0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+20 Do I have a Chance (be honest) 10 8y
+15 Owning a side business in IB kosher with bank? 7 8y
+12 Networking for PE while still in college 2 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 Corporate Finance Solutions Group within IB 5 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+48 So, you get a 0 for your bonus.... 49 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+4 What does it mean that Lazard purchased a x% non-controlling interest in fund of funds? 3 8y
+7 Choosing between mid tier BB vs Oxbridge MA 2 8y
+12 Do IBD ask for employee's transcripts? 4 8y
+3 anyone know of a way to automate copying exhibits in excel and paste into word while maintaining format and layout? 1 8y
+16 Series 7? 6 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Nielen Schuman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+26 Why Banking Question: From Private Equity to Investment Banking 4 8y
+80 EBs have more interesting work than BBs? 15 8y
+3 JPM SA Group Placement: M&C vs. HC 1 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Public Finance Data 8y
+8 What is the best financial modeling course or training for leveraged finance 4 8y
+18 Do I have a chance for 2019 ib? 6 8y
+3 Big 4 Tech to BB MO 2 8y
+8 What happens to EBITDA if D&A increases by $10? So confused about EBITDA 4 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+28 Determining the value of a canidate/employee using IB valuation techniques 6 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
+7 Should I apply now or later? 4 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
+32 BB SA Overtime Pay Confusion? 28 8y
+3 How does Goldman Sachs safeguard its assets? 3 8y
+3 Interview Valuation of Structured Notes 1 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Industrials Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
+51 How Do You Estimate a Company's Debt Capacity? 50 8y
+11 Morgan Stanley made a verbal offer twice and then disappeared. WTF? 5 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
+6 Leverage an offer to get other offers?? 1 8y
+29 Final Interview with MD 42 8y
0 Union Square Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+25 Salary and company phone/laptop negotiations 4 8y
+15 Where do most Investment Bankers end up? 3 8y
0 Lancaster Pollard - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Lancaster Pollard - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+51 Elite Operations Group? 7 8y
0 Bank of Nova Scotia - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+13 Need help with informational interviews, willing to pay. 7 8y
0 Billow Butler and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Berenberg Bank - Interview - Equity Research Data 8y
+3 What does it mean that an investment bank purchased a x% non-controlling interest in fund? 1 8y
+9 Beware Dynamics Search Partners! 1 8y
+49 1st Year S&T Analyst Lateral to Investment Banking 27 8y
+17 Any insights into capital markets interview questions? 21 8y
+18 Going to Bat for You 6 8y
+7 How to set NWC target in M&A for negative NWC business 2 8y
+9 Should I disclose that I'm transferring from Director's Alma mater? 2 8y
+15 Networking and applying -Network then apply for SA or apply then network? Crazy early app deadlines 10 8y
0 Headwaters - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 8y
0 Standard Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+5 Crushing it as a Lateral 1 8y
0 Cannacord Genuity - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+3 Comp: Analyst - No Base Increase 1 8y
+13 MDs pawning off informational interviews to analysts? 8 8y
+1 How common is it to transfer from ECM to M&A? 1 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 8y
+3 Strongest future sector? 1 8y
+3 JP Morgan real estate group 1 8y
0 William Blair - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Maybank Investment Bank Berhad - Review - Transaction Advisory Services Data 8y
0 Maybank Investment Bank Berhad - Salary & Bonus - Transaction Advisory Services Data 8y
0 Maybank Investment Bank Berhad - Salary & Bonus - Transaction Advisory Services Data 8y
+26 What to do during undergrad to give me the best chances for IB? 42 8y
+3 SEO / MLT 2019 Candidates 1 8y
0 Citi Orient Securities - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citi Orient Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citi Orient Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citi Orient Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Risk Management Data 8y
0 SI Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 What makes more sense: a macro or micro career? 1 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - NA Data 8y
+26 Please critique my cold email 10 8y
+11 Bad time to go into Lev Fin? 2 8y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y

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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