+40 Exits to HFs: Sales vs Trading in S&T? TR 20 3mo
+40 Blackrock SA 26 AM 156 3mo
+40 New to WSO (hs senior) BSCH 28 3mo
+40 Any Cool Stories on PM's Side Hustles / PA's? HF 8 3mo
+40 how to break into Macro trading/Global macro TR 21 2mo
+40 Do you learn more in middle market? IB 6 2mo
+40 Thoughts on Global Platinum Securities? IB 43 2mo
+40 Resources for learning legal / structuring RE 15 2mo
+40 A Graduating Senior's WSO Reflection SCSS 4 2mo
+40 Value of MBA in Private Credit PE 11 1mo
+40 What’s your number? $1M? $5M? $25M? OFF 30 1mo
+40 Quant at AM/LO? AM 14 1mo
+40 Lowest Comp You'd Take For Lead Coverage ER 26 1mo
+40 Deutsche Bank Best IB groups IB 56 1mo
+40 FT 2026 Recruiting IB 20 1mo
+40 Oxford or Cambridge? BSCH 13 1mo
+40 Are there like real MDs on here at all lol OFF 26 1mo
+40 TRS Texas RE 19 1mo
+40 Background check issue IB Full Time IB 23 3w
+40 So How Does One FT Recruit?? IB 7 2w
+40 Should I Put My Entire Bonus into Bitcoin? CRYPTO 15 3d
+40 Where are the high paying roles? Are they real? PE 28 55m
+39 Why so serious? IB 10 17y
+39 I need to hear a success story PE 49 17y
+39 Money Never Sleeps: Wall Street 2 OFF 47 16y
+39 Why do so many companies overpay? IB 27 16y
+39 Tiger Woods: Too Big to Fail? OFF 24 16y
+39 Munger: Basically, It's Over IB 15 16y
+39 The REAL REASON why Columbia has less recruits than Harvard. GOOD STUFF HERE. IB 34 16y
+39 GMAT Advice BSCH 22 16y
+39 Living outside Manhattan - is it doable? OFF 27 16y
+39 Retaking courses in undergrad? BSCH 34 16y
+39 Till Death Do Us Part... and beyond OFF 15 15y
+39 What determines what multiple an industry trades off of? IB 18 15y
+39 Most jobs suck IB 19 15y
+39 Energy Trading questoins - BRING EM TR 58 15y
+39 QE3's coming and its name is... War? IB 37 15y
+39 What if recruiting was like sports? IB 24 15y
+39 What Qualifies as "Relevant" Coursework? RES 60 15y
+39 The Affluent Get Thrifty OFF 22 15y
+39 Leaving finance to run family business OTH 20 15y
+39 WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS - No FORMAL EDUCATION - I CAN TRADE AND WANT IN RES 44 15y
+39 Deficit Cutting Bill Passes House OFF 31 14y
+39 Elizabeth Warren: America Without a Middle Class OFF 7 14y
+39 The King Is Dead OFF 43 14y
+39 Happy Thanksgiving WSO IB 4 14y
+39 Goldman Sachs ACCELERATED summer internship? IB 236 14y
+39 Apple Posts a BEASTLY Quarter OFF 11 14y
+39 Internship advice for a non-target school student JOB 92 14y
+39 Slim Shirts FASH 68 14y
+39 Apple has decided what to do with all its cash, conference call tomorrow. OFF 51 14y
+39 India is sneezing, will the gold market catch cold? OFF 9 14y
+39 The Midas Petition OFF 46 14y
+39 Do these "Fuck Banking" posts refer to S&T or CM as well? IB 17 14y
+39 Facebook investors dumping shares IB 32 14y
+39 When do you need an office? OFF 20 14y
+39 Add "Organ Donor" to my resume? JOB 43 14y
+39 Remember the Primary Markets? OFF 7 14y
+39 My last post for a while SCSS 32 14y
+39 To absolutely kill technical interviews IB 27 14y
+39 Goldman Sachs vs. Credit Suisse for ER ER 16 14y
+39 IlliniProgrammer's Kid Brother Wrote a Book OFF 32 14y
+39 How does someone in banking look younger? OFF 35 14y
+39 Kevin Rose: Always a Bridesmaid OFF 19 13y
+39 GET MOTIVATED!!! MOVE FORWARD!!! OFF 24 13y
+39 The Frieds Interview: PART ONE OFF 10 13y
+39 The Models & Bottles Myth IB 22 13y
+39 Would you join Paulson & Co today? IB 43 13y
+39 Bonus Bananas September 21, 2012 OFF 14 13y
+39 CITI Operations Internship - Good Foot in the Door? IB 24 13y
+39 WSO has ruined my concept of regular hours! OFF 14 13y
+39 Info Session Leg Humping IB 44 13y
+39 The Power of the Kitty OFF 30 13y
+39 Do puts cause the underlying price to drop? TR 9 13y
+39 Morale on the sell-side TR 21 13y
+39 Lessons Learned from the E-Cigarette Market OFF 22 13y
+39 Best Undergrad Schools for IB recruiting BSCH 53 13y
+39 Is There Anything Worse than Being Sick at the Office? OFF 24 13y
+39 Is it really THAT hard to get an interview "from the inside". IB 71 13y
+39 Wall Street Is Back OFF 23 13y
+39 Finding Happiness Outside of Finance OFF 18 13y
+39 Banking vs PE Crossroads. IB 14 13y
+39 FLDP Travel CF 16 13y
+39 Booth MBA worth it? BSCH 31 13y
+39 Basic Guide Ramping Up On A Company With Public Information Part Two IB 15 13y
+39 Part I: So You Want To Be A Derivatives Trader? OFF 26 13y
+39 Hypothetical - Harvard Business School BSCH 22 13y
+39 What's your number? JOB 40 13y
+39 How do you know you will not blow up? TR 20 13y
+39 Argentina Case Study: How a Black Market Currency Emerges AM 10 13y
+39 Traditional 401k vs Roth 401K AM 17 12y
+39 How Much Do FT Analysts Know Before Start (GS,MS,BX)? IB 15 12y
+39 Phobia OFF 87 12y
+39 Millenial Malaise: Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy CF 27 12y
+39 WebMD's Tender Offer: Odd Lot Arbitrage for Free Money OFF 14 12y
+39 Monday @Mentions October 28, 2013 OFF 22 12y
+39 WSO Caption Contest - Nov 6th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt OFF 36 12y
+39 Teaser Tuesday! - First Edition! OFF 17 12y
+39 CRE Lending Careers RE 21 12y
+39 Desire OFF 24 12y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 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

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101