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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%
Professional Growth Opportunities
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%
Total Avg Compensation
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
“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”
Leaderboard
| 1 | 99.2 | |
| 2 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | 99.0 | |
| 4 | 99.0 | |
| 5 | 98.9 | |
| 6 | 98.9 | |
| 7 | 98.9 | |
| 8 | 98.9 | |
| 9 | 98.9 | |
| 10 | 98.8 |
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
Always quantify your descriptions and put some flavor to your words...
"Analyzed 3 technology and 6 consumer service companies for prioritizing $220M in early-stage/growth capital"
"Worked with 6 PMs on determining 4 different investment criteria factors that resulted in a projected 32% return to our firm's LP's"
Instead of planning to write an investment thesis, just say you are writing an investment thesis on XXX
"Writing an undergraduate thesis on the undervaluation of XXX Company based on XXX,XXX,XXX
Also, unless you went to a prestigious HS where there are lots of strong and loyal alumni, I would drop HS
Why do you sub-bullet out your experiences? There is no reason to do that.
"Evaluated and analyzed potential investments to help prioritize opportunities for the investment team" this sounds better but even then you want to elaborate further.
Small business bullet sucks
Why Work-Related Activities?, why not just EC's?
Why are all your rewards from HS?
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