+13 DESPERATE: Background check help desperately needed 4 12y
0 Deutsche Bank vs Goldman Sachs 1 12y
+9 Wait Period for Offer 4 12y
+17 No-name company internship VS Recognised company but irrelevant role. 16 12y
0 Advice needed on interesting situation 4 12y
+29 Are there any 2013 graduates still looking for a FT? 28 12y
+25 Questions to people who actually do the HIRING 18 12y
0 Is that a good background? 1 12y
0 No relevant work experience and I need serious help in reaching my goal of a career in trading 2 12y
+13 CS Student Interested In Trading - How to Prepare for Next Recruiting Season? 1 12y
0 Remote job doing corporate valuations / time series econometric modeling / algorithmic trading? 1 12y
0 Barclays vs GS 23 12y
0 Headhunting: Difference between "Corporate Investment Banking" & "Investment Banking" 2 12y
0 Curious about Collateral Adminstration 0 12y
0 Next Best Move: Real Estate to Finance 0 12y
+24 Reaching back out to old contacts 15 12y
0 Is it acceptable to ask a campus recruiter for contacts? 4 12y
+17 Sophomore Summer: I'm completely lost 5 12y
+15 How common/expected is heavy drinking and drug use? 12 12y
+15 From RM to IB, Private Equity, or Hedge Fund 4 12y
0 Humanities Major to Consulting 3 12y
0 Non target > Big 4> IBD 1 12y
+17 Does nobody in finance think of economics as anything but another business/finance major? 12 12y
0 Need help comparing 3 opportunities 2 12y
0 CME Group risk management or internal accounting at phase 2 pharmaceutical company? 0 12y
0 Email Follow Up Before Deadline (Help!) 2 12y
0 Excel Help! At a complete loss. 3 12y
0 Advices needed - moving from boutiques to Wall St 0 12y
0 Business Minor? 2 12y
0 Does a PhD minor degree in CS mean anything? 2 12y
0 Pre-Employment Screening 0 12y
0 S&P Ratings Lat Am Group, Sovereign Ratings Internship 7 12y
0 Where to start off at? Propshop vs Goldman Sachs? 1 12y
0 Career opportunities: middle office of top investing bank vs. proprietary algorithmic trading 0 12y
0 Summer Internships..What's still left?? 3 12y
0 Elite Boutique to Buy Side? 1 12y
0 Five Weeks Off Between Jobs? 6 12y
0 Hedge Fund FoF after sophomore year? 2 12y
0 When to end the conversation? 4 12y
0 Confused about current Boutique IB internship 1 12y
0 Can someone offer me some advice? 4 12y
0 How to answer what do you are looking for in this job? 1 12y
0 Attorney with JD from Top 5 & RE background looking to break into finance - advice sought 4 12y
+30 Including Unrelated Work Experience on Resume? 35 12y
0 M&T Bank Internship 3 12y
0 Blackstone Park Hill RE Group interview 7 12y
0 JPM OPS SA vs Lloyd's Finance Summer Internship 2 12y
0 Recruiters in Washington DC 0 12y
0 Please help - Unemployed and Looking for a Job 0 12y
0 Need some help deciding offers 3 12y
+30 Commission only jobs - be safe 26 12y
0 Pricing Analysis and Strategies Group at GSAM 0 12y
0 Middle Market Firm IBD Uncertainty 3 12y
0 Mistake - Critical or not? 4 12y
0 Just got an offer, how to contact other interview processes 2 12y
+7 Cold networking in a small city 7 12y
+21 How to Be Articulate in Interviews? 7 12y
+52 MIND BLOWN!/ Connections? 27 12y
0 Choosing between 2 offers...advice please 1 12y
0 How do I approach this situation? 3 12y
+8 2 months vs 4 months for internship? 1 12y
0 Your Experience 2 12y
0 Poaching candidates, negotiation, above-street compensation for new analysts 0 12y
0 Blackstone Interview Help 2 12y
0 Help - Sophomore with Interview 0 12y
+12 UTC Aerospace Systems: Co-op Operations Research/Supply Chain Management 4 12y
0 Need Advice on employment path. 1 12y
+14 The IB interview low GPA question... oh yeah, ADD/ADHD. 9 12y
+21 Hypothetical Q - Renege via failing drug test 17 12y
0 Interviewing for Middle/Back Office Advice 2 12y
0 Merrill Lynch corporate credit risk analyst last round 4 12y
0 Summer Internship - Still Searching 2 12y
0 AM Institutional Sales vs. S&T Institutional Sales 2 12y
0 Starting Internships Late? 25 12y
+18 My Strategy? 13 12y
+25 Unemployed graduate from a target 20 12y
0 Want to go into trading at a BB, but what should I do this summer if I don't get an internship? 0 12y
0 Offered a summer internship at KPMG, will it hurt or help my chances of getting into investment banking? 8 12y
0 FDM Group 0 12y
+3 Land a job in Sales Trading 3 12y
0 Quick Interview Questions(Please Help!) 2 12y
+3 Best Outlook for Engineers? 1 12y
0 Things to do while at University 3 12y
0 MBB and BB/Elite boutiqe IB FT Recruiting 2 12y
0 First time interviewee going through the waiting period.... 1 12y
0 Offer Help Please! 4 12y
+18 Leveraging another offer to get off BB waitlist? 14 12y
0 Will an internship at this firm be relevant to IB? 2 12y
0 MBA from top 20, Commercial banker looking for change 6 12y
0 JPM Asset Management Strategy Group Information 1 12y
+15 HOW ON EARTH CAN SOMEONE GET A HIGH GPA!!?! 14 12y
0 Continue Networking Post-SA Acceptance? 0 12y
0 If I am not in the US in March,would I miss most of lateral recruiting? 2 12y
0 Previous PE experience but unconventional background - how will this affect internships/jobs down the line? 1 12y
0 Changing job and starting qualification 0 12y
0 BB ops or Private banking at a mid size bank? 2 12y
0 How Can I Help My Resume While Traveling Abroad? 0 12y
+49 Company asks me to renege 33 12y
+1 messaging recruiters in Linkedin ? 1 12y
0 Best way to re-brand myself 2 12y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.9%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • 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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