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0 Associate position opening - any thought on this role? 2 3mo
+144 Starting FT in a city 3 hours away, dad has progressing Parkinson's. Looking for advice. 11 3mo
+4 3 Month Sabbatical 5 3mo
0 Barclays Investment Bank - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
+19 Possible at all to get into IB with a 2:2? 15 3mo
+14 Exchange Student ➡️ Investment Banking Intern 36 3mo
+3 Summer internship team hates me 3 3mo
+13 Girlfriend staying with me during training? 7 3mo
+10 Citizens Culture and Exits 5 3mo
+7 Santander London CAUTION 2 3mo
+28 My Recommendations to Those Networking 5 3mo
0 CRM / Recruiting Management 1 3mo
+8 Harvard dropout building an AI workspace for IB 4 3mo
0 Interns cooked 2 3mo
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 3mo
+1 Pharus Advisors Boutique? 3 3mo
+286 UBS Built One of Wall Street’s Largest Tech Banking Teams. Deal Flow Has Yet to Catch Up. 105 3mo
+6 Sophomore Programs 7 3mo
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3mo
+32 Leaving IB for the military and then going back into IB/high finance 32 3mo
+6 Euro Lender SA -> FT Recruiting 1 3mo
+6 Underrated M&A Groups? 5 3mo
+1,977 What I Wish Every First Year Analyst Knew 177 3mo
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 3mo
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 3mo
+10 Fund finance analyst role at a bank - what does it entail? 8 3mo
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3mo
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
0 Intern Expectations 2 3mo
+11 How hard are lateral interview? 2 3mo
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0 Barclays Groups? 3 3mo
+4 how important is deal experience for freshman summer IB internship? 3 3mo
0 Brevan Howard - Review - Investment Banking Data 3mo
+3 Nomura London Teams 7 3mo
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 3mo
+466 Female bankers doing brand deals on TikTok 82 3mo
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0 London lateral market 1 3mo
+19 IB Recruiting in Singapore for European Citizens 13 3mo
0 GPA verification for bank 1 3mo
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+5 Low FSIQ score (47th percentile) 10 3mo
+89 Is our career that really much better than being a doctor? 39 3mo
0 Evercore - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
+11 Incoming junior transfer at target, is IB possible? 5 3mo
+23 TECH VS FINANCE (Objective Comparison) 14 3mo
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0 Mediobanca - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
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+33 CISI exams 28 3mo
+9 BMO Mining - how’s it these days ? 7 3mo
0 Evercore - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3mo
+15 Can a Bio major break into finance roles? 9 3mo
+6 SM equity L/S trader vs PE CDD (T2) 3 3mo
0 How bad is missing a call as an intern? 3 3mo
+3 Public Finance IB 3 3mo
+135 Hot take: I’d rather be at Desjardins than UBS for investment banking in 2026 21 3mo
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Public Finance Data 3mo
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 3mo
+22 AI in Modeling Test / Case Study 5 3mo
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+31 Thoughts on Intrepid - Houlihan Merger 10 3mo
+16 How to Lateral Out of a Sweatshop? 8 3mo
0 Lazard Lateral Associate Model Test 2 3mo
0 Capital Academy Course - Anyone wanna split? 3 3mo
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+2 Will GPA Affect Networking? 3 3mo

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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