+36 Monkey story for the fellow Monkeys. OFF 8 16y
+36 Take-home model PE 16 16y
+36 Wall St. Buzzword Tournament - And The Winner Is.... OFF 74 17y
+36 Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse - tell me about them IB 44 19y
+36 Mindgames during interviews OFF 93 19y
+36 Current Bankers: % of guys who wear cufflinks IB 124 20y
+35 Private Credit Comp Across Levels in London – What Are You Seeing? CR 11 2d
+35 PE with the most difficult model tests PE 216 1w
+35 Is Columbia Value Investing Program losing it’s charm AM 23 2w
+35 How to ask for a raise? RE 11 2w
+35 King Street Capital - Still a good place to work? CR 27 3w
+35 M&A is Paradise IB 1 3w
+35 Leerink Partners Healthcare Services NYC IB 5 3w
+35 Q&A | Incoming Associate, Bulge Bracket, Career switcher (tech sales/BD → MBA → BB TMT IB), return offer | (6 years in Tech/Accounting) IB 6 4w
+35 How to break into Merger Arbitrage London HF 15 1mo
+35 FMI Capital Advisors IB 32 1mo
+35 . PE 32 1mo
+35 Ex-MBB Consultant - Q&A CO 9 1mo
+35 Q&A: What It’s Actually Like Working at an Independent (Fundless) Sponsor PE 10 1mo
+35 How should I start preparing for a technicals? IB 14 2mo
+35 FT 2027 IB 41 2mo
+35 Case studies in banking interviews? IB 4 2mo
+35 No transparency to book and P&L - is this normal? HF 17 2mo
+35 Capital Restricted Developer RE 7 2mo
+35 Return Full-Time to EB vs. Lindsay Goldberg FT Analyst PE 18 2mo
+35 Quit Corp Dev for Social Media? CF 12 2mo
+35 Does BofA still pay its associates rat pellets? IB 18 2mo
+35 Mid Level Attrition PE 14 2mo
+35 NESCAC recruited athlete - good for finance? IB 37 2mo
+35 Tech PE oncycle ranking PE 32 3mo
+35 Independent Sponsor Comp Structure PE 14 3mo
+35 Are There Any Good Funds to Be a VP At? PE 34 3mo
+35 Full-time lateral advice IB 13 3mo
+35 GoldenTree culture? HF 13 3mo
+35 Middle-Market PE PE 57 3mo
+35 CIBC Departures & Process IB 10 4mo
+35 Monte Carlo Simulations RE 29 4mo
+35 Does anyone else find it very difficult to take vacations in ER? ER 5 4mo
+35 PE Ops Or Investment Associate Role? PE 42 4mo
+35 Does making it in IB mean killing your personality? IB 11 4mo
+35 Technical question prep for FT recruiting IB 5 4mo
+35 Q&A | Founder, ten31 Media, The Promote | (10+ years in CRE Media) RE 10 4mo
+35 HAS ANYONE HERE DONE THE WSO ACADEMY AND SUCCEEDED??? SCSS 24 4mo
+35 No hate, but it is painstakingly obvious this is the case right? OFF 12 5mo
+35 Barings Direct Lending Team Exodus CR 54 5mo
+35 Emory College vs Georgia Tech Scheller vs UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit) vs Middlebury College IB 30 5mo
+35 Private Credit Workouts Role CR 11 5mo
+35 PE Recruiting post MBA PE 18 6mo
+35 Need Some Advice on Best Path to Macro HF PM / Starting Own HF HF 7 6mo
+35 Sales & Trading at a Bank vs Quant Trading TR 8 6mo
+35 Graduating with a 2.2 - IBD Analyst Offer London Reneged? JOB 18 6mo
+35 Joining PE with no deal experience PE 11 6mo
+35 Coasting at MF, VP+ PE 5 6mo
+35 How Is Recruiting for Chicago IB from HYP? IB 13 6mo
+35 Nordic Capital NYC - 2025 Thoughts? PE 29 6mo
+35 Development - Regulatory Timelines RE 19 6mo
+35 <1 year at current company & zero hits applying for jobs - correlated? JOB 14 6mo
+35 UPDATED UNBIASED Bank-Mogging Tier List 2026 (UNBIASED) MEME 3 6mo
+35 Northwestern University Undergrad BSCH 19 6mo
+35 Commodities physical trading vs S&T at a BB TR 16 6mo
+35 Wells Fargo FIG IB 10 6mo
+35 Apprenticeship or University for maximising career earnings (UK) BSCH 13 7mo
+35 Is AI going to replace everyone but the senior analysts and PMs? HF 16 7mo
+35 Infrastructure PE Resources/Info PE 41 7mo
+35 Savings after a few IB/PE years - London PE 43 7mo
+35 OCIO? AM 10 7mo
+35 Emory Goizeta undergrad is so underrated IB 25 7mo
+35 Development Fund vs. JVs RE 11 7mo
+35 GF Cheated On Me With MBB Consultant. What Now? OFF 6 7mo
+35 MS Layoffs? IB 29 7mo
+35 Thoughts on the Credit Indices/Macro Credit Desk (CDX, CDX vol, tranches, etc.)? TR 15 8mo
+35 Del IB 18 8mo
+35 Senior Associate Purgatory PE 10 9mo
+35 Did banking change your relationship with money? IB 15 9mo
+35 A/B Note Structure RE 20 9mo
+35 PE-held ~7 years, near-sale fell apart — stay or walk? PE 13 9mo
+35 Should I Run for the Exit or is this the Norm? HF 13 9mo
+35 How many chats total vs. quality chats did you have by the time you landed you offer? IB 15 9mo
+35 For those who left PE and didn't go into corp dev / strategy what did you end up doing? PE 59 10mo
+35 Johns Hopkins vs Emory BSCH 28 10mo
+35 Seeking Advice on HF Recruiting HF 14 10mo
+35 Acquisition Team Staffing & Responsibilities RE 13 10mo
+35 How is Lone Pine doing post-Mandel? HF 39 10mo
+35 BofA Assholes? IB 22 10mo
+35 Internet vs Software vs Semi HF 46 11mo
+35 The Buy-One-Get-One Bowl That Almost Ended My Career OFF 6 11mo
+35 Which MSF for CS New Grad? BSCH 16 11mo
+35 VP comp at midsize RE credit fund? RE 20 11mo
+35 When to stop recruiting IB 24 11mo
+35 What makes you the most proud? IB 37 11mo
+35 Are restaurant POS systems a potential buyout target for companies like Uber Eats or Doordash? OFF 19 11mo
+35 IB —> French Foreign Legion IB 9 11mo
+35 Pause career to take care of family OFF 24 11mo
+35 LIST OF TARGET SCHOOLS FOR NORMAL PEOPLE BSCH 27 12mo
+35 Barclays sweatshops? IB 25 12mo
+35 Poker? OFF 44 12mo
+35 Imperial vs Others BSCH 56 1y
+35 Development Crash Course RE 8 1y
+35 What does Apollo FIG & Strategy team do? PE 15 1y
+35 How do you like to smell? FASH 22 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101