+14 Graduate Degree - Banking 8 10y
0 Greetings - Working towards an engineering degree 10 10y
0 GS Finance - What to expect? 3 10y
+34 Group Selection - Terms of exit opps 26 10y
0 Group Selection - Best groups at ML 1 10y
0 WSO Resume review vs MBA School Career Services 4 10y
0 Group placement - Experience? 0 10y
+46 Observations from IB recruiting: Associate level 35 10y
0 Need advice for picking college 0 10y
0 Learning Powerpoint 1 10y
0 Risk Management Pay in 2016 2 10y
+33 Buyside Recruiting prospects from top group at Mid-Tier BB 10 10y
+8 Guggenheim Partners - $130 billion Verizon Vodafone deal. 26 10y
0 GS Superday: IB interviews - No reply yet 7 10y
0 Has anyone heard of this firm? - Wondering what the firm is like 11 10y
+19 Harris Williams & Co. - Top tier mid-market player? 7 10y
+10 Harris Williams case interview - Any advice? 14 10y
+6 Harris williams - M&A boot camp? 31 10y
0 Harris Williams - Full time recruiting? 3 10y
0 Harris Williams - Thoughts on this boutique? 2 10y
+5 Health Care - PM questions 5 10y
0 HEADHUNTERS THOSE MOFOS - Hard to find 4 10y
0 HC IBD at Oppenheimer - Any input or insight would be appreciated 12 10y
0 Hedge Fund - Typical age and work experience? 31 10y
0 Hedge Fund - Total comp 5 10y
0 Health Insurance - Stick to the basics? 7 10y
0 Health Insurance - Training program? 1 10y
0 Healthcare IB - Senior analyst/associate position 0 10y
0 FT Training - Poorly in training? 9 10y
0 FT training - How different is boutique training? 1 10y
0 FT Recruiting - Didn't get an offer 5 10y
0 FT recruiting - Firms who are still accepting resumes? 5 10y
0 Game Theory - Designing the mechanisms 17 10y
0 General Question - 10 billion AUM? 2 10y
0 General Question - Bonuses and salary? 3 10y
0 Getting the interview - Percent of people receiving offers? 3 10y
0 Getting In Touch During Recruiting Process - How to get back? 1 10y
0 Excel - Why is it so widely used? 4 10y
0 EV Question - Shareholders 3 10y
+6 Evercore - Amount of analysts? 7 10y
+103 The Best Networking, Cold Calling and Cold Emailing Posts on WSO 27 10y
0 Kid gets Goldman Sachs SA Internship through Make-A-Wish 4 10y
+13 Chances of getting into an Ibank with good exit opportunities 1 10y
0 IBD lateral from a CRA 6 10y
0 Exit Opportunities - Internship offer from a BB ops 2 10y
0 Excel Macro Help - Trying to write two macros 3 10y
+32 Exploding Offer - Couple questions 26 10y
0 Exit Opps - Typical exit opps after banking? 1 10y
0 Exit Opps - Insights? 2 10y
0 Foreign Exchange - Value a cross border acquisition 1 10y
+7 Football Field - Decent template? 15 10y
+3 Football Field - Template for valuation graph? 6 10y
0 Follow up after phone interview - Thank you note 4 10y
+19 Following up - Junior at target 9 10y
0 Following Up - Alternate 2 10y
0 F1 Visa MMs and BBs - Getting experience? 6 10y
+14 FAQs - Coherent explanation 2 10y
0 Financial Statements Question - Taking on debt 1 10y
0 Financial statements - Practice evaluations 2 10y
0 Financial statements - Technicals 5 10y
0 Financial Ratios - Couple of interviews lined up for PE 6 10y
0 Financial Analyst - Salaries and bonuses? 4 10y
0 FML - Similar situation? 5 10y
0 Fitch Ratings - Group best to work for at credit rating 2 10y
0 Found an Error on Bloomberg - Truth or BS? 5 10y
0 Found an Error on Bloomberg - Data error on equity 2 10y
+32 Do you enjoy your job - General consensus? 60 10y
0 Doostang Invites - Post reply and email 7 10y
0 Doostang Invites - Interested in joining Doostang 3 10y
+3 Doostang invites - Leave email 19 10y
+33 Drug tests - Getting busted? 43 10y
0 Drug tests - Best way to ask? 11 10y
0 Some Information on BB recruiting in HK 1 10y
0 Do I still have a shot - Current junior studying finance at Georgetown 8 10y
0 Do I Still Have a Shot - Analyst position 1 10y
+17 Do I have a chance at BB - Double majoring in IS and Finance 11 10y
0 Do I have a chance at BB - Lower ranked state public school 3 10y
0 ECM to Equity Research - Thoughts? 11 10y
0 ECM - Hedge FOF - Long-term commitment 11 10y
0 Early interviews - Full-time recruitment 20 10y
0 Early Interviews - SA position next summer? 5 10y
0 Dumb Question - Interest expense? 4 10y
0 Dumb question - Does this mean that the school is a target? 3 10y
0 Duke Markets and Management Studies Certificate - Views? 10 10y
0 Elevation Partners - Still active? 2 10y
0 Energy Group - Contacted by a BB 3 10y
+3 Email structure - Rothschild? 0 10y
0 Engineering Major Needs Advice - Currently studying electrical engineering 2 10y
0 Energy Rodeo 2012 - Anyone going? 5 10y
+32 Equity Research to PE - Have been working in sell-side ER for a large bank for almost a year 21 10y
0 Equity Research - No access to ER 8 10y
0 Equity research - Worked 2 years at a boutique CF house 0 10y
0 Equities Sales - Interning at Goldman 2 10y
+14 Declining a Return Offer 22 10y
0 Working in M&A at a place like Aon as your first job? 1 10y
+1 Running Routes Lower Manhattan, Roosevelt Park? 2 10y
+19 What happens to those that don't make it further than IB associates? 11 10y
0 Misdemeanor Assault Background Check Complications 4 10y
0 debt capital markets - M&A 2 10y
0 DealMaven - I'd really appreciate it 2 10y

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%
  • BMO Capital Markets 11 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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