+7 Financial sponsors group technicals? 6 5y
+32 Advice for a High School Senior going to Rutgers? 21 5y
+1 Barclays Natural Resources Banking 1 5y
+21 Does anybody ACTUALLY like banking? 11 5y
+11 MORGAN STANLEY - tells US staff to be back in office in September 4 5y
+21 Intern Depression 10 5y
+10 How Do Barclays/GS/Centerview Get Good Talent? 16 5y
0 Wimpy Slave boy Gets Demoted at Lazard and forced to suck on lateral offer from Wells Fargo 7 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+10 LevFin Interview Case Study 5 5y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 CLSA - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+14 Rothschild vs HL RX vs PJT (all London)? 10 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+49 Rutgers + IB/FO 45 5y
+16 Barclays recruitment from Rutgers 12 5y
+11 Back Office PE vs Front Office Boutique IB 4 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
+58 EB VP Comp vs PE VP Comp 28 5y
+32 VP by 30? 27 5y
+6 MF/UMM Chances From Nontarget 7 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Jefferies - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Truist Securities - Review - Securities Underwriting Data 5y
0 Truist Securities - Salary & Bonus - Securities Underwriting Data 5y
0 What do you like about consumer / retail? 1 5y
0 Brown Gibbons Lang and Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+4 Leerink 3 5y
+27 Investment Banker Married to Consultant: Asking for Protips 6 5y
+11 Better exit opps: JPM or CS or Barclays? 12 5y
+10 Engineer PhD to Quant GS question 3 5y
0 Barclays - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Banco Santander - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Banco Santander - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+18 Foreign Special Forces looking for advice 11 5y
+3 Evercore London - 2021 3 5y
0 GS IBD AFG Return Rates 1 5y
0 Lending Restaurants 2 5y
+85 Strength of EBs in London 52 5y
+10 GS FT Orientation/Training Only 3 Weeks? 2 5y
+12 How much to prioritize coverage group for future career prospects? 2 5y
0 Berenberg Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Berenberg Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 William Blair - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+2 GPA Rounding: Let's Go 3 5y
0 How to Move from B4 TAS 1 5y
+4 Credit Analyst/IB 6 5y
+112 Why do banks hire MBA Associates? 33 5y
+9 Barclays CRG UMMPE/Growth Placement? 2 5y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Stocks or Real Estate 3 5y
0 Alliance Bernstein in Chicago 1 5y
0 IB/PE Internal Mobility 1 5y
+6 Trading Full-time v. Analyst Offer 17 5y
0 Greenhill - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+4 Are precious applications stored? 4 5y
+6 Need help! E&P valuation 4 5y
+5 SA 2021 Return Rates 6 5y
+13 Why do strategic acquirers use cash for M&A vs debt used by PE? 7 5y
0 EB Internal Lateral Opportunities 2 5y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 None - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+73 Breaking into BB IBD for an Indian. 44 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+14 Goldman Sachs Employees Hugging each other in the office as WFH ends (Hilarious Bloomberg Article). Just lol at GS 10 5y
0 Jordan, Knauff & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+1 MFPE vs. BB/EB 3 5y
+1 What is Citi on? 4 5y
0 LionTree Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+6 PJT Comp? 1 5y
+3 The Chertoff Group - DC Investment Banking 4 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Laptop recommendation 2 5y
+2 TD Investment Banking Comps/exit opps 2021 update 3 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+3 JP Morgan Preference Survey 7 5y
+15 Is a 21 min walk too long of a commute? 1st year IB analyst in SF. 27 5y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Interview - Energy Data 5y
+3 D.A. Davidson Acquires Marlin & Associates 1 5y
+3 PJT Breaking into O&G/Energy 1 5y
+8 London: Associate pay at EBs vs BBs??? 4 5y
0 Help on Modelling faster?? 2 5y
+6 Union Square Advisors SA 2022 12 5y
+9 WFH - Little/No Workload. What to do? 3 5y
0 PJT Partners - Review - NA Data 5y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 5y
+11 MD Comp Ranges For Each Division 6 5y
+3 JPM Recruiting Process 1 5y
+25 Why does GS have a discount when MFs don't? 17 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 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

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
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