0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+9 Relative strength of each Bulge Bracket and Boutiques 4 8y
+34 Q&A - Big 4 Audit to Boutique IB 7 8y
0 BTIG LLC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Observation: 99% of Princeton's 2020 MFin class come from a non target 7 8y
+3 Goldman Sachs 2019 Risk Superday 9/17 2 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Generalist Data 8y
+22 Where can I find equity research reports? 45 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 DelMorgan Co - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Illness - Colds & Flus 1 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Application "on hold" 1 8y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 dbAchieve Summer 2019 Application 3 8y
0 MUFG - Review - Investment Grade Finance Data 8y
0 MUFG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Grade Finance Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+33 Big 4 Audit or Mid-Tier M&A Advisory to Break Into Finance 13 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Securities Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Securities Data 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 IB to BO? (Is back office really that bad?) 4 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Janney Montgomery Scott - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
+14 Renewable Energy Interview Questions 3 8y
0 Bentley Associates - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
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0 Barclays - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Sawaya Segalas - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Take Family Office Offer or Lateral MM IB Offer to Recruit Again? 1 8y
+15 Why do you guys shit on Columbia? 9 8y
0 Sagent Advisors - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+9 Citi IB Superday 9/21/18 10 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Offer from BB, getting good group 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+16 BAML Exit Opps/Group 2 8y
+9 BB IBD FT Interviews 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+5 kkdsfdsfdsfkkdsfdsfdsf dsfdsf 1 8y
0 KPMG - Review - NA Data 8y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 William Blair - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 Switch out of Fund Servicing to the buy side 1 8y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+13 Sophomore summer advice; SSG vs IB 2 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Federal Reserve Bank of NY, JP, Goldman 1 8y
+2 EBITDADDY 0 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 Underwriting costs and the cost of capital 1 8y
+3 Technology Company Valuation Multiples? 1 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 LBO model template? 3 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Citi Bank Public Finance First Round Interview Questions? 1 8y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+16 Resources for finance students 1 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Risk Management Data 8y
0 OppenheimerFunds - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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