+18 Breaking into IB at 30 12 5y
+20 Worst HR Interaction Stories 5 5y
+13 Advice for IBD Summer Analyst that is chronically error prone with spelling and grammar? 5 5y
+12 People who have worked at both PE and AM: which job did you think was more fulfilling? 6 5y
0 Paris IB as a foreigner 1 5y
0 Associate / Sr Associate – Principle Investments and Leveraged Finance Structuring and Underwriting – NYC 1 5y
0 Deleted. 1 5y
+62 Citi Early ID Program 2020 247 5y
0 Good Templates for Brief Company Overview 2 5y
+12 UK graduates US IB 18 5y
0 How to Prep for IB/consulting and related business jobs? 1 5y
+13 Top tier BB or bottom one with better industry? 11 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 5y
+13 No time to do the case study 1 5y
+7 Special Situations Credit Products 2 5y
0 Internal Email About Promotion 1 5y
+3 Does Baird Drug Test? 2 5y
0 Valuation - Startups 2 5y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Does Asian gay male count as diversity? 2 5y
+217 Quitting major Investment Bank in NYC after 2 months...? 99 5y
+14 Series 79 advice 18 5y
+9 Scotia pays above-market salary? 10 5y
0 Will this ever end? 2 5y
+24 Ohio State Fischer School of Business for IB 33 5y
+122 Restructuring Groups 2020 76 5y
+112 What is the career progression for those in (IB) BO/MO? 65 5y
0 Please review/rip into my CV, I am gearing up to start buy-side recruiting 4 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Fifth Third Bank - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Fifth Third Bank - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
+55 Anything wrong with a 4.0 GPA? 34 5y
+49 What banks / groups would you lever a GS offer for? 23 5y
0 Standard Chartered Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 JPM lateral process?? 2 5y
+22 Best career that will set me up as an entrepreneur/businessman ?? 6 5y
0 Kaplan vs STC vs Knopman for SIE 1 5y
0 Truist Bank - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 Compensation 2 5y
+9 How long should you follow up after an initial follow up goes unanswered? 2 5y
0 Remote internship experience 1 5y
0 not employed - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 MD Global Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Stifel Toronto 1 5y
+3 HK BB to US PE? 1 5y
0 Wellington Mangement Internship 1 5y
+5 Suit to work as a SA? 9 5y
+264 You're too fucking privileged. 70 5y
0 Evercore - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+3 How will Bankers Leaving affect SA Rates? 4 5y
+8 Is it worth to renege a return offer? 11 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+13 Does your sophomore internship really matter? 3 5y
+17 Must-Ask Questions during Networking 8 5y
+9 In IB but not really interested in business/finance - what to do? 4 5y
+1 BofA SA 2021 to be fully virtual 3 5y
+12 Complaining 43 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 B. Riley & Co. - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+23 Jefferies 2021 Full-Time Analyst Timeline 117 5y
+75 Deutsche Bank and Eppstein 24 5y
+257 Will recruiting ever stop accelerating? 84 5y
+355 Something wrong with my cold email? 66 5y
0 Stout Risius Ross - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+15 Working Hard 1 5y
+1 Forgot to do WB online assessment 1 5y
0 What sort of reputation did the major banks have before the Global Financial Crisis? 1 5y
0 Arma Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+3 Moelis Superdays YLDP 9 5y
0 Alvarez & Marsal - Review - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Alvarez & Marsal - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
+7 Canadian Intl UVA Master of Commerce Finance- Recruiting 4 5y
+26 Best Clean Tech Banking group 40 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Generalist Data 5y
+25 MACC, Big 4 Internship to IBD Full-time chances 13 5y
+16 Big 5 Toronto Analyst Comp Help 6 5y
0 Fees in Pitchbook 4 5y
0 Cambridge Wilkinson - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Cambridge Wilkinson - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+3 London PE/AM that recruits through campus recruiting 3 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+17 Less than one year in IB, got lateral offer from another BB IB - move or not? 14 5y
0 Citizens Lev Fin 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs Working Conditions Survey 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 5y
+5 How easy will it be for me to switch groups? 5 5y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Santander UK Corporate Investment Banking Internship AC 1 5y
0 Rothschild - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Working for free at a firm in the summer 3 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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