0 Alternatives to Consulting IB 1 3mo
+4 Which firm is more prestigious? Diameter or GoldenTree? IB 6 2mo
+12 UMich Ross or Dartmouth JOB 3 2mo
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management AM Data 3mo
0 Incoming Econ Major @ NYU undecided between IB or Consulting JOB 1 3mo
+9 Institutional Capital Allocation: Decoding the Macro Shift Through Regulatory Disclosures ER 0 3mo
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 3mo
0 Axis Bank Ltd - Review - Credit Analytics Group (CAG) Data 3mo
0 McKinsey and Co - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 3mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) IB Data 3mo
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) IB Data 3mo
+11 Notre Dame Mendoza vs USC Marshall vs WashU Olin vs UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering & Operations Research IB 6 3mo
+24 CRE Brokerage from Non-Target RE 8 2mo
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Technology Data 3mo
0 Crowe Horwath - Review - NA Data 3mo
0 First Horizon National Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 3mo
0 First Horizon National Corporation - Review - Credit Risk Data 3mo
0 First Horizon National Corporation - Interview - Commercial Banking Data 3mo
0 HarbourVest - Interview - Secondaries PE Data 3mo
0 Cushman and Wakefield - Review - Valuation RE Data 3mo
0 Cushman and Wakefield - Salary & Bonus - Valuation RE Data 3mo
0 CBRE - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 3mo
0 CBRE - Review - Real Estate Data 3mo
0 Société Générale - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 3mo
0 Wintrust Financial - Interview - Audit Data 3mo
0 Enel - Review - Commodities TR Data 3mo
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Interview - Generalist CO Data 3mo
0 Credit Agricole - US Analyst IB 1 3mo
+16 Recently Laid Off - NEED U5 HELP IB 12 3mo
+9 Back luck or poor EQ? Can't get past R1 or SD. How to improve? IB 3 3mo
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Transaction Advisory Services AM Data 3mo
0 KPMG - Review - Transaction Advisory Services AM Data 3mo
0 Fidelity Investments - Interview - Corporate Finance Data 3mo
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Private Banking AM Data 3mo
0 JPMorgan - Review - Private Banking AM Data 3mo
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 3mo
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Operations Data 3mo
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+22 What’s the average outcome IB 4 3mo
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0 Run club in SF? OFF 1 3mo
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+9 How prestigious are capital markets groups at top BB (JPM, GS, MS)? IB 11 3mo
+17 How to avoid getting labeled Nepo IB 8 2mo
+3 I (sophomore) got a job in IB at a top BB and feel like I know nothing about finance. IB 2 3mo
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+27 Top Infra PE PE 34 2mo
+5 New to WSO IB 5 3w
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0 KKR - US Credit Solutions CR 4 3w
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+144 X-Factor / Having “it” HF 42 2mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

June 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

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101