Highest Ranked Comments In The Last Year

+5 Y’all gotta have better things to do than engagement farm UBS posts 😭😭 Analyst 1 in IB - ECM
+5 do you want to make friends or do you want to make money??? herzyherzy
+5 Nothing is over, and definitely don't listen to them.  schmunkey
+5 The thing you have to understand about Hines is that it was built more on a franchise model, where people in the 80s and 90s left the Houston office, and started offices in different cities and countries, and then paid a s Director in RE - Comm
+5 the hardest part was the underwater paper LBO Principal in Private Credit
+5 Associate 3, promoted to VPBase went from $225K to $275K Bonus: $250KTotal comp: $475K Was told top bucket—considering the hours I work, I'm very happy.  Associate 2 in IB - Gen
+5 GS was advising nobody… The media in TMT continues to trail behind the GS logo… here comes the “conflict of interest” excuse. What happen to Raine’s relationship with Ellison? Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+5 Honestly, I’ve had luck lateraling twice with nothing lined up formally, but was in processes. Ignore title, been at 2 extremely sweaty MMs and can attest to it. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+5 Least disgruntled ubs employee  Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+5 Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Wachovia and Credit Suisse also had great reputations in IB… Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+5 I completely understand the skepticism which was what essentially prompted my post. I thought the same thing but the more I look, the more I find data to support it. Associate 3 in ER
+5 I explained this. I don't doubt the facts.  I doubt the context.   Dr. Rahma Dikhinmahas
+5 They’re different departments, you can’t guarantee he does shit for you and I’m sure he’s already picked up what you’re putting down with regards to potentially pushing your name or not. liquidiot
+5 Have heard a lot of people do the mass blasts / cold outreaches and think this should be the last option. Anonymous Monkey
+5 wtf. IBCM? Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+5 Liquid stressed / distressed will not come back… see first brands group. The strategy is too volatile to be scalable - can’t be sold to many growth channels such as wealth, retail. Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+5 Looking for UBS in the latest league tables Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+5 I transferred back in 2009. Bloomberg Businessweek used to run an annual ranking of the top undergraduate business programs. McIntire had been ranked no. 2 in the US for much of the prior decade and then jumped to the no. Partner in RE - Comm
+5 Nothing ever happens larry david
+5 Texas Intern in IB - Gen
+5 holy larp lmao Intern in PE - Other
+5 I’m gonna be honest, don’t do that. You’ll look like a dork. You already have an offer, why do you care? Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+5 Maybe this works better as a private fund or family office but this isn't legal advice.  Associate 3 in HF - Other
+5 Yes, that's correct. Lone Pine has typically had 1 summer from HBS, though the last FT hire was in 2023 from what I can tell (not sure if they gave offers otherwise that were rejected but that seems unlikely). Investment Analyst in HF - Other
+5 CVP AS3 this year is ~$550-$650k from mid-bucket to top bucket and VP1 is ~$725k mid bucket to $850k top bucket. All cash and all before year end Associate 3 in IB-M&A
+5 This tracks. UBS keeps pitching us truly insane ideas that only look good when looked at from a surface level. Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+5 Thanks - this is really helpful perspective. The day after we walked away I was questioning if it was the right choice. Associate 1 in PE - LBOs
+5 Adding to this, ur list is pretty fair, but I'd add Dyal and Guggenheim to it as well. Think they're slept on in this forum. Associate 3 in IB-M&A
+5 Everyone who doesn’t originate in banking is overhead, and by far the biggest overhead in banking is MD’s who can’t originate. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+5 And the sat claims to test “analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills” … Paul_Owen
+5 It's your fault for assuming an intern is going to be doing good enough quality work to where you will not be giving comments or not have anything to correct. Associate 2 in PE - LBOs
+5 Be sure to have an answer for why you want to work at Wall Street’s Seal Team Six (12% fund level IRRs btw) Intern in IB - Gen
+5 I’d ride it out a couple more years. You’re past the ‘worst’ stages in terms of office hours. VP in PE - LBOs
+5 I am not confident you will see a regional bank take Lument or BWE down. Maybe a JV. The price tag is probably too large as a percentage of a regional bank market cap.  JZJammer
+5 So I’m not “non traditional” but I am “non target”. For a little background, I went to a school where, in the ~60 years of existence, never had an investment banker. lifestyle_hyperinflation
+5 Lol at this post. I promise you, you were just as bad as an intern and probably your first few months on the job. jacobcrawford
+5 Hub and spoke model operators / developers centralizing operations to the mothership is a popular play call right now.  ThatGuyBalls
+5 In all fairness, I sound like an LGP hater (because I also am). Yes the ability to buy back at a discount is attractive but the fact that there's a discount in the first place shows a couple problems: Associate 1 in AM - Other
+5 Calling Ken Griffin a “baby” misses the actual reason firms behave this way. Adrian.
