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June 2026 Investment Banking
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Evercore 01 99.4%
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Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
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JPMorgan 01 98.2%
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Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
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Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%
Overall Employee Satisfaction
June 2026 Investment Banking
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Moelis & Company No 99.4%
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Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
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Evercore 01 98.2%
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BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
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Banco Santander 01 97.1%
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June 2026 Investment Banking
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Moelis & Company No 99.4%
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Evercore No 98.8%
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Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
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JPMorgan No 97.7%
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BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%
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June 2026 Investment Banking
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Vice President (14) $434
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Associates (43) $259
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3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
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2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
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Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
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1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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Intern/Summer Analyst (66) $101
16 IB Interviews Notes
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From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
Edit your post and resume to remove personal info (named specific school).
cut High School unless it is private or otherwise noteworthy. If you keep, consider rounding GPA to 4.0. Up to you to keep SAT. (note to others - only perfect SAT/ACTs scores are worth posting).
del "Proficient in"
replace "Chinese" to "Mandarin" (or w/e variant you speak)
Looks really good, especially for a freshman. Stay HUMBLE. Tell each person with whom you network/interview that you are interested only in that job/their industry. Tell them you are interested in grad school only if you can't break in after undergrad. Tell them your startup is just a side project to gain business experience and you are excited to work in a more formal setting and learn from experienced professionals.
Formal recruiting channels are largely closed to freshmen and sophomores, you need to network for a position. Hopefully you can afford to take an unpaid internship. Talk to professors and upperclassmen for leads on jobs. Network w/ anyone with whom you have something in common (school and language are prob your best bets). Get premium sub to linkedin.
You are way ahead of most of your peers, even at the elite school you attend.
Thank you so much for your advice,
I have a return offer at the place I interned last summer, but the work I was doing was pretty simple and the expectations weren't really high (at that Asset Management firm in general, people seemed very relaxed and worked really short hours with really long breaks).
I've applied to a couple top tier BB's and a couple of hyper competitive trading / quant desks, but I have been having some trouble getting interviews reliably (1 out of 4) (I was told a couple of times to re-apply next year as their programs are pretty much closed to 2nd years).
Do you have any suggestions as to what kinds of banks / trading desks I should try to apply for (internships)?
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