+78 Is Public Finance Investment Banking a Good Career? IB 77 8y
+78 How to get a back office job? IB 67 8y
+78 How Do You Learn Financial Modeling W/O an I-Banking Internship? IB 97 8y
+78 Dinner with boss OFF 23 8y
+78 Q&A: Corporate Strategy Manager at F100 Entertainment Company (came from Non-MBB Management Consulting) CF 23 8y
+78 Practicing attention to detail IB 22 8y
+78 Saban's $11 Million Dollar Contract Is Still Low For What He Brings In OFF 36 8y
+78 Does BlackRock use hair testing for their interns? AM 22 8y
+78 Mandelbrot's fat tails, Taleb's black swans. Why haven't we learned anything from them? TR 33 9y
+78 Should we get a Quant Finance forum? WSO 9 9y
+78 Are there any artists on WSO? OFF 42 9y
+78 Summer Reading List IB 208 9y
+78 Clinical Depression - should I stay away from IBD? IB 21 9y
+78 Do Investment Banks really care about your SAT Scores? IB 110 9y
+78 My 2c IB 15 9y
+78 Getting your Company to match a lateral offer IB 14 9y
+78 Fidel Castro dead at 90. What's next for Cuba? OFF 42 9y
+78 What's Your Five Year (IBD) Plan? A VP Reflects and Looks Forward. IB 7 10y
+78 How to short a corporate bond HF 39 10y
+78 Should I put a "lol" in my email to MD? OFF 38 10y
+78 Excel Stuff to Learn Before Your Summer Starts OFF 54 10y
+78 A Day In The Life of a SaaS Sales Development Rep OFF 25 10y
+78 Real Estate Forum - New forum RE 51 10y
+78 Why I Bought A House OFF 62 10y
+78 NY Times - 27 Ways to Be a Modern Man OFF 40 10y
+78 The Great Escape - 5 tips for leaving the Back Office OFF 24 11y
+78 IBD prior to MBA percentages? BSCH 68 11y
+78 Response to "My Private Equity Recruiting Process" OFF 15 11y
+78 Go Pro: Camera or Smartphone? Social Media or Electronics? Price or Value? PE 75 11y
+78 Interns, Former Interns & Senior Monkeys: I just got my first intern, looking for advice OFF 31 12y
+78 Would You IPO Yourself for $1? OFF 52 13y
+78 Why dont more people start companies? JOB 49 14y
+78 Offer rescinded 3 days before IB 77 14y
+78 The Latest Lehman Brouhaha OFF 51 14y
+78 BofA Introduces Debit Card Fees IB 54 14y
+78 2012 Presidential Race OFF 88 15y
+78 Bonus Bananas Feb. 11, 2011 IB 21 15y
+78 Dating a guy who drives a hummer OFF 133 18y
+77 Best LevFin shops? IB 66 1mo
+77 How much modeling do experienced HF analysts/PMs actually do? HF 30 1mo
+77 Interesting Scenario: Discord Strategic Finance Offer, or Keep Trying PE? PE 27 1mo
+77 [2026] Unbiased Undergrad IB Target School Rankings IB 62 1mo
+77 CapitalOne FT - BA and Strategy Associate CO 254 1mo
+77 Hardest interview experiences? IB 47 1mo
+77 Treatment Options for Panic Disorder / Anxiety OFF 39 2mo
+77 Current State of the League Tables IB 28 3mo
+77 WSO's NEW Application Tracker - FREE! IB 9 4mo
+77 People who were in IB in 2007-2009, how was it ? JOB 26 7mo
+77 Why aren't sundays protected in ib if so many bankers are christian? IB 23 7mo
+77 Q&A: Endowments & Foundations AM 35 9mo
+77 Hiring Someone Who Was Previously Fired/Laid Off RE 28 10mo
+77 . PE 36 10mo
+77 Easier to Make MD as a Big Fish in a Small Pond or Small Fish in a Big Pond IB 24 11mo
+77 Will AI replace the analyst RE 31 1y
+77 25 year old MD made a $2mm bonus at OffDeal, An "AI-Native" Investment Bank IB 31 1y
+77 Best Shows to Unwind? OFF 56 1y
+77 Q&A: Valuation -> IB -> FP&A -> Strategy/BD CF 24 1y
+77 Incoming FT IB Analyst at Top BB – How Do I Not Die? IB 11 1y
+77 Restructuring (RX) Consulting Placement into MBAs? CO 14 1y
+77 MM seat with young family HF 27 1y
+77 Bulge Bracket TMT vs. Qatalyst Partners IB 68 1y
+77 Lincoln International - Reputation IB 42 1y
+77 Kellogg vs Booth vs Columbia MBA, which M7 would you chose? BSCH 27 1y
+77 Removed JOB 18 1y
+77 Career Longevity in Banking IB 15 1y
+77 How to go about getting internship at boutique? IB 117 1y
+77 How many finance books/textbooks have you read? HF 31 2y
+77 Analyst Tries To Talk Like Me OFF 17 2y
+77 JLL Shifting To An Investment Banking Model RE 32 2y
+77 The Morality of PE PE 20 2y
+77 MD at my firm dating my mom OFF 22 2y
+77 This App Was Poorly Designed WSO 18 2y
+77 What's been your experience with HingeX (the premium subscription) ? OFF 55 2y
+77 Seriously, why the censorship? It's getting out of hand. IB 17 2y
+77 Developer Layoff Imminent - Take Job as Lot/Land Developer?? RE 23 2y
+77 Disrespectful excuse for not receiving an offer JOB 29 2y
+77 Masters in Real Estate / Masters in Real Estate Development : An Overview and Guide for Cornell, Columbia, MIT and Harvard. RE 30 2y
+77 Happiness Success Stories SCSS 16 2y
+77 Worst Bank on the Street? 2023 Updated? IB 38 2y
+77 Affording California OFF 57 2y
+77 Got dinged from Citadel for failing the tests HF 46 2y
+77 Did I just fuck up really bad? OFF 18 2y
+77 A2 Quitting with Nothing Lined Up IB 38 2y
+77 London return offer rates megathread IB 136 2y
+77 What do you REALLY learn as an investment banking analyst? IB 49 3y
+77 How can low/mid-tier oil Sheikh's afford multiple families (NYC)? OFF 21 3y
+77 Why does everyone want to go into PE? IB 33 3y
+77 JEF layoffs incoming? IB 33 3y
+77 U.S. government mandates PJT, Moelis, PWP for $78bn airline restructuring IB 38 3y
+77 Friends vs Competition As Analysts IB 30 3y
+77 Should I go into PE with a paycut? PE 42 3y
+77 Tribute to a laid off analyst IB 7 3y
+77 Is there any point learning another language? OFF 55 3y
+77 Q&A: BB Sophomore Recruiting (Investment Banking) IB 67 3y
+77 How big of a difference is 3.65 vs 3.5? BSCH 30 3y
+77 Harvard, Stanford, or The University of Chicago? BSCH 40 3y
+77 Interest rate increases and possible cap rate expansion - what happens to apartment construction? RE 57 3y
+77 FRIDAY REMINDER! IB 6 4y
+77 Bankers vs. Lawyers IB 42 4y
+77 Warning re: LMM PE PE 27 4y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • 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 97.8%
  • 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 97.8%
  • 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 (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101