+6 Adjusting offers for COL 2 2y
+9 How did interview go 1 2y
+9 Transfering to London or Hong Kong Office? 2 2y
+6 Recruiting Timeline for Summer 2025 3 2y
+5 Nomura FT 2024 37 2y
+17 Non-Target Freshman: Should I stay or should I go 8 2y
+10 Feeling Lost - MS Finance student at UCL 3 2y
0 First-year in college, is working as a part-time teller worth? 1 2y
+3 Is it Shameful to reach out to rerecruit FT? 2 2y
0 Best Headhunters in Boston 0 2y
+10 What to expect on your first day of work as a CRE analyst? 3 2y
0 Lateraling before end of assoc program? 2 2y
+3 Upcoming Deutsche Bank 2024 Software IB Superday 2 2y
0 Trying to move to the UK once I graduate, which firms are still hiring for full-time analyst 2024? 0 2y
+1 UT Austin Target Banks? 2 2y
0 Big Four Advisory vs Wells Fargo Commercial Banking 1 2y
+9 Corporate Banking Analyst vs Relationship Banking Associate 1 2y
+10 This sucks and I hate myself 4 2y
+9 Federal Reserve Bank (NYC) Interview / Career Advice 4 2y
+17 Quit my finance job because I hated living in NYC 3 2y
+25 Break into M&A in London/NYC - Resume got “messed up” 5 2y
0 Networking with previous interviewers? 1 2y
+6 Case Study 1 2y
+29 Best Way To Cold Email as a Gap-Year Student? 11 2y
+8 3.4 GPA at Ivy-Target 2 2y
+10 Career Advice - Dilemma 1 2y
+12 Advice on lateral recruiting in PE 5 2y
+19 [Deleted] 2 2y
+6 Non target no internships. Any people who’ve been in a similar predicament but made it out? 5 2y
+6 What is an instant turnoff during an interview (appart from the basic no nos) 1 2y
+12 Too late to land a top IB role? 3 2y
+3 Any opening for 2024 SA? 3 2y
+6 Networking for Boutique Banks 1 2y
+3 Competing Offer Email 2 2y
+4 [Networking] What’s the response rate I should expect? 4 2y
+9 Rigid French system 2 2y
+58 Made a LinkedIn post for job acceptance but got an email from my 1st choice that they are still deciding. 12 2y
+3 Interning at a small hedge fund sophomore year 2 2y
+5 Freshmen Internship? 4 2y
+2 How do you respond if a random stranger you met in real life asked you to help him get a job at the firm you work at? 2 2y
+9 How bad is it if I drop out of my MBA program? 3 2y
+3 Breaking In For Free 3 2y
+9 Delete 3 2y
+3 Biotech Corporate VC Professional Seeking Lateral Opps in IB/ER 1 2y
0 Career advice - FLDP or Public Accounting? 2 2y
+3 Risk of FT recruit before SA? 1 2y
+15 /help\ finding a job 9 2y
+3 DB NY vs Barclays SF for IB SA 1 2y
+15 How Do I Get Into IB From A Non-Target? 12 2y
+6 X 2 2y
+15 US buy-side recruiting whilst interning in IB 7 2y
+5 In need of advice, Big 4 or Business Valuation? 2 2y
+12 Feeling lost in transition mode 1 2y
+3 PwC Financial Markets & Real Estate - Assurance 1 2y
+27 Follow passion in small VC or stick it out in LevFin 14 2y
+2 Banks Sponsoring Visas 5 2y
+10 GS and JPM Applications 2 2y
+4 Evercore FT 2024 3 2y
+3 Sdeddededededd 2 2y
+6 ft recruiting timeline 2 2y
+4 Lateraling after first year 2 2y
+12 MBB to IB (or PE) 2 2y
+9 How can I break into Commercial Banking 3 2y
+103 I was criticized and ridiculed for driving 4 hours to have a coffee chat with an investment banker. 33 2y
+134 A kid drive 4 hours to have a coffee chat with me(Pennsylvania) 30 2y
+3 Realistic movement from JPM CADP 1 2y
0 Wife’s bf (karate teacher) got me an interview - is this ethical? 3 2y
+6 Lateral from corporate banking to investment banking going into FT corporate banking - is it possible? 1 2y
+16 MIT Freshman seeking career advice 4 2y
+11 How Screwed Am I? 2 2y
+8 Cold email subject lines for lateral from outside of industry? 3 2y
+13 Ducera FT 2024 26 2y
+5 Dartmouth blacklist? 2024 SA 3 2y
+17 Navigating FT Opportunities for 2024 10 2y
+3 School and IB recruiting 1 2y
0 IB NYC from Duke 3 2y
+9 Is this stupid? 3 2y
+23 quit IB recently, advice on what to tell interviewers 11 2y
+9 help, should i email about a job that isnt publicly posted? 3 2y
+13 Is this career suicide? 4 2y
+1 Haven’t got a decision in 10 days after BCG final round interviews 2 2y
+8 advice on corp dev / strategy at a faang or large tech company from IB? 3 2y
0 International - is it POSSIBLE? 3 2y
+3 Fully Licensed at a BD looking to move into IB 1 2y
+6 Response time from SMBC 1 2y
+8 TAP Advisors SA 2024 5 2y
+14 Incoming SA at Barclays- Concerns about Exodus + Comp 7 2y
+118 Big Money vs. Prestige dilemma 49 2y
+3 How many years after college graduation do they stop checking your college transcript/GPA at the bulge bracket banks? 1 2y
+9 CB SA to IB Healthcare FT 1 2y
+12 How to lateral 7 2y
+3 Cambridge Associates or Prop Trading Analyst? 1 2y
+10 DNB Markets NY IB 1 2y
0 Which boutique after a 6months Midcap M&A internship in Austria 1 2y
+20 Lateral from No-Name Middle Market to BB/EB? 11 2y
+3 Gonna take a credit rating analyst role at a big3 rating agency 2 2y
0 Good Summer sophomore Internship 3 2y
+26 Most "Cerebral" Area of Finance 11 2y
+12 Is it possible to go for IB in Paris straight out of an American college? 1 2y
+24 JPM FT 2024 27 2y

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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

Professional Growth Opportunities

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

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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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