+13 How to come across eager for IB with no direct experience 5 5y
+6 PIMCO Alternative Credit and Private Strategies 2 5y
0 Purposely downgrading role in bank 2 5y
+6 BB Capital Markets Exits 1 5y
+2 FINRA Exams 1 5y
+1 Management consulting vs audit? To then move into Deal advisory (M&A), with the big 4 and finally into IB/PE. 2 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+9 Hear me out - PE exit opps? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+6 BofA FIG London 2 5y
0 Loan sales to IB 4 5y
+14 Stats Major with a Finance Concentration? 5 5y
+6 Second Year Analysts: Burnt Out? 13 5y
+9 What to expect from 30 minute blind case study interview? 1 5y
+18 Should I Pass/Fail Classes?? 16 5y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+9 Data Analytics IB lateral - need advice 1 5y
+7 What's the deal with PWP 8 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+17 Phone call with IB MD 8 5y
0 HSBC - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+13 PE vs EB vs BB ER 2 5y
+21 BAML Coverage Group exits 23 5y
+10 Reaching out to MD's from your school 13 5y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+20 Homophobia in Investment Banking 24 5y
0 Student Loan Question 3 5y
+7 Should I include positions which I have not started on my resume for recruiting? 6 5y
+6 Work over Labor Day? 2 5y
+15 Average Number of Deals Closed for an Analyst 13 5y
+6 [Autism] Quantifying superficial differences between groups 2 5y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+32 VDR Research 9 5y
+3 Taxes on bonus. 1 5y
+12 Equity Sales to IBD? 1 5y
+12 Quitting Internship for FT Analyst Position 8 5y
+14 HSBC An 2 or tiny MM boutique An 3? (London) 5 5y
+6 Thoughts on Tech Sales? 1 5y
0 BDA Partners - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Valuation Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 5y
+3 Citi comms and tech in London 2 5y
+6 [Autism] Quantifying superficial differences between groups 1 5y
+3 1st month in IB? 4 5y
+17 GS and MS final year students for SA 11 5y
+12 Rising Junior behind on 2022 SA recruiting need advice 11 5y
+7 . 7 5y
+15 What should an engineer do to get a jon in an Investment Bank? 29 5y
+13 What exactly is the CRG group at JPMC 3 5y
+3 Institutional Sales a dead end career? 4 5y
+35 Thoughts on Blair in 2021 and Beyond? 33 5y
+6 Jpm assoc base bump? 2 5y
+18 Changing seats in the office? Help needed! 13 5y
+9 How to leave finance for something else? 2 5y
0 Credit Suisse SA 2022 Megathread 14 5y
+51 Average Number of Deals Per Year 10 5y
+18 How are future debt/claims accounted for in UFCF DCF? 5 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 5y
+12 William Blair vs PJ Solomon (private equity exits) 7 5y
0 Phone screen Q? Need help 1 5y
+8 Overtime in SF 6 5y
+8 Citi Associate Comp? 10 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Energy Data 5y
+5 Greenhill in 2021 6 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
+16 Jefferies in 2021 and Beyond 12 5y
0 Duff & Phelps - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Duff & Phelps - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+17 Recruiter salaries 6 5y
+6 Oppenheimer Recruiting Process 1 5y
+6 Public Finance League Tables 1 5y
+112 Lazard (NY) Groups 18 5y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+12 Shea and Co. Superday 16 5y
+13 CONFUSION IBD INDIA DOMESTIC BANK VS BB 44 5y
+9 Opened my Linkedin message but no reply. Should I email? 2 5y
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 FINRA Exam Materials 1 5y
+83 Opinion on Greentech Capital Advisors after recent merger with Nomura 59 5y
+11 Help a non-target student 5 5y
+5 FAILED A P/NP CLASS 10 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 JPM ESG DCM - Hours/Structure/Culture/Comp ? 1 5y
+10 Benefits at PWP? 9 5y
+13 Rising Junior behind for 2022 recruitment 6 5y
+22 TD SA 2022? 142 5y
+3 Favorite stocks? 8 5y
+4 Tech banking vs. 4 5y
+1 What´s the most prestigious way to kill myself if I don´t get an IB offer? 6 5y
+16 INSEAD Executive MS Finance 4 5y
+25 Moving to the city during analyst stint? 24 5y
+7 LBS MBA -> IB 1 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Private Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+9 IB in France 35 5y

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 (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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