modeling Tests 1 6y
+4 Oppenheimer investment banking - an honest and thorough review 2 6y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+6 Nomura SA 2021 1 6y
+64 Switching IB Groups for FT after SA stint? 70 6y
0 National Bank Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+6 How much of your take home do you guys invest? 2 6y
+5 What is tech banking ACTUALLY like? 2 6y
+3 What are the best Power and Utilites IB-s in EMEA? 2 6y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Citigroup - Review - Generalist Data 6y
+15 PU&I Exits - only infrastructure PE or general too 4 6y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+14 No Summer Internship --> Investment Banking Full Time 5 6y

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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