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+41 Do women really care about money? 60 13y
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+41 Member of the year nominations 27 6y
+41 Favorite iPhone/iPad Apps 99 5y
+41 Traveling America: What A Beautiful Country We Have 11 13y
+41 On Being Burned Out 16 13y
+41 Oh the Irony 15 2y
+41 Dr. Evil's Trillion Dollar Coin 14 13y
+41 Breaking Sugar Addiction 38 3y
+41 Ratings Agencies in the Spotlight Again 15 13y
+41 How to verify if someone sketchy actually has an MBA from HBS? 14 8y
+41 I'm working 100 hour weeks in banking, but I see influencers making thousands for a fraction of the work. What am I doing... 43 3y
+41 Work Life Balance is Overrated 27 13y
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+41 Anyone else bored of their iPhone? 57 13y
+41 Reddit Thread: "Would you work 80 to 90 hours a week for $350,000 a year? If no, why not?" 36 2y
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+41 Are Hedge Funds Too Big to Outperform? 25 13y
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+41 How to Overcome Extreme Risk Aversion? 25 7y
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+41 Gifts to Analyst at end of Internship 25 3y
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+41 How Entrepreneurship isn't prestigious? 19 3y
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+41 WSO Caption Contest - Dec 19th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt 35 12y
+41 Dumbest Interview Question You've Ever Heard 43 2y
+41 What it's really like to work on Wall Street - Yahoo Finance Interview with Patrick Curtis 53 12y
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+41 anyone play warzone? 34 4y
+41 How happy are you on a scale of 1-10?(10 being the happiest) 30 2y
+41 What is with these "paid" internships?? 21 6y
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+41 Misrepresentation of Age (fake id) 29 7y
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+41 How is the amount in the bonuses determined? In Investment Banking/Hedge Funds/Trading etc. 58 10y
+41 Is the market gonna even crash anymore? 18 4y
+41 What Is Your Drink of Choice? 38 7y
+41 Has cash met it's match? 16 9y
+41 European - Things to do in NY during training 17 6y
+41 How would you view "Competitive Gaming" as an extracirricular? 37 4y
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+41 Top rank Christmas Films 42 3y
+41 How To Get Cheap (Or Free) Golf 22 9y
+41 Protester Crybaby Rant 3 9y
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+41 Dating a Hedge Fund Manager 14 9y
+41 What's Your Anthem? 69 7y
+41 Am I a Douche? 37 9y
+41 URGENT: Pittsburgh or DC 52 5y
+41 Columbia President Resigns 7 2y
+41 Anyone on Finasteride? 61 1y
+41 You guys need some perspective 45 2y
+41 Netflix Co-Founder’s Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want 10 9y
+41 I’m socially awkward 21 12mo
+41 In the market for a cat -- most prestigious breeds? 49 6y
+41 Removed 36 3y
+41 The Secret to getting through hard times and being happy 16 8y
+41 At what point in your life is it best to start a business? 30 1y
+41 Would investing in Amazon and Tesla actually be a mistake? 12 8y
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+41 Robot Culture at Work 17 8y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
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  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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