0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Grade Finance Data 5y
0 Berenberg London vs Frankfurt vs NYC 1 5y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 How realistic is it to insist on lifestyle during on-cycle recruiting/HH meetings? 1 5y
0 compensation: centerview versus evercore 1 5y
+1 Been super unmotivated lately 1 5y
+56 M&A Models from Scratch 12 5y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+7 Goldman Sachs: The Internship From Hell - Video about woman sharing her experiences goes viral 5 5y
0 Health insurance for a career changer 4 5y
+12 Why does UBS still rank in BB status despite being low on league tables? 7 5y
0 Lazard Freres - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Salaries at Centerview 1 5y
+4 Cutting Back on Typos 4 5y
+10 Is there forced bucketing? 5 5y
0 Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Review - Accounting Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 5y
0 CS IBD Work/life Balance, protected weekends, etc? 3 5y
0 Worth doing a 2 yr master’s instead of 1 year to be eligible for summer internships? 1 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Gugg Industrials vs CS FIG 6 5y
+6 Macquarie Capital Investment Banking Culture in NYC New York 2 5y
+9 bottom bucket bonus amount? 8 5y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+6 Best groups in BAML to convert an MBA summer internship into FT offer 8 5y
0 Do video interviews such as Sonru use AI to judge candidates? 1 5y
+2 Why don't firms use 23 and me for Diversity 7 5y
+6 Securitized Products? CLO’s? 1 5y
+5 Fixed Income Education in Bloomberg Terminal? 1 5y
0 How Competitive is Corporate Banking 3 5y
+5 Isn’t the problem no gratuity? 2 5y
0 Ducera Partners- 2021 Info? 2 5y
0 HSBC AC 9 5y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 How healthy is Microsoft Teams (et al.) and the green/yellow/red status in IBD/M&A? 1 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Hireview Preview Questions Trick 1 5y
+57 JPM start date pushed back SA2020 35 5y
0 Credit Agricole - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 5y
0 Boutique internships 4 5y
0 Make up for mistake 1 5y
+3 Lateral hiring interview questions 2 5y
+102 Cornell Dyson vs Berkeley vs Claremont Mckenna vs ND Mendoza vs USC Marshall vs Stern 36 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 1st Year Securitization Banking Analyst Bonus 1 5y
0 how to calculate EBITDA when interest is embedded in a line item 11 5y
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 SMBC Nikko Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Lincoln International - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 3 Statements - Cash / Non Cash Items 1 5y
0 PWP SF Tech 1 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Masters or Mid-level Job? 1 5y
0 Does Centerview Accelerate 1 5y
+19 What Are The Most Common Fallacies You See Perpetuated by Junior Level IB Analysts on WSO? 1 5y
+12 How to deal with disastrous associates??? 4 5y
+4 Centerview - Still one of the leading players in C&R? 1 5y
+14 Is My Salary Competitive for NYC? 6 5y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 5y
+15 Is It Too Late for Senior Associates / Junior VPs to Go Buy-Side? 6 5y
+41 How are students selected for interviews in reality? 34 5y
0 Postpone Start Date 2 5y
+5 Full-Time MBA right out of undergrad? 29 5y
0 Evercore Hong Kong 4 5y
0 Scotiabank - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 Alantra - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+16 IB in a MM boutique in Brazil looking for some guidance 4 5y
+1 Are final rounds of interviews (with Directors) more difficult? 2 5y
0 Goldstein Capital Corp - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Friedman Billings Ramsey - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Transaction Advisory or Valuation? -- Breaking into M&A 1 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Scotiabank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+16 Do women find Investment Bankers attractive? 14 5y
0 Breaking into IB in current climate 4 5y
+14 Big 4 audit vs small m&a boutique 3 5y
+1 Exit opportunities 1 5y
+15 Wall Street Prep vs CFI? 7 5y
0 Life revolves around finance 12 5y
0 BB&T - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+71 Q&A: BB IBD Healthcare Analyst 43 5y
+13 Bankers or not - Non investment banking group workers within IBs 5 5y
0 Possible to Break into IB after PE Internship in BSchool? 2 5y
0 GS Early Careers Hirevue 23 5y
+51 Question - Canada Associate Comp 11 5y
+10 How to deal with lower back pain after extended time in office? 8 5y
+3 What are some little known or under-utilized time savers you guys use? 1 5y
+9 Question about FT 1 5y
0 Société Générale - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+11 JPM FIG v GHL 12 5y
+265 Who is happy & satisfied with their current role? 96 5y
+35 How screwed am I being from a southern state school trying to break into IB? 23 5y
+7 Emerging markets Groups (Non S&T or credit related) 3 5y
+25 Hiring Ex-IB Analysts in Texas 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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