+9 Cellphones from your investment bank? 4 6y
+4 How are bonuses calculated? 4 6y
+14 IB vs. PE LBO model 1 6y
+10 How would a 50% equity and 50% debt purchase of a plants property or equipment fixed asset affect three financial statements? 3 6y
+10 BofA TMT SF Analyst Class Size 7 6y
+55 I messed up... 27 6y
+30 Associate Stub Bonus COVID 14 6y
+20 IB INTERN-How To Get The Return Offer 5 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 6y
+42 How is Baird viewed in 2020? 31 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Barclays - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+22 FT 2020 : When can analysts expect to be in NYC, given Covid-19 situation? 28 6y
+6 Career Advice - Engineer to High Finance 2 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Jefferies - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+18 IB vs. Consulting 1 6y
0 Barclays - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Bank of New York Mellon - Review - Human Resources Data 6y
0 Bank of New York Mellon - Salary & Bonus - Human Resources Data 6y
+4 How much can senior partners at MBB make? 2 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 CIBC World Markets - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+20 Feeling lost in the Finance industry - Advice Appreciated! 2 6y
+26 GS Employees - How do you deal with compliance restrictions on brokerage accounts? 5 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Risk Data 6y
+118 London vs New York Money wise 203 6y
+15 Why does the WSO community seem to have little interest in working for themselves? 5 6y
+3 Masters in Real Estate for REIB? 2 6y
+20 Cold Emailing MDs and Board members, Heads of Banks 52 6y
+15 Taking a gap year after uni after doing an internship in the summer of 3rd year 1 6y
0 Piper Sandler - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+20 LatAm M&A Groups NYC 27 6y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 6y
+9 Transferring Office Locations Briefly for Fun 1 6y
+15 Analysts Quitting Early 9 6y
+3 Is Goldman IB app the same as the new analyst posting? 2 6y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+9 Deferred tax assets and liabilities? 1 6y
+13 BAML Charlotte? 10 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
+3 Are bank of america apps rolling? 3 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+42 Why are you doing this? 22 6y
+27 Credit Suisse Pymetrics Test 29 6y
+8 HSBC Global Banking & Markets (NYC) 13 6y
+7 How does promotion within IB work 4 6y
+4 HireVue Simulation Request 4 6y
+26 vegetarian bankers 13 6y
+3 What Bank of America groups are legacy Merrill Lynch? 2 6y
0 Piper Sandler - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+574 IB LIFE HACKS 146 6y
+21 Thoughts on Dyal Co? 21 6y
+14 Deutsche Bank 2 week Summer Analyst Training 13 6y
+22 Pursuing Olympics 2020 instead of IB job...How to stay relevant? 15 6y
+21 How to answer "Where are you at with other firms?" 10 6y
+18 IB --> Quant Fund 4 6y
+13 IB SA Trading Restrictions 10 6y
0 Brookwood Associates - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Brookwood Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Brookwood Associates - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Role of IB in PPP 1 6y
+11 Reneging for a non IB job 4 6y
+8 Getting COVID 19 During Internship 3 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Valuation Overview of Latin American Companies 1 6y
+15 Big 4 NPL Solutions 6 6y
+44 Toxic boss in M&A Boutique: get bonus and run or jump ship immediately? 17 6y
+3 Choosing Investment Banking Group 1 6y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Interview - Public Finance Data 6y
+12 Do Boutique investment banks Like Rothschild hire MBAs for assosciate position from American Business Schools? 1 6y
0 Seale & Associates Inc - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+11 Reneging on 2021 SA Offer 12 6y
+6 Sales and Trading, anything to learn? 1 6y
+20 Firms that only ask behavioral interview questions? 15 6y
+8 Data Scientists Are The New Investment Bankers and Finance Professionals Will Move to Data Science 5 6y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+6 URGENT What is BMO GLOBAL MARKETS? URGENT- Please help 8 6y
+25 BB Bonuses 2020 17 6y
+10 Goldman fails Stress Test -- this in any way impact return offers? 9 6y
+53 Who’s the new Drexel Burnham? 32 6y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 6y
+17 Best role in Capital Markets 5 6y
+5 Qatalyst Partners H1b 3 6y
+16 Tolerance for mistakes as a Summer Associate 8 6y
+22 What even counts as OCR? 8 6y
0 Citibank (Hong Kong) - Review - Corporate Banking Data 6y
+19 Gap Year B/C Corona OK? 11 6y
0 Citibank (Hong Kong) - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 6y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
+26 Judgment? 6 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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