+6 Undergraduate degree cutoffs 1 3y
+6 Include resume in cold email as a rising freshman? 1 3y
+10 William Blair pausing recruitment? 8 3y
+101 SAT Score Accident 104 3y
+3 Sixth Street Strategic Capital SA 2024 1 3y
+9 What is the play here? 1 3y
+3 What are some underrepresented jobs that pay similar to IB ? 4 3y
+3 Anything still open? 1 3y
+9 IB, Sovereign Advisory or...both? 1 3y
+13 Potential next steps in the current job market 2 3y
+8 CS Interns - UBS Superday 41 3y
0 DELETE 3 3y
+6 BofA Sophomore SA 2024 Non-NYC 5 3y
+3 Non target help 1 3y
+3 Application opening for Q3 2024 (summer analyst) Frankfurt & London 0 3y
+6 Full Time/Lateral IB Analyst Recruitment Timeline 1 3y
+3 Will FT recruiting exist this year?? 1 3y
+36 Community College Student 11 3y
+6 Networking With Small Firms? 1 3y
+13 Terrible time to pursue IB? 2 3y
+6 Lower Classmen Internships 1 3y
+3 Any other rising A2As getting FOMO from sitting out of on-cycle 2021 1 3y
+7 How do you network as an SA? 4 3y
+6 Those successful in PWM 4 2y
+38 Getting into investment banking 12 3y
+17 Am I completely screwed? 8 3y
+3 Wells Fargo CIB Commercial Real Estate Analyst Program 1 3y
+3 Are there any spots left for 2024 MS sophomore wealth management? 1 3y
+3 Too late for good 2024 internships? 2 3y
+6 Chicago lev finance groups 1 3y
+8 Choose office in less popular city and get hired? 4 3y
+22 Can't even get IB interviews. 5 3y
+12 Landing an IB Offer with no prior due diligence experience? 1 3y
+3 Rude Interviewers 2 3y
+12 Internship Question for IB analyst/associates/VP 4 3y
+30 Raleigh, Atlanta, or Nashville? 27 2y
+10 Is Operations as bad as this forum makes it out to be? 2 3y
+9 Advice In search of IB Analyst Role 1 3y
+4 Optimizing for Corp Dev Exits? 1 3y
+21 How to be more proactive when searching for a job? 4 3y
+3 Aus —> NZ IB pathway? 1 3y
0 Tips: London SA 2024 1 3y
+9 Boutique Bank Intern To FT Interview Protocols ? 1 3y
+7 Best way to name drop a super close contact that is connected with a senior over a cold email 2 3y
+3 Urgent help the non compete! 1 3y
+24 Columbia GS? 6 2y
+6 Any banks or funds doing geographic arbitrage on their risk function? 1 3y
+4 Can I go back “home” during Christmas / New Years? 1 3y
+9 Moving from CB to IB as an intern for FT 1 3y
+3 MM Exit options 3 3y
+4 JP Morgan Asset Management Summer Analyst Hirevue questions 2 3y
+4 Hopeful laterals how is your job hunt going? 1 3y
+9 US -> London Transfer Request Advice 2 3y
+11 Pivot from law to natural resources/energy/infra finance 4 2y
+9 RBC 2024 FT 2 3y
+6 Best bank for Structured Credit? 1 3y
+3 Reality of RX 2 3y
+12 Del. 2 3y
+3 Is it too late for rx 2024? 1 3y
+3 Best locations in NE not NYC? 1 3y
+3 19 year old Investment Banking Experience 3 2y
+14 PhD in engineering to finance/investment 3 3y
+3 Credit Research to IB 2 3y
+3 Which internship is paradise? 1 3y
+23 Post recruiting anxiety 3 3y
+3 Southern Boutique and MM Banks 3 3y
+7 Returning to a bank in which you did not repay bonus 2 3y
+9 PJT SF? 3 2y
0 IB Internship Interview: Outlook on current markets etc (relevant to IB and Aus) 1 3y
+12 Would like some perspective. Super stressed about FT recruiting. 1 3y
+15 International student from T20 with econ degree - graduated / no internships / low GPA / soon to be unemployed 7 6mo
+4 How hard would it be to pivot to Public Finance 1 3y
+11 Pathway to Infrastructure Investments 3 3y
+12 Non-target freshman 1 3y
+17 GS IBD Sophomore Summer Analyst 2024 Megathread 9 3y
+13 2024 IBD Graduate Recruitment 6 3y
+7 JEF or GUG? RX? 4 3y
+3 Analyst Reference 1 3y
+3 How long after applying should I expect to receive an interview 2 3y
+16 NYC sucks - need advice 5 3y
+10 Does a minor help in recruiting? 9 3y
+3 Can I reuse the same Cover Letters/Application Questions if I'm rerecruiting? 2 3y
+4 ER/Corp banking to eventually get into IB 1 3y
+13 Boutique Intern With No Junior Offer!! 5 3y
+16 Full-Time Recruiting? 5 3y
0 Decided not to do on cycle ... need help going forward 1 3y
+9 Which offer to take for IB lateral? 5 3y
+6 Georgetown MSF Worth it? 7 10mo
+6 Advice: Told Return Offer Rates Will Be Down 2 3y
+3 Oncycle 2 3y
+3 Full Time IB Recruiting 2024 2 3y
+1 GS Sophomore SA 2024 44 2y
+5 best networking questions 4 3y
+7 JMP Securities 2024 SA 8 3y
+3 Do MM funds participate in on-cycle? 1 3y
+4 Mjakjdn 2 3y
+15 Delete 15 3y
+25 No job offer after more than 40 interviews 6 3y
+3 JPM Dubai or Madrid Off-Cycle Internship 1 3y
+3 IB Off-Cycle Internships 4 3y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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