+39 Stimulants & Finance OFF 11 6mo
+39 Oxford vs. GTown McDonough vs. ND Mendoza BSCH 33 5mo
+39 RE Accounting Resources for an AM RE 8 6mo
+39 US Department of War Recruiting Bankers (Recruiting Deck Included Below) IB 42 1mo
+39 Why is everyone so worried about PC? CR 14 7mo
+39 Path to Pension Fund guy AM 5 7mo
+39 Left v. Right Debate: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon Face-off OFF 9 7mo
+39 A Rant About Lawyers' Moronic Workflows OFF 16 7mo
+39 MAI (7 YOE CRE Valuation) Looking to Transition to Investment / Acquisitions – Advice? RE 11 7mo
+39 Top banks for Power & Utilities M&A? (2026) IB 52 2mo
+39 IB influencers? IB 7 8mo
+39 London AN1 rent & where to stay IB 30 8mo
+39 2+2 Candidate HF curious with some concerns HF 10 8mo
+39 What did I do wrong? IB 30 8mo
+39 Fastest/Craziest Promotion Timelines You've Seen IB 27 6mo
+39 120K Stratops Analyst (big tech) vs. 210K Finance Associate Role IB 11 8mo
+39 Private Capital Fundraising/Distribution? IB 11 6mo
+39 Prestige of finance went down hard? IB 34 8mo
+39 D1, Altimeter, Dragoneer, Addition (privates) PE 37 2mo
+39 SA 27 Recruiting - Already fried IB 4 9mo
+39 PE fund differentiation PE 19 9mo
+39 Moving out of software PE PE 22 8mo
+39 Hedge Fund Grad Struggles HF 11 7mo
+39 Q&A: Director @ Kroll (ex Duff & Phelps) – Mid-Market M&A, Modeling That Actually Gets Used, and What IB Looks Like Outside GS/MS IB 27 4mo
+39 MM Pod Analysts - How Much Do You Tip Your PM HF 13 4mo
+39 What is the most pedigreed university combo in the world? BSCH 46 1mo
+39 PE Associate Exits PE 14 10mo
+39 Lateral Promotion Risks? IB 12 10mo
+39 Sign-on bonus negotiation PE 22 5mo
+39 Negotiating Comp with Current Developer/Employer RE 11 10mo
+39 Any I Bankers who play Clash Royale down to have a coffee chat? IB 8 11mo
+38 How do we get as sharp as possible? OFF 19 1d
+38 Q&A | Investment Banking Analyst, UBS | 2 years in investment banking IB 11 3w
+38 No RO and Dark Thoughts IB 11 2mo
+38 Any Muslims in IB/High Finance? What's your experience been like? IB 31 1mo
+38 AvalonBay Equity Residential Merger discussion RE 22 2mo
+38 At what point is it no longer luck HF 26 1mo
+38 Quick Thoughts on CVC AI Sale Process IB 8 3mo
+38 Going out / social schedule as AN1 IB 16 3mo
+38 Handling frustration IB 5 3mo
+38 Strategy to asset allocation AM 10 3mo
+38 Those who left PE for Corporate, why? PE 21 4mo
+38 Is S&T to Macro Hedge fund still a thing? TR 14 3mo
+38 Interns - AI usage, don’t put yourself out of a job JOB 6 4mo
+38 Best associate I've worked with is leaving for PE, want to do something for him, no idea what PE 18 3mo
+38 Fun Cheap Convertible OFF 26 4mo
+38 Favorite poem OFF 14 5mo
+38 UMM Off Cycle Help PE 20 5mo
+38 Lazard NYC return offers IB 13 5mo
+38 Penn State vs Fordham vs Indiana Bloomington IB 29 7mo
+38 Stay in Family Office with great WLB, exposure, responsibility and team relationships or jump to something more intense? AM 10 7mo
+38 Meaning / Purpose in relation to finance. OFF 14 7mo
+38 Hedge Fund Manger IQ? HF 19 7mo
+38 KKR Scholars PE 46 4mo
+38 2026 Special Situations/Distressed/Opportunistic Credit Landscape PE 21 1w
+38 Optimizing PnL / risk tolerance w.r.t. career path HF 11 7mo
+38 My 2026 On-Cycle Experience PE 6 8mo
+38 SA2027 Canadian IB Recruiting: U.S. Pullback = Tougher Toronto Cycle? IB 6 8mo
+38 WTF is this NYC market RE 22 8mo
+38 Bad mid year/first year reviews and improving after? IB 7 9mo
+38 High End Convenience Stores OFF 21 9mo
+38 PWP vs JEFF vs MOE London IB 31 8mo
+38 Path to Commodities as Undergraduate Junior TR 21 10mo
+38 Quitting 2Y EB IB for Peace Corps: Is this Insane? What are Job Prospects After? IB 14 11mo
+38 Lied in Ops interview about not ever wanting to be FO HF 14 11mo
+38 Done BIWS/WSO course - How to build modelling intuition / discernment from scratch IB 8 11mo
+38 PoC Bankers IB 17 11mo
+38 I wish I did consulting instead of IB CO 26 10mo
+38 Consulting VS IB Differences CO 13 11mo
+38 Struggling with Recruitment and why is it so damn early IB 17 11mo
+37 Turning down major fund for boutique? PE 9 1mo
+37 Comp Negotiation - L/S Equity at a Pod HF 20 1mo
+37 Former consultants in PE: was the move genuinely worth it? PE 13 1mo
+37 No Swag in New York: Rant FASH 10 1w
+37 Striking out in last rounds PE 5 1mo
+37 Future of Real Estate RE 9 2mo
+37 How to know if trading is for you? TR 26 1mo
+37 Employee co-invest into the fund: fee/carry-free, but vests PE 13 3mo
+37 Taking days off as an intern IB 19 3mo
+37 Q&A | Research Associate, Long-Only | (0 years in DCM/IB/consulting) AM 14 3mo
+37 Buy Side Credit - Seats / Guide HF 24 3mo
+37 "VP of Finance at PortCo XYZ" PE 8 4mo
+37 Comp Decreasing? PE 10 4mo
+37 One Rock Capital Partners PE 57 5mo
+37 (Exploding offers) - Dumb to pass on UMM for LMM Sr. Associate + Quicker Promote? PE 27 5mo
+37 Dressing for internship in Teen X / 0pium style? OFF 11 5mo
+37 Advice Needed: Reneging 2 Months Before Start PE 11 5mo
+37 MD hates me, what do I do? ER 4 5mo
+37 JP banker poached by Citi is a menace IB 17 5mo
+37 Stanford vs. East Mississippi Coastal Junior Agricultural & Mechanical School for the Deaf & Blind Dwarves of Central America MEME 5 5mo
+37 Software PE fund raise (FP, Hg) outlook in 2026? PE 14 1mo
+37 Incoming freshman at UConn looking for advice IB 12 6mo
+37 VP/Director at top BB/EB. ~$2.5-3M saved. Stuck. IB 10 6mo
+37 Marry Rich or Pursue IB Dreams OFF 14 6mo
+37 Feeling Lost and Looking for Advice (more senior) JOB 6 7mo
+37 What returns are you underwriting? PE 14 6mo
+37 Is JEF the cockroach? IB 13 7mo
+37 deletreeee IB 31 7mo
+37 Claude is getting scarily good IB 10 5mo
+37 UNBIASED RANKING/TIER LIST— JOBS OUT OF UNDERGRAD IB 30 7mo

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