+5 My Japanese interviewer asked me “tell me about yourself” in my Nomura interview last week. I responded in fluent Japanese with “Hi, my name is Hentai-San. I like going drinking strong zero and going to soaplands. Associate 1 in IB - Cov
+5 They've already decided they want to hire you, the referencing is to filter out the left tail of worst outcomes. mmap
+5 I'd argue that it doesn't matter as much as people like to claim. What mostly matters is the split that founders are willing to give and how they want to structure compensation. mtnmaster1
+5 At that stage, resumes stop mattering. Everyone looks the same on paper. Offers go to people who separate during interviews. Here is what usually makes the difference: TomKwon
+5 PassiveObserver miscer
+5 I can't say what the miss is for you because I don't know you, your personality or your experience. Assist. VP in RE - Comm
+5 Not what you want to hear, but just keep networking & applying. You aren’t hearing back because the market is ass, not because you are a bad candidate. CRE
+5 They are different as I said above.  Principal in PE - Growth
+5 Activism has been a great experience for me. We've had great returns and I have made great money throughout our fund life. The long-term prospects for this business however, are not positive. Associate 3 in HF - Event
+5 Uh $20B mkt cap is not a large cap company, son. Do I mean that a “large cap” should trade like pharma? Yes I do. Otherwise wtf is the point of classifying them separately? Benson Says
+5 No shit Sherlock  Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+5 You do realize that getting into a school like UChi/Duke/NW is just as hard as getting into an Ivy? I don't even think that the public flagship schools have ED. Intern in IB-M&A
+5 just keep your head down when you pass by the gym intern bouncer and you should be fine Intern in IB-M&A
+5 I started on the debt side, at a bridge lender that originated and serviced all of their deals. I was there 4.5 years, but it took me almost 2 years to move into equity. wired.CRE
+5 queer Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+5 del liquitity-justquit
+5 The peak of Canadian university exits is exiting the country! Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+5 You are straight up lying. You are cherry picking a single outcome and pretending it is data. You do not have group level exit results across classes and you know it. Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+5 GS is very comfortably above and beyond anyone else at this point, they have like what? $300B lead in M&A league tables over the next firm, which is JPM with a bigger platform. This is only for M&A. Analyst 1 in IB - Cov
+5 The Big Law and rate cut statements have nothing to do with each other. Law (obviously) has no connection to rates. As for whether or not the profession is biased, come on now be real: PrivateTechquity 🚀🚀🚀
+5 Cornball definitely a solid description Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+5 btw you can find most previous interview questions on some websites, this one linked here is the most popular one and it held a bunch of my interview questions from Analyst 2 in IB - Cov
+5 So is no one going to call out the very obvious AI slop? Consulting tag checks out Analyst 2 in HF - EquityHedge
+5 The issue really is that the range of “good year” and “bad year” is generally pretty small in agency lending given it is pretty much only a fee business.  CRE Credit
+5 Analyst 2 in IB-M&A Managing Director in IB-M&A
+5 Probably the “best” way to think about it is that you should look at FCF as subtracting maintenance but NOT growth capex, so that you can see what the business has to reinvest or distribute to investors. overandout
+5 You could make the same argument for LAZ / MOE RX as well, in that they are better than the majority of groups at EVR. murakami.
