0 Blackstone Group - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+13 Graduation or post-pone for another shot at summer intern spots 5 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+22 Urgent!! MTS Health Partners Interview Questions 3 6y
+6 PJT Partners SF FT 2021 1 6y
+6 IB Exit: how long do I need to wait before I can buy shares? 2 6y
+3 Two boutiques cancelled their programs on me 2 6y
+39 Best Dress Shoes in the Office 30 6y
0 PJT Partners - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+15 Private Equity Interviews and Consulting Case Studies 1 6y
+4 Brazilian intern transfer to NY Office 1 6y
+13 Crazy/stupid to work through college right now? 4 6y
+24 Scheduled Call with MD - Offer or Rejection? 15 6y
+13 # of years from associate to VP, and counting them correctly? 4 6y
+15 How does an IB floor look like? 3 6y
+12 FT IBD Team Selection 4 6y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+14 How early should I join a zoom superday before my time? 7 6y
+9 Applying to Entry Level Programs with Full-Time Experience 2 6y
+13 EB Permanently Rescheduling on Me after Advancing Me to Next Round 1 6y
+3 Tobin and Co shares an elevator with my dad’s apartment 1 6y
+90 Q&A: Technology IB Analyst 39 6y
+9 How to stand out as an Undergrad going for internships 1 6y
+7 Reorg Research? 5 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+22 Freshman Internship 2020 - IB at Small Firm vs. Asset Management? 12 6y
+24 When to start networking UG? 11 6y
+8 What do analysts do for public markets deals 2 6y
+105 Q&A: Former no-name IB Analyst --> Data science/Artificial Intelligence position at large quantitative hedge fund 30 6y
0 7 Mile Advisors - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+9 Macquarie London teams 2 6y
0 Nomura Holdings - Interview - Energy Data 6y
+9 Asking for Referrals? 2 6y
+14 Is DB that bad? 4 6y
0 Leerink Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+14 Advices on my M&A career 4 6y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+49 Placement/ Sell Day, what the hell is it like? 70 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+12 Gracewater Capital 1 6y
+3 Class Sizes 1 6y
+84 Q&A: VP healthcare IB tier 2 bank, London 58 6y
+15 PJT London - Oil & Gas Team 3 6y
+6 Boutique Investment Bank 1 6y
+3 Fixed Charge Cover Ratio 2 6y
+105 Incoming [insert position] on LinkedIn. 33 6y
+5 Is remote Work Negotiable? 3 6y
+26 Question on calculating Exit Year EBITDA in an LBO 7 6y
+38 Rothschilds (LDN) vs. Lazard (LDN) vs. Barclays (LDN) 17 6y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Asset Backed Securities Data 6y
+14 MSFT TikTok deal - does the govt typically make money without Trump's finders fee in these deals? 5 6y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+10 How to project out future change in net working capital on DCF? 3 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+25 PJT vs. GS M&A London 7 6y
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Corporate Banking Data 6y
+9 Is it okay to be a job hopper? 2 6y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+34 Lateralling from a mid-market to a BB / EB 14 6y
+12 My contact seems super busy should I keep messaging? Introvert Struggle 1 6y
+20 Goodwill Question in LBO 7 6y
+9 What's the most impressive thing you've seen/heard someone do to land a FT/internship offer? 6 6y
+15 Citi/CS M&A/FSG vs. Lazard/Centerview 10 6y
+3 What is GS IBD Pensions Group? 1 6y
0 BBVA - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+21 Transferring from London BB to Sydney and back again? 10 6y
+3 Going Europe For Grad Job 4 6y
0 Arma Partners - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Arma Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+7 Steps to becoming an investment banking analyst or associate 2 6y
+23 How do return offers after the internship is over work? 24 6y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+4 How would an employer find out about a closed but undisclosed account? 2 6y
+6 When is Recruiting season for the banks 5 6y
+22 Confusing Technical Question 6 6y
+27 Renege on FT return offer to work outside IB? 12 6y
+7 Relationship with VP - risky? 3 6y
+5 HF Exits 2 6y
+6 Goldman Sachs IBD Legal Interview? 1 6y
+4 Sharing connections with classmates? 3 6y
+15 Eng major, just did a summer in Consulting, want to switch to IB 3 6y
+35 CREDIT SUISSE SET TO MERGE TRADING, INVESTMENT BANK IN OVERHAUL 16 6y
+11 UBS San Francisco office 25 6y
+6 Any other college students here miss info sessions? 1 6y
+9 Accuracy of WSO Database 1 6y
+10 Return to office SF/Bay Area 2 6y
+6 What percentage of WSO users do you think actually end up with an internship at the end of the recruiting process? 0 6y

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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