0 Phone Interview - First round 7 10y
0 Plan B - Screwed up during recruitment 13 10y
+18 Plan B - Merchant banking 7 10y
0 Pitch books - Substantial capital raise 13 10y
0 Please Help Potential target as part of IB 4 10y
0 Please Help - Exit opps 0 10y
0 Please Help - Finance assignment 3 10y
0 Please critique my resume - Stacking up against competition 6 10y
0 Positioning yourself as an analyst - First year in a coverage group 3 10y
0 My Plan - Would like to get an internship 7 10y
0 Need HELP - Private placement 3 10y
0 Need some advice - Entering my 3rd year at an Ivy 5 10y
0 Net Working Capital - Equation? 0 10y
0 NetSpend IPO Skyrockets 20% - Prepaid Cards Serving the Underbanked - Valuation 0 10y
0 Need some guidance - Been working for a MM IB for a few weeks 3 10y
0 Newbie - Currently a senior completing my undergrad studies 4 10y
0 Nomura Bonuses - Any idea of IBD bonuses? 5 10y
0 Nomura Bonuses - How have they been? 2 10y
0 Nomura - Interviews coming up 0 10y
0 Numbers - Any help would be appreciated 15 10y
+34 Non-target - Credentials 33 10y
0 Nomura Superday - Shed some light? 4 10y
0 Offer - Prelim email? 6 10y
0 Offer - Top MM shop 9 10y
0 Offer - Full time offer at BofA IB 14 10y
0 Offer - Main person to help secure? 5 10y
0 Offer - Would would you have to do to not get one? 4 10y
0 Offer Decision - Final evaluation 1 10y
0 Offer advice - Semi-target 9 10y
0 FT Drug Test for EB 2 10y
0 Transfer College decision 1 10y
+8 ModelOff - Actually a thing 17 10y
0 Morgan Stanley Online Application - Online app system? 7 10y
+14 Money for College - How much debt? 9 10y
0 Multiples - Look at manufacturing companies 5 10y
0 MS M&A - M&A group 1 10y
0 MS M&A - Moving onto goldman? 12 10y
+110 My dad is a client while I am an SA: How will this affect me? 75 10y
0 Loomis Sayles: insights and more info? - Rankings? 12 10y
0 LSE AIC - Any advice? 1 10y
0 Macquarie? - Principal financing group 1 10y
0 M&A - Longer work than other industries 3 10y
0 M&A - Analysts have more prestige? 17 10y
+23 Lunch Interview - Familiar with interview process? 48 10y
0 Majors - Soph looking to do math and econ 14 10y
0 M&A Question - Seats on the board? 0 10y
0 M&A question - Key factors 1 10y
0 Master's Of Finance - Relevancy of degree? 0 10y
+14 MBA - Georgetown undergrad (economics major) 10 10y
0 MBA? - Current and future analysts planning on one? 11 10y
0 Merry Christmas - Hope everyone has a good new year 2 10y
+25 Merrill Lynch - Found many VPs at ML 14 10y
0 Merrill Lynch - Familiar with the firm? 0 10y
0 Merrill Lynch - Best IBD at ML? 0 10y
0 Merrill Lynch - Street cred and growth potential? 1 10y
+14 Miller Buckfire - Thoughts or comments? 21 10y
+7 Middle Market League Tables - List of top M&A shops 6 10y
0 Modeling - What color 1 10y
0 Modeling - Valuation 0 10y
0 Model Help - Any tips? 3 10y
0 Model Help - Feedback for a model I built from scratch? 1 10y
+12 Mitt Romney - Below 7000 19 10y
+6 Modeling question - Projections for statements? 5 10y
0 Modeling Question - Earnings projections? 1 10y
0 Modeling question - Future price of commodities 4 10y
0 Lehman Brothers - Insight to type of questions 3 10y
0 Lehman Brothers - Any real evidence? 5 10y
0 Lehman Brothers? - Summer analyst interview structure? 6 10y
0 Levered Finance Interview - Typical questions to expect? 7 10y
+9 Leveraged Sell-Out - No new posts 24 10y
0 Investment Strategy at BB? 0 10y
0 Letter of Recommendation - Useful? 6 10y
+13 Linkedin - Upgraded account 12 10y
0 Bonuses at the MD level - Jefferies 0 10y
0 Analyst/Associate Job Title at boutiques? 6 10y
+95 Vacation as an Analyst? 42 10y
0 I want to work at Goldman Sachs - Funny video 2 10y
+15 Practicing financial modelling skills Excel 12 10y
0 Job Offer - Interviewed around a month ago 13 10y
0 Job Market? - How has the market been for you all? 0 10y
0 Job Decision - Interviewing stage for 3 companies 4 10y
0 Job Decision - Two job offers 2 10y
+14 JPM M&A - Deal flow, and exit opps? 36 10y
0 Junior SA Resume Review - Junior looking to apply for IB 5 10y
0 KKR - Which associates come from the top 5 10y
0 KKR - PE full time positions? 3 10y
0 Layoff Package - Any intel? 14 10y
0 Law and Finance - Graduating this year with a finance and accounting BBA 8 10y
0 Lateraling - Victim of Bear Stearns debacle 4 10y
0 Lazard - M&A 0 10y
+31 LBO Model Question - Confirmation of validity? 17 10y
+27 LBO - Several questions? 10 10y
0 LBO - Information 1 10y
0 LBO question - How to gain on this? 7 10y
0 LBO question - Pro forma BS 3 10y
0 LBO Question - Clarification? 12 10y
0 Internship Recruiting - SA recruitment for BBs? 5 10y
0 Internship Recruiting - Full time informational sessions 6 10y
0 Internship Options - Summer 2007 1 10y
0 Interview attire - Hair gel? 7 10y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 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

November 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

November 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

November 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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