+3 FT Roommate Thread 2020 2 6y
+30 Houston/Oil&Gas Investment Banking Prospects 3 6y
+12 Profile Evaluation/IB Chances 1 6y
+3 Intern Housing in Charlotte 1 6y
+12 Need Advice: Abnornal MM IB Interview in Dallas 1 6y
+18 Lazard Houston Deal Flow and MM vs Freres 8 6y
+9 Incoming FT offer rescinded? Houston IB 4 6y
+9 Houston IB - Working From Home 1 6y
+3 COVID-19 Summer IB Outlook Now 1 6y
+34 Justine Tobin calls her finished deals "Tombstones;" and other recents from the only person qualified to succeed Jamie Dimon.... 6 6y
+24 COVID-19 Effect on Houston O+G Internships and Hiring 10 6y
+3 Am I screwed going into energy corporate banking now? 1 6y
+15 IB in Houston (Non-Energy) 9 6y
+12 GMAT for MBA Recruiting 1 6y
+13 Future of O&G IB in Houston 4 6y
+3 Banks at Risk of Closing Houston O&G Office 1 6y
+48 Rank Transfer Schools: UNC/Northwestern/Vanderbilt/UVA/Duke 33 6y
+12 Houlihan Lokey Dallas 2020 5 6y
+6 PJ Solomon 2021 Recruiting 1 6y
0 SF/Silicon Valley Industry Groups 2 6y
0 Summer Intern in Los Angeles Compensation and Bonus 1 6y
0 Is this really bad? 8 6y
+169 Best Location for Investment Banking? 227 6y
0 Question for actual bankers about changing jobs 3 6y
0 Do my CPA License and Law Degree Help? 0 6y
0 Accidentally pissed off HR 6 6y
0 Questions about my future planning 6 6y
0 Is it possible to do S&T in Los Angeles? 1 6y
+18 3.8 Finance major from big state school. Anyshot at ibanking? 23 6y
0 Help Needed: West Coast Offices 82 6y
0 REITs - Knowledge about comps? 1 6y
0 Your thoughts on transitioning from a *quasi* BB to a Boutique 11 6y
0 CS/UBS in Los Angeles? 12 6y
+5 Santa Clara University 12 6y
+26 Morgan Stanley - Menlo Park / GS TMT - San Francisco 22 6y
0 Anybody hear of these guys before? 4 6y
0 West Coast HC 8 6y
0 Decision between JPM and Leh 8 6y
0 West Coast Rankings 1 6y
0 Palm appoints Morgan Stanley to evaluate Options 1 6y
0 Royal Bank of Scotland West Coast? 4 6y
+10 Arizona State 13 6y
0 BB Asset management jobs 6 6y
0 Career Advice 4 6y
0 I am going to select schools?!? 5 6y
0 Wow, I am in a BIG dilema...Cornell help! 41 6y
0 Bloomy? 11 6y
0 Goldman Sachs Technology PIA 2 6y
+13 Is it easy to get a job at UBS Investment bank in LA ?? 12 6y
0 Platinum Equity in Los Angeles 8 6y
0 Firms in CA that will hire biology major? 0 6y
+1 Morgan Menlo Park 2 6y
0 ms menlo superday 13 6y
0 BB Associate Interview - San Francisco 4 6y
0 Any one work at GS West Coast? 1 6y
0 F500 Finance to MM or Boutique? 0 6y
0 Do I have what it takes 14 6y
0 HBS to Los Angeles BB 14 6y
0 De La Rosa &Co Investment Bank 1 6y
0 Could use some job search strategy advice 17 6y
+28 The Moneyball effect 9 6y
+18 Researching Deals - Interviewing with several BBs 5 6y
0 Below 3.0...somehow still getting interviews at Boutiques 13 6y
0 Bear Stearns Los Angeles 6 6y
+26 West Coast Office Rankings 13 6y
0 Trimester System and Internships 0 6y
0 What are some good IB resume builders? 2 6y
+24 Investment Banking Student - Seeking Guidance (Yes, another) 6 6y
+16 Deutsche Bank San Francisco Tech Group 27 6y
0 Regional Boutiques help 3 6y
0 difference between "tech corp. fin" and "tech m&a"? 1 6y
0 Evaluate My Offer Please 8 6y
0 green manning & bunch 5 6y
0 MM IBanks with Summer Analyst programs? 8 6y
0 Citigroup West Coast 8 6y
+26 Wells Fargo to Merge with Wachovia for $7 a share 27 6y
0 Help with offer decisions 7 6y
0 Silicon Valley? 7 6y
0 Goldman Sachs Operations hiring status 8 6y
+23 Banking Restructuring vs. Restructuring Consulting 8 6y
0 UBS LA, CS LA or HLHZ Restructuring Group? 11 6y
0 Recruiting Help! 3 6y
+29 ARMY vs USMC 24 6y
0 Big 4 Audit for Hedge Fund? 4 6y
0 Citgroup Tech West Coast 2 6y
0 West Coast Restructuring 5 6y
0 Diary of a Mad Bank Man: Entry 1 16 6y
0 Financial Technology Partners SF? 8 6y
0 Valuation Shop vs GT Advisory 0 6y
0 Sir Allen Stanford Cries, Threatens to Punch People. 0 6y
0 JPM West Coast SA's = Generalists? 3 6y
0 ECHELON Partners 7 6y
+53 32Yr old Fighter Pilot: Too Late? 53 6y
0 New, Upstart IBanks, PE, in Southern California? 2 6y
0 Bloom Off the Wall Street Rose? 6 6y
0 Oil & Energy Banking 6 6y
0 Anything else that I can do to secure a SA position? 11 6y
0 3k after tax 10 6y
0 Looking back 3 years ago 10 6y
0 Fuld Ready for His Close-Up 1 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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