0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 7y
+21 Nerds are Taking Over the Street 1 7y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+10 How much travel and relocation is required of physical commodity traders 3 7y
0 Trafigura - Interview - Energy Data 7y
+1 Best Indicator Combo? 1 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Trading Data 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 7y
+20 Details of a Swaps Trader - what do you need to know? 6 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+3 Preparing for starting a career at a BB ? 1 7y
0 Optiver - Interview - NA Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Advisory Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Advisory Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Bank of Montreal - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
+21 Why regulate prop trading? 1 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 IMC Chicago - Interview - Prop Trading Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
+3 Small and Mid cap market maker 1 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Derivatives Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Derivatives Data 7y
+3 Is FX S&T considered front office? 10 7y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Capital Markets Data 7y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Capital Markets Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Prime Brokerage Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Trading Data 7y
0 T3 Trading Group - Review - Trading Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Fixed Income Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Fixed Income Data 7y
+11 Climbing the ladder to trading desks 3 7y
+3 Adivce 2 7y
0 UBS AG - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 7y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 7y
0 IMC Financial Markets - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading Data 7y
+3 selling series 7 knopman books 1 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Sales Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 7y
+9 Is electronic trading considered front office? 1 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Interview - Prop Trading Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Series 7 Knopman Practice tests? 2 7y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 HSBC - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+6 Goldman Sachs Securities HireVue 5 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 7y
0 Glencore - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Interview - NA Data 7y
+3 How soon can I open a prop trading shop of my own? 1 7y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 7y
0 Mizuho Securities - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Mizuho Securities - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Barclays - Review - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Equities Data 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 7y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Trading Data 7y
+29 Struggling to understand the nuances between an exchange and a market maker 9 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Securities Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Securities Data 7y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - NA Data 7y
0 Trafigura - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 7y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Cargill - Review - Consulting Data 7y
0 Cargill - Salary & Bonus - Consulting Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+3 Target Schools S&T vs IB 2 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Global Markets Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets Data 7y
0 Yuanta Securities - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading Data 7y
0 Spot Trading LLC - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Spot Trading LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Foreign Exchange FX Data 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Foreign Exchange FX Data 7y
0 Chicago Trading Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 DRW - Salary & Bonus - Derivatives Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Sales Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

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 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.2%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.2%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (43) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (77) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (71) $101
notes
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
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
5
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
6
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”