0 Need Advice... Back Office FT or keep looking in the spring? 12 6y
0 Intuit RDP Interivews- Anyone know what to expect 1 9y
+234 A Guide for Switching From Commercial Banking to Investment Banking 195 4y
0 Deleted 1 12y
0 First-Year Investment Banking Analyst Candidate 14 12y
+18 Voluntarily Left vs Terminated on U5 11 12y
0 SIG Trading Non-Compete 5 12y
0 multiple references for the same firm when applying SA? 8 12y
0 Background Check - Do companies check leadership positions? 14 9y
+5 When is the best time to send a cold email? 12 9y
0 Brick wall? 6 6y
0 FT Job Hunt - Need your advice 4 12y
0 Currently studying abroad senior year 5 6y
0 a - Derivatives role 4 10y
0 Need Individual Advice & Resume Critique 4 6y
0 Advice on Resume/Job Search 5 12y
0 Lateral Move >> Is this appropriate if they have a job opening posted? 2 6y
0 Chicago Winter/Off Cycle Internships? 5 6y
+29 Financial Analyst = Accounting? 15 12y
+2 Mustache during interviews? 10 12y
+42 Trafigura International Trader Programme - Interviews 61 6y
+15 Banks that consider seniors for SA 10 6y
+11 I Honestly Don't Know Which Direction to Go... Help? 16 12y
0 Actuary to Private Equity: Can it be Done? 6 1y
0 Anyone heard back from UBS 1st round? 12 12y
0 Told of Assignment for Interview 1 12y
0 Which course in NYU is best for getting investment banking internship/job? 3 6y
0 How to answer the pre-interview question: "Are you planing to move to XYZ City"? 2 12y
+26 Rothschild M&A in NYC top MM firm? 20 5y
+7 Meeting With an Alumnus: How to convert a meeting into an opportunity? 1 12y
0 Why is my school a target for IBD and not S&T? Will they be posted? 2 6y
0 Written case/presentation as part of consulting recruitment process 16 10y
+10 Final Year at University and NO Finance Work Experience..help please 2 12y
0 Would a Bsc in Chemical/Medical Engineering be better than a Bsc in Economics be more useful in breaking in Investment Banking 2 12y
0 What are typical starting offers for software engineering at small Prop Trading companies? 10 6y
0 Beating a Pre Employment Drug Test 8 12y
0 Cold Calling For Job 4 12y
0 Trading Behavioral Question 4 12y
0 Blackrock Global Consultant Relations 2 5y
0 BGC Partners / Cantor Fitzgerald any thoughts? 4 12y
0 Emailing a final follow up 3 12y
0 BOOM 3 12y
0 lazard convertible securities 8 10y
+12 Accenture or Capital One or JPM Tech 10 12y
0 help fuqua duke 4.5 yrs acc/finance 3 6y
0 Career in asset management/fund management with an unrelated degree. 0 12y
+17 Need to work in Moscow. Any suggestions based on my skillsets 16 6y
0 Meeting with VP at HR (Capital Markts) 0 12y
+24 Best Excel Crash Course ??? 34 5y
0 f50 finance intern soph summer ->IBD SA Junior Summer (possible?) 3 12y
0 SUGGESTION NEEDED: summer S&T analyst, FT job? 1 12y
0 Will I be out of line? 1 6y
0 Linkedin Job Seeker Plus 16 12y
+19 Interviewed with GS, got all questioned answered, no offer 9 12y
0 How to Suss Out Your Prospective Employer? 2 12y
0 did i come off as sexist during a interivew 9 10y
0 Job Search Advice - Senior at a non-target 8 10y
+13 Withdraw from class to attend superday 19 8y
0 Bulge Bracket Referral Hook Up 5 12y
+9 Bruised before meeting a BSD 11 11y
0 Go back for same interview? 3 12y
0 Lack of Feedback 5 12y
+19 Recent Ivy Grad, BUT.... 9 6y
0 Proper HR protocol 5 12y
0 PwC Virtual Office Audit Support Data Analyst Second Interview (2nd Excel Test Help!) 3 10y
0 Duff & Phelps: Stepping Stone? 4 12y
0 Smaller Prop Shops 1 12y
0 BULLSHIT: Unpaid Internships Requiring School Credit 14 12y
0 Will I need an MBA to achieve my goal? 1 6y
0 Should I put a scanned signature on my cover letter? 7 12y
0 Advice: Disillusioned grad student wants to quit and enter the financial industry 2 12y
+9 Interviewing with a black eye 29 12y
+10 Bank of America - Market Risk Analyst Program (MRAP) Interview 9 9y
0 Vacation in Europe or Keep Applying? 1 6y
0 Working as technology analyst at a bank vs software engineer at technology firm 1 6y
0 deleted............... 1 11y
0 Heard back from Goldman Sachs SA early application? 5 12y
+8 Baird IBD vs GS IMD FT 11 12y
0 Awkward Email 8 12y
0 Summer analyst/ intern 1 6y
+21 Big 4 question 12 6y
+4 fired from unpaid internship 8 12y
0 Here`s my strategy 6 12y
0 Setting up informational interview when unable to make face to face or phone contact 1 12y
0 When do SA positions appear on career database 2 6y
0 advice on getting internship? 4 6y
0 how about Valuation Risk Group in investment banking 0 6y
+10 GE Capital Investment Analyst Position 1 12y
0 Meeting or emailing one of the most influential Banker in your country. 6 12y
0 Can't break in 12 12y
0 Need some advice or tips of where/how to start my career. 4 12y
0 Should I apply for internships or new analyst roles? 2 12y
0 How does recruiting work after graduating college/starting work? 2 12y
+9 Economic Consulting Superday -- Anyone Have Some Tips? 12 12y
0 Resume Critique - Applied to a list of about 200 IBs 5 10y
0 Confused over lateral? 2 12y
0 Tried to go in for the kill, but nothing. Anything else that can be done from here? 3 12y
0 Edward Jones Rotational Development Program 5 12y
0 Seattle Networking 2 6y
0 "What do you want to get out of your association with XYZ Company?" 1 12y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

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  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
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