0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 4y
0 Banco Santander - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+4 WSJ Global M&A Advisory YTD 2022 Ranking 1 4y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+10 Goldman Sachs Los Angeles Office 16 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Audit Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 4y
+6 Entrepreneuship after Consulting or IB? (exit opps) 1 4y
+647 Techies: Stop Coping 89 4y
+3 Hours per week? 2 4y
0 Fifth Third Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Alpha Capital Holdings - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Wells Fargo Coverage 1 4y
+5 uMichigan Ross or Smeal Penn State 5 4y
+10 I Have 3 Weeks to Take the SIE & Series 79 19 4y
0 L Catterton - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Citi CET 1 4y
+12 Sabbatical in current environment 8 4y
+3 Received Online Assessment from Credit Suisse 1 4y
+14 Intellectually Stimulating OR Mind-numbing Career? 4 4y
+4 (Good) qualities of IB Analysts who become IB Associates? 4 4y
+3 Modeling test 9 4y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+42 Analysts - How long before things finally click? 20 4y
+3 On Cycle 2020 Starting? 3 4y
+14 Where Is My Paradise? 4 4y
+8 How likely is a freshman internship? 2 4y
+4 JPM Offer letter for intern to FT conversion 1 4y
+19 HOW TO FIND IBD JOB AT LEAST INTERN 25 4y
+11 Private Capital Advisory Banking 16 4y
0 HSBC - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Best online course to take to learn financial modeling/excel skills? 4 4y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
+6 IB/ Fin/ Fin mathematics books 4 4y
+3 what does puts and takes mean? 2 4y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 Equity Research Capital IQ 1 4y
+2 Breaking into IB with a masters and no internships for an international student 2 4y
+2 Sum CAGR without final value? 4 4y
+9 Taking/ Studying for 79 after hitting the desk fine? 4 4y
+6 Advice on leveraging midwest MM IB offer for a IB full time offer in New York 1 4y
+15 Watch out while recruiting: Office Hours Are A HUGE Scam 3 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+4 Do job cuts effect interns w offers? 7 4y
+12 Salaries - Project Finance 8 4y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 4y
+6 Future of balance sheet / in-between banks? 1 4y
0 HSBC - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 NYC vs LA/SF salary 1 4y
+6 Amortization of Bond Premium 1 4y
+7 R u allowed to listen to music while working? 10 4y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 FT Partners Super Day 10 4y
+4 Divestment effect on Enterprise Value 3 4y
+19 Not impressed with MBAs 12 4y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+26 Moving to Switzerland 7 4y
+17 What is job security like in IB and other financial careers? 13 4y
+12 Making the Jump from RX Consulting to IB 1 4y
+35 Slow on Excel and PPT and making mistakes during my summer internship - how to recover? 8 4y
0 WM Scene in Monaco? 1 4y
+30 JPM 4 figure bonus?? 17 4y
0 When did you stop worrying about money? 1 4y
+22 ThinkPad or Macbook ? 19 4y
0 Where to find all Annual Reports? 1 4y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Brokerage Data 4y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management Data 4y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
+17 Im so done with WSO 5 4y
+1 Official Offer Letter timeline for JPM return offer 15 4y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Middle Market IB 1 4y
+3 Deloitte Corporate Finance SA 2023 4 4y
+3 Deloitte SA 2023 - LA 6 4y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
0 Centerview Partners - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 4y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 4y
+34 What makes a “superstar” banker? 12 4y
+4 jP MOrgAN > M0rGan sTaNleY 3 4y
+9 Bankers - How do you explain what you do for a living without being pretentious? 13 4y
+38 JPM vs MS vs Evercore 31 4y
+6 End of Internship Thank You Food Gift? 1 4y

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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