0 Fifth Third Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+12 Salary differences in Europe post-Brexit IB 1 6y
0 John Hancock - Review - Investments AM Data 7y
0 John Hancock - Salary & Bonus - Investments AM Data 7y
+12 Any info on Realty Income? RE 7 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Review - Commercial Banking Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 7y
+203 How Can I Prove that I'm the Biggest Hardo at my Non-Target? OFF 50 5y
+41 Startup employee being acquired, needs advice VC 13 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Real Estate IB Data 7y
+101 What's the sweetest job you know someone got right out of school? OFF 62 4y
+14 Getting first round - experience vs GPA? IB 12 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate IB Data 7y
+12 SAS Programming experience for Banking FT JOB 2 7y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - NA TR Data 7y
+32 Chicago SA IB 24 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+5 Best Business Books for Management Consultants CO 2 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Quantitative Research TR Data 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Generalist IB Data 7y
+5 Vanderbilt or Tufts for IB BSCH 3 7y
+12 Morgan Stanley Credit Risk Analyst - Capital Call Subscription Facilities, Illiquid Collateral Lending JOB 1 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist HF Data 7y
0 Robert W. Baird & Co. - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+10 LIHTC tax credit underwriting RE 1 4y
+14 Morgan Stanley Credit Risk Analyst - Capital Call Subscription Facilities & Illiquid Collateral Lending RE 4 6y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance IB Data 7y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
+7 Can graduate freshmen become Investment Banking associate at banks? IB 5 7y
+15 Connecting the markets to economics INV 4 6y
+12 Breaking into IB from a non-finance UG and finance major from Top15 MBA IB 1 6y
0 Accenture - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) CO Data 7y
+9 Interview preparation material IB 2 7y
0 BTG Pactual - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 BTG Pactual - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+2 The Intro I never Did NUI 3 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Corporate Banking IB Data 7y
+13 in defence of uselessness OFF 1 7y
+16 Any tips on networking over the summer while interning in NY? IB 9 6y
+6 changes in SOCIETY OFF 4 7y
0 FTI Consulting - Review - Restructuring CF Data 7y
0 FTI Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring CF Data 7y
+12 Degrees: Data Science vs Economics IB 2 6y
0 State Street Corporation - Review - Investment Research ER Data 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure AM Data 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Restructuring IB Data 7y
+3 lazard capital structure advisory superday IB 1 7y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+14 3.7 GPA Double Major IB 8 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Private Equity PE Data 7y
0 WSO Boston Meet Up: Wed 5/15, 630-830pm, The Alley Bar 0 7y
0 WSO SF Meetup: Thur May 16th, 7:30-9pm, The Barrel Room 0 7y
0 WSO DC Meet Up: Sat 5/18, 1pm, Vapianos 0 7y
+3 Stop-losses orders advice TR 1 7y
0 Rothschild - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 WSO NYC Happy Hour: Thur 5/16, 7-10pm, 5th And Mad Bar 0 7y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 WSO London Meet Up: Thur May 16, 19:00, Vintry Pub 0 7y
0 WSO LA Meet Up: Wed 5/15, 7pm, The Bungalow In Santa Monica 0 7y
+12 Aftermath for junior summer before sophomore summer IB 2 6y
0 WSO Toronto Meetup: Wed May 15th, 7:30pm, Joey Eaton Center. 0 7y
+3 Option Pricing ER 1 7y
+34 Compensation heavy on bonus than salary RE 8 7y
+9 Booz Allen Strategic Innovation Group vs. Deloitte Strategy & Analytics Group CO 1 7y
0 State Street Corporation - Review - Financial Services Data 7y
0 State Street Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 7y
0 Bulle Rock Capital - Company Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Commercial Banking RE Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking RE Data 7y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
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0 ICICI Securities - Review - Equity Capital Markets CO Data 7y
0 ICICI Securities - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets CO Data 7y
0 Fitch Ratings - Review - Structured Products Data 7y
0 Fitch Ratings - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products Data 7y
0 Equiteq - Company Data 7y
0 AXA Investment Managers - Salary & Bonus - Equities AM Data 7y
+29 Check out the Blind app! JOB 12 6y
0 Citigroup - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 7y
+12 Culture difference between Internal Audit (BO) and Commercial Banking (FO) OTH 2 6y
+15 Balance Sheet Balancing Help OFF 7 7y
+24 GMAT Prep Veritas vs Manhattan Prep (Online Instruction) BSCH 7 7y
0 Risk free rate (DevMarket and EM) IB 0 6y
0 Brightwood Capital Advisors - Company Data 7y
+3 RBS Commercial Banking vs Goldman Sachs Operations IB 1 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Equity Capital Markets TR Data 7y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets TR Data 7y
+12 Interested in moving from Ops - Supply chain to treasury role CF 1 7y
+17 Need Advice: MBA, Masters or CFA? JOB 5 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (51) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (26) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101