+9 Work place "orphan" - has anyone experienced this and how did you improve your situation? 1 6y
+9 Brookfield AM/Business Partners Vs The Street 1 6y
+3 What is Upper Middle Market? 1 6y
+57 Choose Between Two Offers (BB/MBB) - Looking for Advice 8 6y
0 Brookwood Financial Partners - Review - Real Estate Data 6y
0 Brookwood Financial Partners - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+9 How to plan for the future? (Moving to buyside in 1-2years) Any advice? 1 6y
+14 O&G Engineer at PortCo to Associate IB/PE 3 6y
0 Realterm - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 6y
+5 Infrastructure PE Excel Models 2 6y
+58 Deals, Death and Deception - A Banker's Tale 8 4y
+6 How important are pre-MBA PE references for post-MBA recruiting? 1 6y
+14 What would you classify as the top MM shops? 9 6y
0 AlpInvest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 6y
+17 Special Situations coming? 0 4y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - Venture Capital Data 6y
+12 Q 1 3y
0 bcIMC - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
0 CIM Group - Review - Investments Data 6y
0 CIM Group - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 6y
+23 Best odds to get into PE: Consulting or IB Energy? 5 6y
0 360 Global Capital - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 6y
+3 Gary Vaynerchuk & Steve Schwarzmann 1 6y
0 quantitative brokers - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+13 [PE Interview Prep] Financing a Seasonal Commodity Business 2 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Infrastructure Data 6y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 6y
+56 "Walk me through a recent deal" sample, newsletter alert 7 6y
+9 Anyone have any insight into 777 Partners in Miami? 6 6y
+9 How do you find out/prove a fund's AUM? 11 6y
+9 Any Thoughts On PE Exit Ops Coming From A Specialized Boutique? 2 5y
+18 IRR more sensitive to EBITDA margin than Revenue CAGR - why? 3 6y
+61 Considering buying automotive repair shops 17 4y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Restructuring Data 6y
0 StepStone - Interview - Research Data 6y
+3 Bad review - life after that? 2 6y
+14 Best Lower MM/micro-cap PE firms? 4 6y
+37 Advice for a young kid in CC? 7 6y
+12 Advice for a young student? 2 6y
+16 Joint Venture Payment Terms - Asshole terms or Is this Common Practice 1 6y
0 UBS AG - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+4 Best Associate Programs 3 6y
0 Tikehau Capital - Interview - Leveraged Finance Data 6y
+35 Your thoughts on PE Exit Ops coming from a Mid-Market Boutique? 10 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Susquehanna Growth Equity - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+18 Thoughts On MMPE Riverside Company for SA/FT 3 6y
0 HarbourVest - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+23 Can't seem to improve on modeling - advice appreciated please... 6 4y
+30 Bain Capital Credit London culture? 27 4y
0 H.I.G. Capital - Interview - Private Equity Data 6y
+3 A question about internships/apprenticeships 1 6y
+19 MBA for PE Associates 3 6y
+13 Backing Out ot Post Banking Position 2 6y
+21 Infrastructure PE - Model Test 7 2y
+34 Exit options for BIG LBOssss 10 6y
+131 Turning down HBS/GSB/Wharton for the Promote-Through 39 2y
0 JMI Equity - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 6y
+12 Path to corporate PE post-MBA with only REPE experience pre-MBA 1 6y
+31 Quantify Risk Reward (Private Eq) 10 6y
+8 OpenView Venture Partners 4 6y
+3 Private equity vs mutual fund after MBA? 1 6y
+3 GCM Grosvenor - Strategic Investments Group 11 12mo
+12 Infrastructure Private Equity Secondaries 1 6y
+3 Sycamore and its retail deals - what do you guys think of it? 1 6y
0 Blackmore Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Blackmore Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+3 From Fund Accounting To Finance 1 6y
+3 Best MM tech funds in NYC? 1 6y
+3 Has anyone here heard of Real Vision Finance Group? aka the "anti-CNBC". 1 6y
+35 Co-Investing Deal Structure (EXAMPLE) 8 6y
+510 Q&A - Infrastructure PE & IBD 214 3y
+7 Anyone have 3hr LBOs they can send me? 5 6y
0 Peak Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+13 "Off-cycle" 2021 kickoffs 4 6y
+29 What does a "research analyst" do at a PE firm? 9 6y
0 Copley Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
+14 Interview Question: Which company to invest in? 1 6y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+9 Carry where multiple distributions 1 6y
0 Loeb Capital Management - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Debt Fund Originators / Hard Money 1 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Bernhard Capital Partners - Interview - Infrastructure Data 6y
+27 Would an MBA be worth it after 3 years in IBD for PE? 9 6y
0 Harvey & Company - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 6y
+15 Final round interview advice - PE operations role 2 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 6y
0 Rocket Internet GmbH - Review - Back Office Data 6y
0 Rocket Internet GmbH - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 6y

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

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August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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