0 Advice for a freshman that aspires to do IB/quant trading 1 9mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 s&t off cycle conversion rate 1 9mo
+4 Does a referral guarantee an interview? 8 9mo
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Interview - Generalist Data 9mo
+9 Trillium Trading 6 9mo
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 9mo
0 AGC Partners - Review - Investment Banking Data 9mo
0 State Street Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 9mo
0 State Street Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 9mo
0 Securitization in transaction bank 1 9mo
+67 Q&A : I'm a dry bulk physical freight trader / chartering manager 58 9mo
0 GM S&T interview for SA 1 9mo
0 Susquehanna International Group - Interview - Equity Research Data 9mo
0 Trading vs OCIO exit routes into wealth management/asset management 1 9mo
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 9mo
0 DRW - Review - Prop Trading Data 9mo
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0 UniCredit - Review - Equities Data 9mo
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 9mo
0 DRW - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 9mo
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 9mo
+14 BP Second Round Interview Invites 12 9mo
0 All Options - Interview - Finance Data 9mo
+57 Poker, Trading, What to Do? 36 9mo
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Quantitative Data 9mo
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Data 9mo
0 Breaking into Energy Trading 1 9mo
+12 Virtuals/FTR power trading to term products feasibility 1 9mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 9mo
+10 Toxic team culture on Desk 1 9mo
+19 S&T or QS 5 9mo
+6 Got the internship - Now what? 4 9mo
+23 Practicing Python 19 9mo
+10 Thoughts on S&T (Specifically Sales) 4 9mo
+6 Credit vs Prime 2 9mo
+9 Lateral banks worth it? 1 9mo
+17 Programmer want to do trading, Feeling Stuck 6 9mo
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+3 How do L/S professionals think about their Personal Account trading? 2 9mo
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Interview - Trading Data 9mo
+3 Anyone Hear Anything About Macquarie FT? 2 9mo
0 Optiver - Review - Quantitative Trading Data 9mo
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Trading Data 9mo
+13 Lateraling to S&T from IB/Consulting 5 9mo
0 UBS AG - Interview - Trading Data 9mo
0 Peak6 senior risk role 1 9mo
+7 Hansen Mueller Issues? 3 9mo
+16 How Do You Trade from a Heavily Crowded Institutional Investor Position Subject to Strict Risk Management? 3 9mo
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+52 Starting S&T Internship — Rules of surviving the desk? 5 9mo
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0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Quantitative Trading Data 9mo
0 TransMarket Group - Interview - NA Data 9mo
+4 How to Manage Risks Effectively in Forex Trading 6 9mo
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0 Susquehanna Assessment 1 9mo
0 Distressed S&T Preliminary Info 1 9mo
0 Hartree Partners - Review - Energy Data 9mo
0 Hartree Partners - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 9mo
+9 Best Role to take for Power Trading 1 9mo
0 Walgreens - Review - Generalist Data 9mo
+10 FX Sales Interview advice 12 9mo
+4 Top BB S&T vs TDP 3 9mo
+6 GS Intern Amenities? 4 9mo
0 Trafigura Grad Programme Technical Assessment 2 9mo
0 Why there are so many H1Bs in Sales & Trading? 1 9mo
+135 Intro: Experienced Trader - Q&A 88 9mo
0 Shell Oil Company - Salary & Bonus - Power Data 9mo
+3 How much of success in S&T is innate vs. learned? 2 9mo
0 Jump Trading - Interview - NA Data 9mo
0 Chevron Corporation - Review - Oil & Gas Data 9mo
0 Chevron Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 9mo
0 DRW - Interview - Trading Data 9mo
+21 FTR Power Trading 11 9mo
+8 I have a 3.3 GPA At Berkeley In Econ and Stats, 1 9mo
+2 Fidget Toy on desk 1 9mo
0 JPMorgan - Review - Energy Data 9mo
0 UBS AG - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 Banco Santander - Interview - Generalist Data 9mo
+18 BNP Paribas GM Assessment Centre 7 9mo
+10 Bank of America S&T summer analyst 43 9mo
+30 College student networking via bloomberg? 13 9mo
+1 Broker to Sell Side s&t sales role? 4 9mo
0 RBC Royal Bank of Canada - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 Applying for S&T graduate program without S&T internships. What are my chances? 1 9mo
0 Citigroup - Review - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
+15 Securities lending/ Equity Finance 6 9mo
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 9mo
0 Optiver - Interview - Quantitative Trading Data 9mo
0 Books on Interest rate volatility/options 4 9mo
0 UniCredit - Interview - Global Markets Data 9mo
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+12 Physical Commodity Trading Thread - London 5 9mo
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August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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