+56 Boys are The Problem OFF 59 15y
+56 140% return in 4 Months! TR 62 15y
+56 Against All Odds SCSS 26 15y
+56 Brad Pitt: Death Penalty for BP Execs? OFF 31 16y
+56 Changing face of Investment Banks IB 20 16y
+56 Exit Opportunities for Goldman Credit Analyst IB 20 16y
+56 Ugly Truth About Resume Reviews IB 34 17y
+56 You all have a lot of growing up to do... IB 73 19y
+56 Life after ibanking IB 147 19y
+55 Red Flag PE Firms In LA PE 64 3d
+55 Where are the high paying roles? Are they real? PE 37 3w
+55 Is there any point to joining a startup after IB? VC 16 1mo
+55 L/S SM Analyst Q&A HF 84 3mo
+55 Corp Dev Comp Megathread CF 68 3mo
+55 How sweaty is Stonepeak? PE 66 4mo
+55 Will my physical disability affect IB recruiting? (serious) IB 15 4mo
+55 Bain vs McKinsey? CO 27 5mo
+55 Wellls Fargo Bonuses IB 16 6mo
+55 Public Credit HFs HF 73 7mo
+55 Female PMs? HF 33 7mo
+55 What are truly your hours in IB? IB 68 8mo
+55 How is Goldman able to get good candidates??? IB 25 8mo
+55 Leaving IB as First year Analyst to Build a Hedge Fund From Scratch in Monaco — Career Suicide ? HF 28 9mo
+55 PWP Underperforming? IB 50 9mo
+55 Wild story: kid got blacklisted over email signature IB 31 9mo
+55 Impossible to loose weight with baseline stress? OFF 23 9mo
+55 Most useless VP makes me want to KMS, what do I do? IB 21 10mo
+55 WSO's FREE DCF Modeling Crash Course - Just Released IB 9 10mo
+55 Lazard vs Moelis Chicago Offices IB 35 10mo
+55 Personal Finance: How do people manage large financial commitments? HF 14 11mo
+55 Sr. Associate / VP Lateral Hiring Market PE 140 11mo
+55 Sponsors Going Under RE 78 11mo
+55 To all the debt guys: are you actually doing deals right now? RE 54 11mo
+55 HIG Returns Page PE 19 12mo
+55 Why NOT pursue a rate buy-down on a DSCR constrained Agency loan? RE 35 12mo
+55 Longest Interview Process? JOB 47 1y
+55 Which firms juniors consume the most ZYNs? Rankings OFF 40 1y
+55 Is PNL always this much of a slog? HF 22 1y
+55 Interns - you are goated IB 7 1y
+55 Comp Vs Freedom RE 25 1y
+55 MBB will lose all the talents to IB and Tech if they keep lowballing their juniors CO 27 1y
+55 How much worse is IB than MBB IB 10 1y
+55 Senior Level Comp at Multi Merchant Developers RE 37 1y
+55 IU Kelley IB Placement? IB 47 1y
+55 Guidelines at VP Level IB 2 1y
+55 Could banking be more interesting than PE? PE 26 1y
+55 U of Arizona (full scholarship) vs UMich Ross (40k) IB 27 1y
+55 How to Evaluate a First / Second Time Venture Fund VC 12 1y
+55 Non - Target Hoping For Advice IB 13 1y
+55 Direct Lending to Mezz/Opportunistic CR 20 1y
+55 HELP: Billionaire responded to my cold email OFF 23 1y
+55 Future of Discretionary/Fundamental Hedge Funds HF 23 1y
+55 I Need Laptop Recommendations RE 64 1y
+55 Megafund REPE Comp RE 50 1y
+55 Lost in my Career PE 40 1y
+55 MBB vs Quant at IBank CO 22 1y
+55 Options Post Banking @ Junior VP Level? OFF 17 1y
+55 Thoughts on Anomaly, Palestra, Steadfast? HF 57 1y
+55 Does Russian bankers have a chance on US market? JOB 21 1y
+55 The Cornell hate needs to stop OFF 40 1y
+55 Correct TARGET Classification BSCH 32 2y
+55 Does LowCaliberTalent have a job?? OFF 27 2y
+55 2023 Canadian Analyst + Associate Bonus Thread (S&T) TR 26 2y
+55 Lesser Known Excel Shortcuts IB 25 2y
+55 . OFF 9 2y
+55 Investor Prestige Rankings HF 59 2y
+55 In denial about SA 2025 Offer IB 12 2y
+55 Deferred revenue decreases by 10, 3 statements? IB 36 2y
+55 Whomst Hardo? OFF 9 2y
+55 I Burned Out But I'm Better Now... Avoid The Top 6 Mistakes I Made During My First 2 Months As a Private Equity Analyst OFF 11 2y
+55 Niche down to an operator or stay an allocator RE 28 2y
+55 The Decline of the Tie FASH 18 2y
+55 How to get rid of prestige obsession OFF 24 2y
+55 UT Mccombs Honors vs. UPenn BSCH 24 2y
+55 Is it a bad idea not to save anything as a junior? OFF 28 2y
+55 IB Associate trying to pivot to L/S equities - Interview Process Advice HF 11 2y
+55 A Career in Special Situations RE 22 2y
+55 Private Credit Case Study PE 26 2y
+55 Secondaries on WSO? WSO 11 2y
+55 Post grad struggle OFF 20 2y
+55 Data Center RE 56 2y
+55 Hate this first year in my group OFF 15 2y
+55 Houlihan Lokey Reputation IB 27 2y
+55 Is Wharton Undergrad recruiting as competitive as working at a megafund? JOB 16 2y
+55 I hate LinkedIn OFF 41 2y
+55 How did Apollo only raise $20B? PE 49 2y
+55 6 Characteristics of the Douchiest Employee: The Sycophant OFF 30 2y
+55 Feeling humiliated as a VP IB 19 2y
+55 JPM SA/FT IBD GROUPS and Analyst Program IB 23 2y
+55 Is there a significant difference between BC and Notre Dame? IB 40 2y
+55 How do top credit shops compare to MM/LMM buyout? CR 28 2y
+55 Startup Fund Out of Undergrad - Next Steps PE 9 2y
+55 What do you actually care about and why? PE 21 2y
+55 Is there any reason to keep additional cash on the balance sheet when you have a revolver? PE 21 2y
+55 Multifamily Acquisitions - how fast are you underwriting? RE 22 3y
+55 Santander on the up? IB 24 3y
+55 Prestigious Pets OFF 27 3y
+55 DEBATE: Laid off or resign? (urgent) IB 22 3y
+55 Can Hedge Funds force their employees to sign prenups? HF 17 3y
+55 H&F vs CD&R PE 15 3y

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