+130 MBA necessary in ibanking CAREER? 140 4y
+11 MUFG Union Bank Corporate Banking 3 4y
0 Mizuho - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+12 SA 2023 PWP Application Rejected 2 4y
0 Starting later @ target school 2 4y
0 None - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+3 JP Morgan Early Insights 1 4y
+107 What to do with SO on a weekday night? 42 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Sandton Capital Partners Insight? 1 4y
+18 FactSet YTD U.S. 2022 League Tables 23 4y
0 Should we be worried about a recession? 2 4y
0 Commercial real estate vs IB 20 4y
+20 Can someone explain what a Balance Sheet Bank is? 6 4y
+9 Am I going to get fooled by the "endless grind"? 5 4y
+39 in-office / remote days 58 4y
+1 Are signing bonuses 10K before or after tax? 16 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Morgan Stanley SA 2023 2 4y
+2 Which banks expedite process for exploding offer? 2 4y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 AN1 Pay Credit Suisse IB 8 4y
0 Lazard Freres - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+26 Credit Suisse Women's Mentor Program 2020 106 4y
+3 UBS Exit Opps 2 4y
+28 Banker by day/masked vigilante by night & I’m possibly burnt out. Seeking advice… 0 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+9 Institutional Sales to Investment Banking? 1 4y
0 Barclays M&C 1 4y
+14 Chicago vs NYC Banking 2 4y
0 Evercore - Review - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
+23 M&A bonus vs Capital Markets 24 4y
0 DC Advisory - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Thoughts on Piper Sandler in London? 1 4y
+3 Corporate Banking Career Path London 1 4y
0 Park Lane - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Delete 4 4y
+8 Group placement: thoughts on IB FIG? 4 4y
+10 Does nepotism still exist at BB banks? 6 4y
0 What do Advisory Firms do in Debt Capital Markets? E.g. PJT, Moelis, Evercore? They do not have balance sheets 6 4y
0 Centerview Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 UBS - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Centerview Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+209 What are the dumbest/ least value add edits you’ve received on a deliverable? 69 4y
+6 Free OfficeHours Headshots? 1 4y
+9 Does anybody else wonder when it all goes to shit? 4 4y
+195 Why not Chicago over NYC? 113 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Healthcare Data 4y
+8 CVP NY vs Moelis LA vs PJT M&A NY vs Laz NY 12 4y
+10 How many of you will work this Easter? 18 4y
0 Shea & co - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 Barclays Houston Culture? 1 4y
+22 Coolest Deal Toys? 7 4y
+14 When tf is RBC raising pay? 17 4y
+6 Raymond James Cebile 1 4y
+6 Lincoln SF TMT 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+1 GS West Coast SA2023 9 4y
0 BB Verbal to Written Offer Timing 4 4y
0 Crutchfield Capital Corporation - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Crutchfield Capital Corporation - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
+3 DB/Barclays Private Credit 1 4y
+6 Private Capital Markets Interviews 1 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 4y
0 Barclays 2022 Comp 5 4y
+4 Client exposure as a junior analyst 5 4y
0 How to leverage stock exchange experience + BIWS to break into IB/corp dev etc 1 4y
0 Danske Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 BofA NYC LevFin Culture, Dealflow, Exits 1 4y
+3 Capstone Partners Transportation and Logistics 1 4y
0 Any info on BNP Paribas M&A in NYC? 1 4y
+8 Who has the most power in society? 14 4y
+17 JPM vs. MS vs. PWP vs. RBC London 22 4y
+20 BofA NYC FSG Culture, Deal flow, etc. 2 4y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+5 Citi Houston vs. CS Houston 4 4y
+9 Wells Fargo group 7 4y
+4 M Klein Summer Analyst 2023 Recruiting Thread 26 4y
+46 WSO 2022 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 2/3) 7 4y
0 Essence Securities - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
0 Essence Securities - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
0 Does CS drug test ? 2 4y
0 Credit Agricole - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Oppenheimer - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 Lincoln International - Interview - NA Data 4y
0 How long does it take to prep technicals for EB 1 4y
0 Nordea - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Nordea - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 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 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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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