0 Yachts in finance 3 5y
+4 Content Creator and IB 5 5y
+6 Reverse Merger Sell-Side or Buy-Side? 4 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+6 Park Sutton Advisors 5 5y
+3 DC IB Question 1 5y
+6 NYC BofA Corporate Banking 1 5y
0 Salary Increase 2 5y
0 UPDATED BANKS RECRUITING 2022 SA 1 5y
+15 Solutions to lack of work experience. Please help! 1 5y
+7 H1B Results 42 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+3 J&J vaccine 1 5y
+20 Cash and Cash Equivalents don't match in audited financials year to year? 5 5y
+21 What did you do to land in the bottom bucket? 15 5y
0 BB background check Process 4 5y
+9 What happens to options & RSUs in a privatization? 2 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+90 Introducing WSO Alpha 14 5y
+71 Intern looking to exit 45 5y
0 Corporate Banking (Associate to VP) 1 5y
+30 Dubai IB/PE in 2020 7 5y
0 training the street 3 5y
0 Standard Bank - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Is principal investing like PE? 3 5y
+9 Investment Banking Financial Models 1 5y
+3 Has anyone been drug tested since COVID started? 1 5y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
+56 How Far an MD Recommendation Gets You 51 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 When do BBs ask for transcripts and how closely do they examine them? 5 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+6 Guggenheim 2022 SA First Round Written Assessment 1 5y
+1 Friday/Saturday Nights 4 5y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+5 Path to 2024 SA 6 5y
+64 Love the WSO Night Mode! 13 5y
+3 Stifel SA 2022 8 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Information Technology (IT) Data 5y
+24 2nd Year Analyst - Ready to Quit 3 5y
0 JMP Group - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 JMP Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+3 Incoming SA at Barclays, what group should I join? 4 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+21 Most Respectful Way to Ask the Analysts in My Group Where They’re Exiting? 15 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+4 Barclays Return offer 7 5y
+3 Bonus Cycle by Bank 2 5y
+5 Thoughts on KBCM? 12 5y
0 Lazard Pay Raise? 3 5y
+24 Lazard San Francisco Office 31 5y
+201 Thoughts on Barclays Response to Goldman survey 116 5y
0 McDonald Lehner - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+29 Possible to have social life in IB? Feeling down 34 5y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Comp raise updates 1 5y
+17 Taxes on internship help please 37 5y
+3 Looking for Training The Street Login 1 5y
0 UBS AG - Review - Private Banking Data 5y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 5y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+24 What exactly is KPMG's EVS (Economic valuation services) group, what do they do? 1 5y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+2 JUICE 3 5y
+6 Hedge fund interviews and scams 2 5y
0 Does BofA sponsor? 1 5y
+3 Ducera Partners 2022 SA Info 1 5y
+17 Other Income included in EBITDA? 5 5y
0 Greenhill - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Greenhill - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+3 Where to live in Charlotte? 8 5y
0 BofA 2022 SA Waitlist 1 5y
+8 We might not be going back to the office yet… 5 5y
+3 So how technical are modeling tests? 5 5y
+3 Will the salary bump come out of the bonuses? 6 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
+25 Return to Office - 5 Days in Person vs. Hybrid Model 23 5y
+9 Is it fair I’m being forced back to the office despite no firm policy? 1 5y
+7 Why do small IBs post on LinkedIn about deals they didn't do? 3 5y
0 Evercore - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 IG DCM Resume Bullets 1 5y
+3 Blair Pay Bump 1 5y
0 Cappello Global - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Rotary Club / Lions Club - doing good and networking? 1 5y
+12 CB to IB advice 4 5y
+50 Why do people treat internship offers like D1 scholarships on LinkedIn? 34 5y
+5 Finance Clubs/Student-led funds 7 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+9 Clarifications about UVA 1 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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