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+119 Success Story - Thanks WSO!!! OFF 42 7y
0 Wells Fargo Superday - Next week or the week after? IB 1 10y
0 Technology IB 0 15y
0 2011 PE Compensation Study - Glocap & Dow Jones PE 16 15y
0 Help a little boy find his way RES 9 15y
+5 Lifetime earnings of a consultant CO 14 4y
0 Goldman Sachs 2011 New York Undergraduate Women’s Event IB 5 6y
0 Execution Trading Interview - Help Pls!!! TR 1 15y
0 no name MBA + no experience + jobless for 1 yr, what to do? JOB 11 6y
0 BB Sales? IB 8 6y
0 Advice for career OTH 3 6y
0 Resume making you recogniable RES 3 15y
+22 Inflationary Banana Arbitrage OFF 9 15y
0 Need Advice - How to maximize my chances? CO 11 10y
0 Currency Wars - Don't really understand the underlying mechanics/economics OFF 2 10y
0 Offer help - Appreciate some help TR 11 6y
+23 Another WSO success story SCSS 11 15y
+7 Physical/Exotic Commodity Trading TR 2 15y
0 "Welcome" and/or "Beginner Thread" WSO 8 15y
+6 Chinese Professor OFF 7 6y
+11 Renaissance Capital IB 18 15y
+34 WSO Secret Handshake WSO 10 15y
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+43 Julian Robertson Gonna Put You on a Diet, Fatty OFF 28 15y
0 what did first-year bonuses look like this year? IB 4 15y
+11 Managing Directors, VPs, and associates IB 15 15y
+18 What percent of guys go into PE? IB 16 15y
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+31 Too Old for Trading? TR 27 15y
+15 My friend red. OFF 10 15y
0 How to begin the career as a college student TR 1 6y
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+18 Good grief this place should come with a warning CO 17 15y
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+6 BP Trader Development Program? TR 7 8y
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+24 Wealth Management vs Corporate Finance vs IBanking WM 25 4y
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+42 BKCT SCAM! (Lynx Capital Partners) TR 50 15y
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+4 Breaking into MM Banks IB 1 15y
+53 WSO evolution distribution IB 43 15y
+21 Stress levels: Comparison to IBD, comparison between PEs PE 8 15y
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0 best Physical Metal Trading bulletin/report/digest TR 0 15y
+36 Fisher vs. Gross: who are you betting on? AM 20 11y
+13 What's good about Credit Suisse? IB 32 15y
0 Gordon Gekko-esq books? OFF 3 15y
0 Written brain teasers? TR 9 15y
+18 Interview Question - Flipping a coin JOB 10 1y
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+24 Bentley, Suffolk, Syracuse, Hofstra BSCH 14 5y
+15 Investment Banking Institute vs. Breaking into Wall Street IB 12 10y
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+39 Best place to live on first year analyst salary JOB 132 4y
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0 Capital IQ for West Coast S&T TR 10 6y
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+20 Moving between funds HF 15 14y
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+10 Technical Interview Guide Notecards WSO 3 15y
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+17 'Textured' White Dress Shirts FASH 11 8y
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0 Masters in Real Estate / Real Estate Development w/ a bad GPA? OTH 9 9y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101