+65 Do you guys usually get 2 phones? 41 4y
0 Omicron's Impact on WFH 1 4y
0 Nomura Salt Lake City vs CVP NYC? 1 4y
+3 Lightning Partners? 1 4y
+12 1 Week Gone By Since Final Round - Head Count Approval Process? What Is Happening Behind The Scenes? 5 4y
+236 What is your lowest pay you would take? 54 4y
+36 Moelis NYC 2021 - Best Groups? 33 4y
+18 AllenCo/Liontree/Raine vs Mid-BB 11 4y
+2 Anyone Know Who Bankers Were for The Athletic-NYTIMES Deal? 5 4y
+4 Centerbridge, Oaktree, Angelo Gordon - Information? 4 4y
+8 UMM PE Firms - Updated List 11 4y
+8 Deleted 5 4y
+132 Insultingly Low Bonus 65 4y
+3 William Blair and Guggenheim Atlanta 3 4y
0 Why IB? (real answer please) 1 4y
+5 Are bakeoffs public? 4 4y
0 ABN AMRO Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+126 Stop with the toxic prestige BS 32 4y
+80 Social Impact of an Investment Banker? 26 4y
0 PNC Financial Services - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Sales and Trading Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 4y
+6 NEED ADVICE: RBC Tech vs WB Tech 2 4y
+41 What are the top/most prestigious smaller boutiques/kiosks? 36 4y
+18 PE vs IB career risk 3 4y
+35 Percentage of GS IBD summer interns that get FT offers? 41 4y
+32 Offers Between Top BB and EB 18 4y
+53 Pay at analyst level for rising boutiques (DBO, Incentrum, Dyal) vs traditional IB? 37 4y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Alkali Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 PJT RSSG FT 2021 4 4y
+31 How to quit 3 months in? 25 4y
+12 When to respond to offer? - Important 15 4y
+10 Macquarie 2021 SA Thread 104 4y
0 LionTree Advisors - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 LionTree Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+33 What Did Banking Used to be Like? 22 4y
0 Secondary Advisory is a joke 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
+26 What are Diversity Programs actually LIKE? 11 4y
+16 Is coasting a bad idea? 3 4y
+16 How believable is citing the 08/09 recession as a starting point of interest for investment banking? 16 4y
+30 Media and Entertainment Banks? 17 4y
0 Evercore - Interview - Secondaries Data 4y
+12 Return to Office - What If You Don't? 4 4y
+85 From Liberal Arts to EB 16 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 UniCredit - Review - Corporate Banking Data 4y
+6 Non M&I 400 Interview question 19 4y
+41 Moelis Young Leaders Diversity 102 4y
+17 Evercore M&A vs. PJT M&A 14 4y
+14 Is it ACTUALLY good to be an engineering major applying for IB roles, or do people just say that? 19 4y
+23 PWP RX Exits 32 4y
+7 Centerview Analyst Total Comp 22 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 4y
+37 PWP SA 2022 163 4y
+18 PWP 2021 SA return rate + pay bump? 26 4y
0 M&A Advisory exit ops & salary 1 4y
+118 Moelis vs PWP 106 4y
+46 Guggenheim RX vs. JPM (Any group) vs. UBS (Global Banking) vs. Ares Management Alternative Credit 32 4y
+3 JPM M&A Exits 2 4y
+65 Why so many PWP shills? 26 4y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+194 Covid Surge and Back to Remote 90 4y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 4y
+10 Lateral Analyst Expectations 5 4y
+6 Big 4 M&A Hours 0 4y
+27 Highest Paying Banks (Non EB/BB/MM) 30 4y
+43 Updated view on Private Credit/DL? 23 4y
+6 WFH Burn Out 1 4y
0 First Capital Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
+8 Tier 1 BB vs EB vs PE 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 4y
+4 JPM- Return Rate 1 4y
0 Lincoln International - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
0 IB bonuses in NYC vs Charlotte/Tier 2 1 4y
0 Desjardins - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Desjardins - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 Thoughts on creating Youtube content? 2 4y
0 CITI: Real Opinions? 1 4y
0 The gentleman’s car 1 4y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
+27 Qatalyst SA 2022 83 4y
+2 First few weeks/months of on the job 8 4y
0 Issuing stock for acquisition 1 4y
+259 How To Stop Caring About BB Rankings? 67 4y
+89 Goldman not supportive of PE recruiting? 50 4y
+21 What are EB analyst bucket ranges 35 4y
+137 Moelis SA 2021 387 4y
+50 MOELIS LA SA 2021 47 4y
+173 Why does everyone want to work at a top bank? 61 4y
0 Anyone else find comparables identification time consuming? 1 4y
0 Deloitte - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 4y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions 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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