+8 Failed a class for cheating - lie or be honest? 7 5y
+3 2022 Morgan Stanley Summer Associate Hirevue Questions 1 5y
+3 Raymond James Full-Time 2022 3 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Insight onto 5/3 Compensation and Dealflow? 1 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Oppenheimer - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Truist Securities - Review - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 5y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 5y
0 Fifth Third Bank - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
+63 How do you feel? 47 5y
0 Truist Securities - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 240K as a first-year analyst at Evr 10 5y
+11 PWP vs EVR vs PJT (London) 8 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Wedbush - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+3 Truist Capital Markets, thoughts? 2 5y
0 Lazard video questions EMEA 2 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+18 FT Start Dates 20 5y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Restructuring Data 5y
+3 WFS RTO pushed back to next year 2 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+26 Background check - Last available semester GPA 10 5y
0 Cowen Group - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Cowen Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+7 How do you work on "executive presence?" Do you think it's a learnable skill or is most of it inherent (e.g. looks, voice, etc.)? 1 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Deloitte - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+11 What licensing/prerequisites are required to open a small investment bank? 1 5y
0 Pension Scheme 1 5y
+6 Thoughts on Provident Healthcare Partners IB (Boston)? 4 5y
+11 Investment Banking Analysts - At what point did you realize no one actually cares? 4 5y
+3 Shared fees 1 5y
+9 Still looking a full-time position starting in January 1 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Target MBA from Canada to break into WALL ST? 5 5y
+8 Miller Buckfire RX in 2021? Rep/Comp/Exits? 2 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Table of Contents for pitching a Debt Provider (HF/Bank) 1 5y
+5 GS hard technical question 4 5y
+3 HSBC Corporate Banking Comp? 1 5y
+7 Which BBs/EBs have increased associate base salaries? 25 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+7 Advice on choosing 1 5y
+7 Strongest Verticals at Jefferies and Lazard 15 5y
+1 Goldman Sachs Early Careers Late-2021 5 5y
+3 Application via email - what to write 5 5y
+9 How to Deal with Recessions as an Employee? Important for Everyone to Know 7 5y
+11 From Big 4 -> M7 -> high finance? 8 5y
0 Senior year thesis topic 1 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+135 Dealing with an incompetent boss 108 5y
+11 Ideal setup for travel? 3 5y
0 DH Capital - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Moving to EB in NY 15 5y
0 D.A. Davidson & Co - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Guggenheim vs. other EBs 9 5y
+3 DC Advisory NY? 4 5y
+3 DC Advisory Summer Analyst 2022 6 5y
+9 Kroll (Duff&Phelps) Strategic Value Advisory Analyst 1 5y
+13 Overrated / Underrated IB Groups on WSO 5 5y
0 PWP - WFH? 1 5y
+1 FSG modeling 1 5y
+3 Trying to leave Public Accounting 1 5y
0 Maintaining communication after signing offer 6 5y
+23 Rothschild NYC info 17 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Prime Brokerage Data 5y
+83 MBA IB Associate - Sponsorship 26 5y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Canaccord Genuity - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+15 M&A Case Study at Ericsson (M&A Professional) - help 1 5y
+7 Wording question on resume 1 5y
+4 S&T vs IBD 3 5y
+122 Most elitist banks? 65 5y
+15 How to build amazing slides? 5 5y
0 Craig Hallum - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Craig Hallum - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+3 I'd like to apologize to the WSO community 4 5y
+3 BB IB Salary 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Oil & Gas Data 5y
0 Natixis - Review - Asset Management Data 5y
+9 Senior Year after Return Offer from EB 1 5y
+1 Best TMT Groups in London 6 5y
+3 So.. with the base raise 1 5y
0 Moelis is the best bank 10 5y
0 Black Legend Capital LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+43 JPM vs Moelis vs EVR vs CS vs PWP 35 5y
+39 College List for IB 32 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 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

October 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

October 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

October 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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