+13 What is more important: GPA or Major? 1 7y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Restructuring Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 7y
+12 Asking for bonus guarantee - Associate lateral? 1 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - NA Data 7y
0 Aviva Investors - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+1 How to tell a good story on why you went from consulting to PE 1 7y
+25 best women's shoes heels and flats? for GS 13 7y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Oil & Gas Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 7y
0 US Bank - Review - Syndications Data 7y
0 US Bank - Salary & Bonus - Syndications Data 7y
+12 Types of questions asked during reference calls 1 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+9 Amount of Deals/Projects at Once? 1 7y
+5 Interview question: talk to me about a recent market trend 3 7y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Review - Securities Underwriting Data 7y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Securities Underwriting Data 7y
+13 Negotiating MBA Associate Offer 6 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Debt Capital Markets Data 7y
+25 How to find boutique banks? 10 7y
+8 How important is Major? 4 7y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+10 FT networking situation 4 7y
+12 Corporate banking to rating agency structure finance interview 1 7y
+3 3 person panel interview with BB Next week! 1 7y
+37 How will boutiques fare in the next downturn? 22 7y
+8 Why do banking in LA? 3 7y
+16 When to leave the office 7 7y
0 CastleOak Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+18 Why Moelis NYC? 4 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 7y
+13 POST-COMPLETION OPT Timeline 3 7y
0 Cypress Associates LLC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Tobin and Co - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+20 How to answer "what do you see yourself doing long term" in a banking interview 3 7y
+28 First Year Summer Internship Enough for IB? 10 7y
+32 Interest deductibility 6 7y
+3 Sophomore Summer Fidelity 1 7y
+9 Sophomore Summer + Freshman Summer Questions 1 7y
+3 What was LIBOR used for & what is replacing it (and why)? 1 7y
+15 Is okay to only list my post-freshman year GPA and omit my cumulative GPA on my resume? 6 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Valuation Data 7y
+3 Corporate Development vs Continuing into IBD 3 7y
+10 how to really know what a boss / team / company is like 2 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 7y
+27 Extend current internship, or take another? 6 7y
+6 When to reach out to boutiques? 2 7y
+3 Which coverage group is most interesting? 1 7y
+8 Why boutique? 1 7y
+3 Becoming a Producer 1 7y
+12 IEC International portfolio management hong kong 1 7y
+21 Getting Back to IB: Feedback on Potential Paths 1 7y
+5 Sleep Masks 4 7y
+9 CFA Institute Investments Foundation 1 7y
0 Jefferies - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 7y
0 Oppenheimer - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+6 Deal Structures - Visualization 1 7y
+3 Transfer from Fordham to Vanderbilt Econ 1 7y
+3 Does Houlihan have a balance sheet to work with? 1 7y
+18 How did you know what you want to do? 3 7y
0 Barclays - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Tudor Pickering Holt and Co - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Tudor Pickering Holt and Co - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+12 Capital Markets (Debt or Equity) analyst role 2020 1 7y
+14 BB&T Leadership Development Program 23 7y
+69 Whitening My Resume 30 7y
+3 Vluation methods used in M&A deals by sector? 1 7y
+18 Apartment Locations In Hong Kong (Part II) [Central vs. Kennedy Town] 2 7y
0 Rothschild - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+4 Help: no summer internship 1 7y
0 Outcome Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 William Blair - Review - Investment Banking Data 7y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 7y
+3 Best questions to ask at the end of an interview? 1 7y
0 Barclays Real Estate Group 5 7y
0 Navidar Group - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Navidar Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
+3 Resume: Aligning Back Office Experience with IB 1 7y
+3 Training Tests? 1 7y
+15 Model Won't Balance 6 7y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+23 What other internships can I get that relates to IB? 13 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
+3 baml 2020 1 7y
+53 Why is EV/EBITDA considered capital structure neutral? 14 7y

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 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan No 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $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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