+5 You could've just said Toronto lol Intern in IB - Cov
+5 Everyone becomes a fiscal hawk when someone says we need to tax the rich. Analyst 1 in IB - Gen
+5 Prospect in S&T - Equities econometricks
+5 I never thought I would see Origin or Fort Capital on a top 50 like this. Granted they’re not leading anything and they’re getting credit for fairness opinions, but wow. Hell of a mining market…. acardboardmonkey
+5 Didn’t get the superday huh? Chin up son VP in IB-M&A
+5 This is useless without the bank name GDUDs
+5 All EBs are getting overrated given their scale. They are no longer go-to shops for large-cap M&A. Even EVR is doing a lot of MM BS mandates that are honestly JEFF level. CVP is also getting there. VP in IB - Cov
+5 Stub has been $35k for more than 5 years, cheap bastards Associate 2 in IB - Cov
+5 It's not as prestigious to work for someone else in my view. The amount of hours + inflation vs. comp growth, it's more of a suckers game than ever. Not Gen Z, older millennial for context. pajero
+5 Thank you! Some great color here but not everything is accurate. HL lost most of their senior deal makers and now have only a junior MD, who focuses more on fiber. They have barely done any DC deals. Managing Director in IB - Cov
+5 Sounds like an immature, impatient, stupid and entitled brat, clearly born to become an MD Sharky286
+5 Surprised at the number and length of comments discussing this when it's kinda dumb to use this ranking to draw many inferences. flipcup
+5 WF on a heater  NBTtmoon
+5 blueyellowpink
+5 Barclays gang knows this is likely their last year at UBS so might as way hoard as much of the bonus pull to yourselves as possible Associate 1 in IB - Gen
+5 bump Dodo_Lab
+5 This list isn’t terrible but is wrong after S tier. PWP RX above HL RX? Perella restructuring does not nearly see the same deals as HL in quantity or quality. tigerchimp33
+5 Not really. It’s a brand new holiday and this is a culture where people are reluctant to give any days off they don’t have to. The first Juneteenth I didn’t get off and nobody realized. Got it off this year though. local_finance_bro
+5 There are individual LPs and many large institutions. Some individuals like myself are sophisticated and are only upset with ourselves. Luckily we had the canny not to invest in the Citrix continuation etc. Managing Director in HF - Other
+5 The Key Performance Indicator ("KPI") most commonly used within the industry (as illustrated by responses below) is the Finished Lot to Sales Price Ratio. Esque_
+5 I accidentally forgot to answer your second question. Esque_
+5 Isn’t it all relative? banana135
+5 I strongly suggest that anyone who wants to understand these revisions in more context reads this (no paywall): natesilver (dot) net/p/trumps-jobs-data-denialism-wont-fool Wish_I_HadTrustFund
+5 I’d go with Piper in 2026, you’d have actual deals you could talk to at Piper Associate 2 in IB - Gen
+5 depending on the firm - s&t has always been harder to get. and is more holistic / screens for client ready or quant new hires (which frankly, many out of college aren’t “client-ready”). howtomakeitinamerica
+5 I think you’re looking at the situation the wrong way. The best seat is the one where you will excel. Wish_I_HadTrustFund
+5 Do certificates for your own benefit, not to impress employers. They are far more useful for gaining knowledge than they are for boosting your profile.  CRE
+5 My experience thus far has been that the mindsets in these two industries are very different. Esque_
+5 Seen his content. Overall, I think he does a great job illustrating where mid-levels (including recently minted principals, MDs, and partners) may actually end up cash strapped or upside down. VP in PE - LBOs
+5 I'm going to keep details pretty light here beyond what I offered in my original post. Esque_
+5 Dr. Rahma DikhinmahasCome on man I know you're smarter than this. Ozymandia
+5 I heard the work is so interesting that you don't want to go home lucien_de_montclair
+5 Yes, I’ve discovered money and stuff doesn’t make me happy / bring me joy. Analyst 2 in IB - Gen
+5 Up to you, but will offer a devil’s advocate position just based on my fellow banking colleague/friends who did a similar move. Associate 2 in CorpFin