+4 Moelis Lateral Analyst 29 5mo
+7 What exactly does Houlihan's secondaries team do given they also have fund opinions/ FSG? 8 5mo
+9 Vanderbilt becoming the next Northwestern? 17 5mo
+18 How do I get better at the mental math needed for MOIC / accounting problems? 5 5mo
+9 SA Overtime Pay 10 5mo
0 Network after First Round? 1 5mo
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Structured Products Data 5mo
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products Data 5mo
+9 Upcoming Sophomore at Semi-Target: Take a marketing/rotational internship at a Muslim-focused mid-sized firm, or keep grinding? 1 5mo
+30 FT Recruiting Interview Difficulty? 12 5mo
+3 3.9 ChemE GPA vs 3.4 Business GPA? 2 5mo
+15 Best way to follow up / stay in touch with connection? 1 5mo
+19 2025 Rothschild Global Advisory Long Term Internship 115 5mo
+2 How Is Claude Changing IB? 2 5mo
+13 Moelis Lateral Associate Process 8 5mo
0 HELP ME! I had a interview call today with a search fund 1 5mo
+5 Groups working on the most interesting deals? 12 5mo
+8 Pershing Square $5bn IPO GS/MS/JPM nowhere to be seen 1 5mo
+3 Moelis Lateral 2025? 9 5mo
+20 New Toronto Firm Paying Interns $150k Base 14 5mo
+17 Top 2026 Industrials teams IB in London 18 5mo
+15 Bayes BIF vs HSG Economics for IB, is HSG worth the extra risk/effort? 7 5mo
+22 WF M&A vs JPM Mid Cap 19 5mo
+3 Why this bank? 4 5mo
+21 What's your actual AI setup for deals? (boutique/MM folks especially) 8 5mo
+1 When to start networking for 2028 sa 3 5mo
0 Need help 2 5mo
+6 Freshman college student trying to break into IB 1 5mo
+3 HK IBD from UK? 1 5mo
+1 Pre Summer Analyst Boot Camp 2 5mo
+9 $118bn merger announced, and UBS is no where to be seen 7 5mo
0 How to Prepare for JPM Public Finance SA 2027 Interview? 1 5mo
0 Tax Return for Interns 1 5mo
+57 Northwestern vs Duke vs Columbia GS 35 5mo
+84 How Bad Is This? Printed Book In Person Meeting Full of #VALUE Errors 37 5mo
+9 IB Recruiting Question 2 5mo
+9 How difficult is it really to lateral from TAS to IB? 2 5mo
+5 HK BB vs HK EB 8 5mo
+3 HK IBD? 10 5mo
+25 EB/BBs that recruits FT by group/generalist 11 5mo
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 5mo
+12 The Lost Einsteins: How Banking's Obsession With the Past Is Driving Away the Talent That Will Define Its Future 3 5mo
0 BofA HC vs Barc HC vs Citi HC 4 5mo
0 Citizens Financial Group - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5mo
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5mo
0 Barclays Investment Bank - Interview - Public Finance Data 5mo
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0 Earbud Policy for Summer Intern 2 5mo
+7 Student recruiting for full time out of college 2 5mo
+9 Lazard Growth Capital Advisory 14 5mo
+6 LionTree IB London 6 5mo
0 Network with People You Find Attractive 1 5mo
+12 Model Tests (EVR RX and HL RX) 12 5mo
+137 Google partners with Goldman Sachs in automating Investment Banking 58 5mo
+5 Work culture at Rothschild India? 4 5mo
+13 EB Ranks for Comp Only 40 5mo
+27 Berkeley Haas vs. UF for IB (M&A/TMT/RX) — Which Actually Places Better? 13 5mo
+23 What the h*** is networking for an IB role, anyways? 5 5mo
+3 Acwa Power modelling 0 5mo
+7 Edgemont SA27 16 5mo
+12 Furnishing New Apartment 6 5mo
+8 How to go about setting up coffee chats during an internship? 6 5mo
+12 AI in High finance, future prospects 1 5mo
+26 Best FIG Modelling Course? (BIWS, WSP etc?) 35 5mo
+4 GS TMT SF vs MS Menlo 20 5mo
+17 Thoughts on Hot AI Startups (Hebbia AI, Rogo AI, etc) 5 5mo
+104 Summer Associate Recruiting: GS TMT v JPM M&A v CVP v EVR M&A v PJT M&A (all NYC) 65 5mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5mo
+3 Market facing roles 2 5mo
+10 I’m going to ICADE, what should I do to break into IB London? 4 5mo
+87 what does it mean to "spread comps" 86 5mo
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5mo
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5mo
+3 Ziegler Analyst Process 3 5mo
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5mo
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5mo
+6 How to land top clubs @ target 7 5mo
+14 Re-recruiting to a top BB/EB from mid-BB - Try for summers again or FT? 27 5mo
0 Carlsquare - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5mo
0 Carlsquare - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5mo
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Interview - Capital Markets Data 5mo
0 Getting Smart on the FIG Space 3 5mo
+21 Speaker Needed - Bringing Finance Exposure to Students 15 5mo
+20 GameStop $56BN Takeover Bid for EBay 13 5mo
+18 xxxx 11 5mo
+12 failed series 79 twice 10 5mo
+8 Ddd 7 5mo
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0 NYC Roommate Hunt 3 5mo
+18 Perpetuity growth technical question 4 5mo
+16 30yo Investment Banking Analyst? or just laser focus on MBB instead? 6 5mo
+13 Pivoting into IB feels impossible, what are some alternative routes? 5 5mo
0 Pay scale LMM LCOL 1 5mo
0 Greenhill - Interview - Restructuring Data 5mo
0 JPM and Moelis helping to revive Seattle Supersonics? 1 5mo
+134 How to deal with Analyst years sustainably? 31 5mo
+6 Is experience at long only funds good for investment banking roles? 6 5mo
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 5mo

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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