0 HSBC - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 8y
+9 Big 4 Restructuring Straight Out Of UNI? 2 8y
+11 Banking group Revenue --> bonus 4 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Quantitative Research Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 8y
0 Rush Street Capital - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Citizens Bank - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Citizens Bank - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
+14 Couldn't get FO SA role in my second (of three years) year in uni at a UK Target.. but got a BO, what now? 16 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Eastdil Secured - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
+3 Elite Boutique Capital Markets Advisory - Technicals? 1 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 OFFICIAL 2019 IBD SA RECRUITING THREAD MEGATHREAD 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Operations Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Power Data 8y
+12 Sophomore Internship and Future Prospects 6 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Operations Data 8y
0 JP Global Capital Management - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+24 Starting MBA IBD Associate Role *Early* 8 8y
+7 Networking - On the weekend Vs. during week 12 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+13 Finding and understanding Credit Agreements - a call for help 2 8y
+3 First paycheck as SA 1 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Corporate Finance Data 8y
+53 Offers from JPM and GS for Summer IBD Analyst - Which do I pick? 17 8y
+6 BDC Price 2 8y
+3 MD phone call 2 8y
+12 Asset Management Within an Investment Bank2 1 8y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - NA Data 8y
+12 Asset Management Within an Investment Bank 1 8y
0 Needham & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Do you apply an illiquidity discount when you acquire 100% of a public company? 1 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 Valuation Guidance related to WACC / CoE 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+21 Joint Venture Equity Method Accounting 3 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+10 Anyone here working at AB or BlackRock? 7 8y
+3 Does anyone here work at BlackRock or AB (AllianceBernstein)? 1 8y
0 Barclays - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Pro Forma Security Ownership? 4 8y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+9 Networking for Lateral Opportunities Before Starting Analyst Stint 1 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Credit Agricole - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Clear Growth Capital - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+34 Should I interview for tech? ( Facebook, Google, uber etc) 10 8y
0 Selling AMT and Knopman Training Materials 3 8y
+3 Willing to buy AMT Training Materials 1 8y
+12 If I'm taking a year off, should I apply for 2019 SA IBD recruiting? 1 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Direct Hire? 1 8y
+21 Firms of the Decades: IB, PE, S&T, HF, CO 1 8y
+9 Quick question regarding Morgan Stanley Interview process. 1 8y
+80 Associate at a small bank, didn't get offer at BB internship, what do I do now? 22 8y
+42 Lateral Associate Interviews - What do bankers mean when they say they're "more technical"? 5 8y
+25 Post MBA - Do you regret not doing tech? 15 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+21 Probing Questions on a Deal - How Best to Respond? 1 8y
+21 Mass cold email 15 8y
0 Commerce Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+36 JPM Junior Analyst or Boutique? 5 8y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 8y
+3 Transitioning from IR to Analyst? 1 8y
+6 What determines the appropriate leverage of a company? 4 8y
+43 Lifestyle/Comp of Industry Groups 12 8y
+13 Programs similar to the Junior Analyst IB Program at JPM 6 8y
+12 CAIA vs. CFA as signal to employers 1 8y
+18 How limited are my long-term PE prospects post-MBA without prior finance experience? 3 8y
+25 Sophomore Big 4 or Small IB Boutique 10 8y
+9 I'm crashing the info sessions for 1st/2nd year students... but I already graduated. 2 8y
+27 Most Common Behavioral Questions for IB Interviews 11 8y
+21 CAPEX Smaller than Depreciation 6 8y
0 CohnReznick LLP - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Financial Services Data 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Public Finance 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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