+40 Almost six months in and I still can't find a job. JOB 18 10y
+40 Helpful Books to Read IB 57 10y
+40 Observation on career happiness IB 24 10y
+40 Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? - Always a fun read OFF 27 10y
+40 Floor Trading..please explain why? TR 32 10y
+40 How Charles Schwab's CEO figures out what kind of person you are as a job candidate JOB 13 10y
+40 Wharton Business School: Entrepreneurship Speech BSCH 7 10y
+40 Northwestern, Gtown, Stern, Cornell or Brown BSCH 27 10y
+40 Funniest Scene in a Finance/Business Movie OFF 22 10y
+40 Top Firms in Investment Real Estate? RE 14 10y
+40 Michael Lewis - Marmite man OFF 16 10y
+40 Corp Fin F500 or Big 4? ---> End goal MBA CF 15 10y
+40 Do you lose your identity in finance? IB 18 10y
+40 Boutique IB Internship with no modeling IB 22 10y
+40 Take HF Offer Out of Undergrad? HF 52 11y
+40 A Q&A Interview: Recruiting, Bonus Bucket Placement, And Starting A Business OFF 10 11y
+40 Thoughts on Becoming a Top Perfomer OTH 30 11y
+40 I'm screwed... OFF 48 11y
+40 Planning for Retirement as a Young I-Banker IB 15 11y
+40 Hedge Fund Interview to Job Conversion Rate HF 23 11y
+40 Accelerated Full Time Recruiting IB 32 11y
+40 Do women flock to HBS guys? OFF 56 11y
+40 What I learned from raging with 4 MDs OTH 18 11y
+40 How to Spin Back Office Job to IB IB 37 11y
+40 Cheat sheet to understand ‘Stress Test’ Results IB 2 11y
+40 Carry-On for Travel CO 41 12y
+40 Awful Cold Email Response rate JOB 38 12y
+40 Making money off the new 30 Year Middle East War between Shia and Sunni OFF 11 12y
+40 How is Baruch College's reputation in the general field of Finance in NYC? BSCH 73 12y
+40 Stumbled upon a piece of financial history in the office today... PE 29 12y
+40 Paragraphs WSO 10 12y
+40 NYU Stern, Penn (Non Wharton), and Georgetown IB 34 12y
+40 FI Arb TR 23 12y
+40 What should I do? MBA or not? AM 22 12y
+40 Teaser Tuesday! May 6, 2014 OFF 29 12y
+40 Secondary Buyouts? PE 13 12y
+40 WSO Caption Contest - April 16th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt OFF 54 12y
+40 Recently switched to Mac for work and home OFF 29 12y
+40 Plagiarism on the Street ER 22 12y
+40 How do you view these 2nd tier MBA schools for IB? Thanks BSCH 36 12y
+40 Bonus Bananas February 14, 2014 IB 23 12y
+40 PE Recruiting: Preferencing Firms with Headhunters IB 20 12y
+40 WSO Caption Contest - Feb 5th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free Wall Street Oasis T-Shirt OFF 48 12y
+40 Modeling & Fantasy Football - Dominate the Draft! OFF 17 12y
+40 Goldman: 10% Correction Imminent IB 17 12y
+40 Bonus Bananas January 10, 2014 OFF 31 12y
+40 Old User Looking at New Opportunities in RE - Help? RE 11 12y
+40 When have you "failed" during the job search process? JOB 45 12y
+40 Are You Too Good for Wells Fargo? OFF 71 12y
+40 Bonus Bananas October 25, 2013 OFF 30 12y
+40 Mark Cuban Acquitted OFF 25 12y
+40 Tikker: Do You Really Want to Know? OFF 21 12y
+40 Continuing interview after a job offer!? JOB 26 12y
+40 Franz Kafka & Hanging Your Own Shingle OFF 9 13y
+40 From Private Equity to Investment Banking JOB 40 13y
+40 Strange...tons of interviews and no job yet... JOB 47 13y
+40 SEC Files to Ban Cohen for Life HF 13 13y
+40 Bizarre Girl Situation - What should I do? OFF 67 13y
+40 I Spent the Past Week in a Cave OFF 14 13y
+40 How To Trade Currencies with a PayPal Account OFF 14 13y
+40 When should you give up on IB? feedback & thoughts? IB 27 13y
+40 Generous Number Crunching on TSLA Q1 Profitability OFF 11 13y
+40 It's all about the follow up! SCSS 19 13y
+40 How I Get Top Grades in UG OFF 21 13y
+40 Appearance vs. Substance in China OFF 13 13y
+40 How long to become an expert on your sector? ER 30 13y
+40 Congrats to BlackHat, 2012 WSO Member of the Year OFF 11 13y
+40 News for apple is getting worse OFF 19 13y
+40 What to do Before Negotiating - 5 Steps OFF 13 13y
+40 Who Gets the Technicals? IB 23 13y
+40 Entrepreneurial Q&A with Patrick, Part 1 OFF 4 13y
+40 You Don't Want To Be a Stockbroker OFF 17 14y
+40 does FT recruiting even exist this year!? IB 55 14y
+40 How do you research your trades? TR 38 14y
+40 Its Always That One Intern... IB 28 14y
+40 Why Entrepreneurship Should Be Taught In School To Save The Economy OFF 18 14y
+40 Can we really “have it all?” OFF 23 14y
+40 Grandpa And Grandma Are Taking Our Jobs OFF 16 14y
+40 Budget Deficit Will Just Go Away OFF 18 14y
+40 On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and a Perp Walk Down Memory Lane IB 10 14y
+40 The Great Debate: Wendy's vs Burger King OFF 48 14y
+40 Launchpad IGNITION: Connect for a Cause OFF 27 14y
+40 What do you have to do to get fired? TR 60 14y
+40 National Defense Authorization Act OFF 24 14y
+40 Who pays a higher % of taxes? IB 15 14y
+40 But Seriously, Do You Like Phil Collins? OFF 27 14y
+40 Watching TED videos----> questioning your chosen "life"? IB 20 15y
+40 Weekend work in PE PE 33 15y
+40 LOL! Myspace sold for $35m IB 24 15y
+40 Weekend Wars: USA vs. NATO OFF 25 15y
+40 Lunch with McKinsey Partner CO 37 15y
+40 Monkey's Day in the Jungle OFF 13 15y
+40 Valuation/Modeling courses (e.g. training the street etc.) IB 48 15y
+40 NBA Dunk Contest OFF 43 15y
+40 We need your opinions on the new FAQs page WSO 30 15y
+40 Recruiting is so miserable IB 44 15y
+40 In defense of the Western mother OFF 29 15y
+40 Alcoholic Speculation OFF 29 15y
+40 Most and Least recession-proof IBD groups IB 70 15y
+40 Milton Friedman Speech OFF 23 15y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • 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 97.9%
  • 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 97.9%
  • 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 (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101