+15 Welcome gift from banks 19 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Investment in 2021 1 5y
+13 Did I just get a guaranteed return offer?? 31 5y
+13 Analysts - Pay vs WLB 12 5y
+24 Can't be around people who use, so how common is drug use in IB? 20 5y
+14 1st Year Planning to Quit - What's Next? 23 5y
+27 How bad is it for you guys? 31 5y
0 Progress Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+26 Project Finance - exit opportunities 16 5y
+22 The very first IB analyst program 15 5y
+16 Phone call with MD at BB 14 5y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 IB culture in London 3 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+6 DCF and Future Share Price 12 5y
0 Seeking Advice As A Senior Who Is Expecting To Graduate During The 2021 Pandemic 7 5y
0 Interview Question: please help! 3 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse Spring Week Conversion Rate 1 5y
0 Work vs Study 1 5y
+11 Pro Athlete to IB 3 5y
+12 OPT delays - 3 to 8 months processing times?! 5 5y
0 How is CS FIG 4 5y
0 Valuation Manager Exit opps? 0 5y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 TMT and C&R industry news 1 5y
+17 Goldman TMT SF -- Culture and Exits 17 5y
0 Post-MBA Associate Moving to NYC after graduation -- Where to live? 3 5y
0 Miller Buckfire - Interview - Restructuring Data 5y
0 Did you learn more during training or on the job? 2 5y
+13 Summering at a group that gives out low FT offers. Tips? 8 5y
0 Free meals during WFH? 1 5y
0 Truist Bank - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Truist Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+7 Learning About investment banking 11 5y
+4 MS or MBA 4 5y
0 Lazard Chicago RX team 1 5y
0 Parcrest Advisors? 1 5y
0 Guggenheim Partners Email Assessment 2 5y
+187 Investment Banking Holidays? 73 5y
0 what else to set up my life? 4 5y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+10 Corporate Banking Lifestyle During the COVID-19 Pandemic 1 5y
0 Firepower capital salaries? 1 5y
+16 IB salaries in UK 17 5y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
0 ECM vs. LevFin vs. Project Commodity & Infrastructure Finance 1 5y
0 Nomura IBD vs BNP Acquisition Finance 5 5y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+70 EVERCORE 13 5y
0 M&A Tax 1 5y
0 LionTree Advisors - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 LionTree Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+12 Calculating capital structure - why mkt cap/EV? 2 5y
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Stephens Inc - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+28 Yelling at Your Boss 27 5y
+5 SMBC SA 2021 44 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring Data 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Black Arch Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse Diversity Programs 4 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Preston Todd Advisors - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Preston Todd Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+15 What is Adjusted EBITDA? Doesn’t EBITDA / EBIT already have one-time expenses stripped out? 9 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Tips for lateral analyst w no previous IB experience 8 5y
+133 PWP/GHL/Guggenheim 58 5y
+4 Lateral Friendly Firms 17 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Industrials Data 5y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 5y
0 PJT Park Hill Hedge Fund/Private Credit Group 3 5y
+75 Corporate Banking Huddle 33 5y
+20 PWP vs. Qatalyst Partners 6 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+34 Would having my father work for JP Morgan NYC make up for going to a non-target school? 16 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 5y
+14 EU IB execution from London? 15 5y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Back of the envolope valuation for a mortgage portfolio 1 5y
0 Jefferies - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+2 Harris Williams Slander 6 5y
+247 Junior RBC Analyst Charged With Insider Trading 86 5y
+65 Goldman IBD Bonuses (how low?) 43 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Securitization Data 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Securitization Data 5y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Equity Research Data 5y
+29 Is this still considered a LBO? 12 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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