+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
+7 Playing favorites 1 4y
+6 What's your favorite type of deal to work? 1 4y
+3 BAML Exits 4 4y
+5 Incoming Analyst at BB That Signed Before Firm-wide Analyst Pay Raise. Will I get it? 2 4y
+3 Thoughts on the junior lateral market looking forward? 1 4y
+1 Top Bulge Bracket RX groups 7 4y
0 Citigroup - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 Mizuho - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+18 What are the banking equivalents of working in fast in food? 23 4y
0 DNB Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+6 Lazard REIB? 1 4y
0 Has work slowed down? 2 4y
+202 What was your *first* deal? 36 4y
+1 New Analyst Welcome Pack 3 4y
0 Courses for Investment Banking 1 4y
0 Group Selection Early Starters ( January) 1 4y
+135 IBD vs PE - Long-term / Let the war begin 49 4y
+35 Will Take Paycut to Get My Life Back! HELP 35 4y
+9 delayed start date for SA BB 6 4y
+3 SA Day 1 4 4y
+7 BB Group Placement Is A Fucking Joke 23 4y
+3 IBD —-> Sports Exit Opps 1 4y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 4y
+8 Lehman Brothers Private Capital Markets 8 4y
+15 Is it worth it to transfer? 11 4y
+14 Mortgage house to pay for Target 9 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+4 GS summer IBD rotations 3 4y
+3 Barclays Summer Analyst 2022 Update 8 4y
0 UBS AG - Review - Public Finance Data 4y
0 UBS - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 4y
+20 JPM CCBSI vs. RBC DCM 26 4y
+5 Barclays Full Time Placement 2022 5 4y
0 Lincoln International - Interview - Valuation Data 4y
+4 HK Banking Layoff Thread 4 4y
0 Lincoln International - Review - Valuation Data 4y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Review - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 4y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 4y
0 Republic Capital Group - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+17 What is WLB like in small firms in tertiary cities? 4 4y
+16 Do all corporate banking groups housed within IB do modelling? 7 4y
+5 Best source to track transactions that a bank has done? 4 4y
+3 Lateraling into top group 1 4y
+10 Jefferies Culture/Comp/Best Groups with Exits (NYC) 11 4y
+3 Connect Search (Chicago) 1 4y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - NA Data 4y
+3 Barclays 22 SA Training Virtual 2 4y
0 Krungthai AXA Life Insurance - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 RX resources 1 4y
+37 Is a Return Offer Really That Easy to Get? 23 4y
+9 Warren Buffet Excerpt 1 4y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Interview - Restructuring Data 4y
0 HSBC - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (51) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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