0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products FSR Data 8y
0 Oppenheimer - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+7 tfw no gf 12 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Citic Securities International (中信证卷) - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+100 Interview Awkwardness 30 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 8y
0 Macquarie IBD or Morgan Staley Equity Trading? 16 8y
0 Looking for direction 9 8y
0 Remote analyst internship? 4 8y
+3 Literature Advice Leveraged Finance -HY Bond & Leveraged Loans 2 8y
+22 What does a fund of funds analyst do? 22 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 8y
+12 BS/MS or BS/MBA? 4 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Securities Data 8y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Natixis - Review - Structured Products FSR Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 National Australia Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+6 When will applications come out? 2 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
+3 Energy infrastructure evaluation 1 8y
0 Société Générale - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
+15 UBS Unlock Your Potential 2016 Video Interview 10 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 8y
+3 decision making 1 8y
0 HSBC - Review - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 8y
+8 GS IBD Strats 4 8y
0 Greenhill - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
+3 What's your typical day? 1 8y
+18 Think of the smartest person in your group (product/industrials/financing). What makes him/her so incredible? 4 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Transition from Boutique M&A shop 0 8y
+10 Brief conversation with MD in the elevator, should I reach out for coffee chat? 7 8y
+9 Media & Entertainment Modeling 2 8y
0 Camden Asset Management - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+29 What would you change? 10 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Mediobanca - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+115 P/E vs. EV/EBITDA - Advantages/Disadvantages? 105 8y
0 MHT Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+12 Lateral from Boutique to MM/BB after 2 Full Years 2 8y
0 PJT Partners - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Berenberg Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Applicants Speak English with an Accent 5 8y
0 Standard Chartered Bank - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Standard Chartered Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 8y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+6 Does major matter for Vandy 3 8y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+15 Networking for very early SA recruiting this cycle 1 8y
+43 Social media and investment banking 33 8y
+12 Is this possible/feasible: REPE --> BB IB? 4 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Interview - Investment Banking Data 8y
+14 BB Corporate Banking SA vs Boutique IBD SA 4 8y
0 Scotiabank - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Corporate Banking Data 8y
+30 Merger model question - Deferred revenue write-down 16 8y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+43 Harvard or Penn (Wharton) undergrad? 17 8y
+3 How To Understand Risk Tolerance Level? 1 8y
+3 why MS's application links are so weird??? 1 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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