4 Comments
 

Meh they can be unreliable.

get yourself a 99.99% percentile score on a standardized test like a GMAT/GRE. Win a couple IMO medals or be an indian/chinese wonderkid in one of their hard tests.
 

Then you can have the luxury of being an insta hire. If you can't then, your gonna have to deal with the behaviourals and technical interviews like the rest of us champ

 

Find a way to bypass recruiters any chance you get. Most of my recent interviews happen through that. They're literally the most brain dead people I've ever spoken to. Any phone screen that's longer than 15 minutes is also a huge red flag IMO. Many of the sucessful phone screens I had were ~10-12 minutes verifying my experience and telling me about the next steps (a formal 1st round interview). Had another recently that was 20-25 minutes with a recruiter through a referral and I don't think she even understood what her company does.

 

Veniam incidunt sint sed. Hic voluptates voluptas autem et delectus voluptatum. Placeat culpa distinctio tempore deserunt molestias magnam.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (23) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (82) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
4
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
7
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
8
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”