+36 Lateraling in PE - Evaluating Tradeoffs 15 4mo
+36 LevFin Analyst Preparing for PE 16 1mo
+36 Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before PE Start 10 1mo
+35 Are MF Modelling tests changing? My experience 8 11mo
+35 PE associate Exits? 40 8mo
+35 Do people get let go before the end of their programs ? 13 8mo
+35 STG 2025? 20 4mo
+35 PE-held ~7 years, near-sale fell apart — stay or walk? 13 4mo
+35 Senior Associate Purgatory 10 4mo
+35 Joining PE with no deal experience 11 1mo
+35 PE Recruiting post MBA 18 1mo
+34 Start-up PE Opportunity 7 5mo
+34 MF/Firms with any semblance of WLB 18 7mo
+34 Dallas Private Equity 2026 Update 23 4w
+34 Q&A: 3rd Year PE Analyst 33 1mo
+34 What Now? The Existential Question of a PE Associate 10 3mo
+34 Quitting as mid-level with nothing lined up 12 2mo
+34 ———title 10 2mo
+34 Coasting at MF, VP+ 5 1mo
+34 Does working in PE help get you laid? 29 1w
+34 Re-entering finance after child rearing / family care 10 2w
+34 Feeling Super Unprepared for PE Gig 9 3d
+34 Underrated MF/UMM Funds 44 2d
+33 Updated 2025 Thoughts on Charlesbank? 29 3mo
+33 ICG Secondaries Insights? 16 8mo
+33 Any Bad IB Analyst who thrived in PE (MMF) 13 7mo
+33 Top Industrial PE Funds 27 3mo
+33 Is this normal for smaller PE or is something actually wrong here? 18 2mo
+33 Is FP really not screwed? 23 2mo
+33 33 Years Old In PE & Still Single - Should I Quit To Find A Wife 32 2w
+33 Hiring for outbound sourcing? 7 1mo
+32 Laid off from PE, got Lucky with a great role. How can I maximize my income? 26 11mo
+32 2025 up and coming funds 9 2mo
+32 How much to coinvest as an Analyst at MF? 18 9mo
+32 Who's actually the best? 25 9mo
+32 H.I.G. Capital Comp Check 20 4mo
+32 PE Associate (MM FIG) Targeting L/S - ER as Bridge vs Direct Buyside? Career Advice 7 4mo
+32 Outlook on (Tech) PE recruiting as incoming AN1 26 1mo
+32 Headhunter Calls for Upcoming On Cycle (Current College Senior) 12 1mo
+32 2.9 GPA -> NYC EB -> UMM PE 21 3w
+31 Question for healthcare investors - rollups and HCIT 8 4mo
+31 Comp Negotiation for First Time Fund 28 9mo
+31 Go back to PE/VC or Stay in Family Biz + Real Estate? 5 10mo
+31 Future of Growth Equity in Europe 7 10mo
+31 PortCo Management 5 3mo
+31 Laid Off.. Career Decision (NEED ADVICE) 18 3mo
+31 Doing well but feel like I am a Fraud Personality Hire, Leave Industry Completely? 21 4mo
+31 PE Perks 2026 30 4mo
+31 Why I’m ditching Vanilla PE for Restructuring (RX) 18 1mo
+30 How Do I Know What I Like? 3 12mo
+30 MBB to PE 14 7mo
+30 2025-26 Target Tier List for IB/PE 13 5mo
+30 M7 MBA or UMM PE for 2 year program? 6 7mo
+30 Q&A: Return to PE after corporate stint 23 6mo
+30 Best Business You’ve Seen! 32 5mo
+30 Family Offices and Smaller PE Funds: In Search of a better WLB and, Hopefully, Better Carry 6 4mo
+30 Independent Sponsor Comp Structure 7 3mo
+30 PE to Director of Finance MF Portco 12 1mo
+30 Private Equity Internships are a scam 27 3w
+30 US MBA to Singapore PE: Better to do IB in Singapore or NY/London first? How important is bank brand/presence in SEA? 10 2w
+30 AI Roll Up opportunity 22 2w
+29 On-Cycle Cancelled 15 11mo
+29 How do PE funds pick their commercial and M&A advisors? 12 11mo
+29 Quitting Job With Nothing Lined Up 16 9mo
+29 Burnt out from interviews 6 8mo
+29 Snr Ass(ociate) in PE vs Snr VP in Banking 11 7mo
+29 BXPE? 20 4mo
+29 Healthcare PE Firm Updates 2025? 37 2w
+29 How to present your Investment opinion at IC (to be convincing)? 5 5mo
+29 Bain cap credit info? 19 3mo
+29 List of Buyout and Growth Firms with Analyst or Junior SA Programs 9 4mo
+29 Have you ever met someone with a good life working at a large cap fund? 14 4mo
+29 Burnt out and looking for what’s next 18 4mo
+29 Full ride at Dartmouth vs paying full at Stanford as an international — for finance industry,worth the debt? 23 1mo
+28 Huge blunder on case study email submission and now I’m feeling terrible…. Help - what do I do next? 8 11mo
+28 LBO Question - Why is cash ignored in equity value sometimes? 5 11mo
+28 Growing UMM/MM vs MF (Warburg, Bain) 21 11mo
+28 Freelancing in PE 9 11mo
+28 PE vs HF (activist) - which is the best career to be an owner/investor for returns. 2 10mo
+28 Former PE SA turned operator went bankrupt 19 10mo
+28 Breaking into PE in India 2 1mo
+28 What's A Good Balance For Inorganic and Organic Growth? 13 9mo
+28 PE Proprietary Deal Sourcing 11 7mo
+28 Fundraising for Self Funded Search / ETA 17 3mo
+28 Associates Handling NDAs 13 3mo
+28 Agentic AI Use Cases 6 1mo
+28 Are There Any Good Funds to Be a VP At? 26 2mo
+28 In most cases, will going international work against your long-term career? 6 2mo
+28 Deleted 17 1mo
+27 Finance Bro ghosted me?? 33 11mo
+27 Issues with interviewing with startups after working in banking / PE 3 11mo
+27 Benchmarking MF PE Associate Salaries (2025) 66 1d
+27 Motivation / Focus 18 8mo
+27 Starting your own fund is paradise 4 7mo
+27 Leaving PE -> Tech StratFin or Portco Role? 11 6mo
+27 Delete 8 5mo
+27 Best Masters for IB/PE + Scholarship + My chances 8 5mo
+27 Clawbacks & start date negotiation at VP/Principal 14 2mo
+27 On-Cycle Strategy / Rejecting Interviews / Reneging 8 5mo
+27 LT Expectations On The PE VP Backlog 2 5mo

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June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.2%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

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June 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (66) $101
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