0 Bank of America Private Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Berenberg Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Berenberg Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+16 Advice needed: Int student, starting Grad school in the States 7 4y
0 AGC Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Review - Credit Risk Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 4y
0 Standard Chartered Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+10 IB SA Training Week 7 4y
+3 People at work think I’m a doochebag 2 4y
+115 Buying Nice Cars as An Analyst 72 4y
0 Columbia West Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 UBS Tech SA 2023 SF 1 4y
+5 Macquarie Raising Analyst Base? 4 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Review - Healthcare Data 4y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 4y
+13 Thoughts on Goldman Sachs LevFin? 21 4y
+10 Moelis TMT NYC - Cultures and Exits 1 4y
+43 Summer Internships (IBD): Lehman Brothers vs. Morgan Stanley 36 4y
0 does hr involved in return offer? 2 4y
0 what happened when you met the person you ghosted? 1 4y
+3 Dui background check? 3 4y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Which banks have the best/active DCM groups in 2022 1 4y
+3 Lehman Finance Division? 1 4y
+6 How Much Freelance Hadoop Developers Charge Per hour? 1 4y
+14 This industry is cut throat and I haven’t even started 9 4y
0 Cowen Group - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Generational Equity - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+6 Jefferies IBD Frankfurt 1 4y
+194 Why does everyone want IB? 60 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 Incoming analyst at CS, should I be concerned? 8 4y
+4 CS London Raise 3 4y
+28 Bored at work 13 4y
+209 Top Restructuring Groups 2019 & Restructuring Questions 75 4y
+16 Evercore Interns 6 4y
+5 Stressful norm in the industry or actually bad culture 1 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Interview - Energy Data 4y
+9 Seeking Advice For Some Life Next Steps (Current IB Analyst at a BB) 1 4y
+4 Why are Swiss firms like UBS and CS seeming to have so much trouble? 7 4y
+3 Simple ? on preferred equity calculations 1 4y
+3 Remote Work - Dealbreaker? 1 4y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Public Finance Data 4y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
+3 Out of the loop -- why does everyone hate Citi? 5 4y
+3 Insight on Financial Sponsors IB in Toronto 2 4y
+5 Evercore Generalist NYC - Lateral Q&A 5 4y
+3 One to One Corporate Finance vs. GP Bullhound vs. Unicredit 1 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+21 Princeton backpacks 5 4y
0 Jefferies & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+2 Should we be fussed about our employer share price 4 4y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Making it Raine - Raine Comp? 1 4y
+13 SPORTS IB 10 4y
+3 Houlihan Lokey Atlanta 1 4y
+9 1st Year Analyst Hours 9 4y
+36 LevFin vs Restructuring (and creditor vs debtor) 31 4y
+6 Does BAML pay out sign on bonuses to lateral hires? 2 4y
0 Stephens Inc - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+8 Payroll during two week notice period 8 4y
0 HSBC - Review - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 4y
+3 Macquarie 2021 IB Bonuses - London 1 4y
+6 CS LevFin NY vs LA 1 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Regions Bank - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 4y
+23 UBS or Ardea Partners SA 2023? 23 4y
+4 BofA travel reimbursement 2 4y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+15 Reneging in Top Firms 5 4y
+24 Rising Junior Worried About Future (Breaking into IB) 7 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+48 A rant of an average person 22 4y
+20 Why aren't Men entitled to diversity hiring? (Women are 60% of college students and 70% of high school valedictorians) 8 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
0 Piper Sandler - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+5 IB Firms focused on debt/equity structuring 1 4y
+109 The Case for Elite Boutiques over any Bulge Brackets in 2022 45 4y
+3 IB AN1 Base (2022) 1 4y
+10 BB vs EB for Career Banking 5 4y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 William Blair - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Wells Fargo return offer from summer in a different city from CLT? 3 4y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
+58 JEF Houston vs. Citi Houston 39 4y
+3 CapIQ Help - weighted index 2 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 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

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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