+27 Boutique vs. HUGE COMPANIES 44 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Risk Management Data 8y
+26 Self-Taught XOM Model 7 8y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+17 M&A Comparables for Precedent Transactions 23 8y
+3 Looking for Knopman materials 2016 or later 1 8y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+6 Resume critique - english is not my mother tongue 3 8y
+14 Working Capital question in closing an M&A deal 3 8y
+24 An Unconventional situation - Please Advise 8 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 Hypothetical: Starting an investment bank 1 8y
0 Career Guidance: Huge Promotion in Corporate Development vs Analyst at BB / Top MM 1 8y
+33 BB as a 2nd year lateral or top MM as a 1st year? Want to get into PE. Need Career Advice ! 14 8y
0 Cowen Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 When does onboarding/background-check for BB's happen? 1 8y
0 Rothschild - Review - Restructuring Data 8y
+13 What is capital markets origination? 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Public Finance Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 8y
0 DC Advisory - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+8 Stay With My Internship or Find Another? 4 8y
+11 Start entry-level job 2 8y
+12 senior-secured leveraged lending question 2 8y
+13 How hard is it to switch from IB BB SA to RX FT? 1 8y
0 Kotak Investment Banking - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Drake Star Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+44 How do you guys work so many hours? 21 8y
0 Mizuho - Interview - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Ducera - Interview - Restructuring Data 8y
+80 Attention to Detail! 39 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+14 Ops Consulting to IBD - Renege on Lateral Offer? 1 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Summer Analyst Tax Return 8 8y
+38 OIL & GAS VALUATION HELP!!! 15 8y
+22 Check Projected Balance Sheet 24 8y
+12 Best Way to Follow Up After Super Day 8 8y
+4 Undergrad Senior Spring Semester - Ideas 3 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Cain Brothers - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Cain Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+12 How do promotions work (Analyst 0, 1, 2, etc) 8 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Review - NA Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Douglas Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Douglas Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+6 Internship 1 8y
0 Alantra - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Alantra - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Alantra - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+39 Investment Banking Divorce Rate 15 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+109 What counts as "debt" in an enterprise value calculation? 109 8y
+3 Failing a course that doesn't count for GPA 2 8y
0 Imperial Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+9 Breaking in without the top marks 3 8y
+8 Citi FSG vs Fred Alger 4 8y
+15 How to approach compensation difference? 1 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Genesis Capital - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Genesis Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+3 Citi Graduate Programme 2018 1 8y
+51 At a Top Business School - ZERO Banking Experience - Going to do M&A - But Have No Idea How I'm Going to Do it.... 14 8y
+12 What are the moves? Rising sophomore 20 8y
+37 CV advice - does adding "Incoming XYZ summer analyst / off cycle analyst" add value to your CV? 23 8y
+47 Toughest Technical Interview Question? -- How do you structure an M&A/IPO deal? 19 8y
+23 LinkedIn message reviews please :) 3 8y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+33 Increase in Cap-ex decreases your EV in DCF but increases your EV when moving from Equity value to EV? 10 8y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Review - Sales and Trading Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 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

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 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

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $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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