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+35 Independent Sponsor Comp Structure PE 14 1mo
+35 Are There Any Good Funds to Be a VP At? PE 34 1mo
+35 Full-time lateral advice IB 13 2mo
+35 Private Credit Comp Across Levels in London – What Are You Seeing? CR 9 2mo
+35 GoldenTree culture? HF 13 2mo
+35 Middle-Market PE PE 57 2mo
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+35 Monte Carlo Simulations RE 29 2mo
+35 Does anyone else find it very difficult to take vacations in ER? ER 5 3mo
+35 PE Ops Or Investment Associate Role? PE 42 3mo
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+35 ONE STRATEGY GROUP JOB 12 3mo
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+35 Q&A | Founder, ten31 Media, The Promote | (10+ years in CRE Media) RE 10 3mo
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+35 No hate, but it is painstakingly obvious this is the case right? OFF 12 3mo
+35 Barings Direct Lending Team Exodus CR 54 4mo
+35 Emory College vs Georgia Tech Scheller vs UNC Kenan-Flagler (Assured Admit) vs Middlebury College IB 30 4mo
+35 Private Credit Workouts Role CR 11 4mo
+35 PE Recruiting post MBA PE 18 4mo
+35 Need Some Advice on Best Path to Macro HF PM / Starting Own HF HF 7 4mo
+35 Sales & Trading at a Bank vs Quant Trading TR 8 4mo
+35 Graduating with a 2.2 - IBD Analyst Offer London Reneged? JOB 18 4mo
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+35 How Is Recruiting for Chicago IB from HYP? IB 13 5mo
+35 Nordic Capital NYC - 2025 Thoughts? PE 29 5mo
+35 Development - Regulatory Timelines RE 19 5mo
+35 <1 year at current company & zero hits applying for jobs - correlated? JOB 14 5mo
+35 UPDATED UNBIASED Bank-Mogging Tier List 2026 (UNBIASED) MEME 3 5mo
+35 Northwestern University Undergrad BSCH 19 5mo
+35 Commodities physical trading vs S&T at a BB TR 16 5mo
+35 Wells Fargo FIG IB 10 5mo
+35 Apprenticeship or University for maximising career earnings (UK) BSCH 13 5mo
+35 Is AI going to replace everyone but the senior analysts and PMs? HF 16 5mo
+35 ———title PE 10 5mo
+35 FMI Capital Advisors IB 31 5mo
+35 Infrastructure PE Resources/Info PE 41 5mo
+35 Savings after a few IB/PE years - London PE 43 6mo
+35 OCIO? AM 10 6mo
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+35 Development Fund vs. JVs RE 11 6mo
+35 GF Cheated On Me With MBB Consultant. What Now? OFF 6 6mo
+35 MS Layoffs? IB 29 6mo
+35 Thoughts on the Credit Indices/Macro Credit Desk (CDX, CDX vol, tranches, etc.)? TR 15 6mo
+35 Del IB 18 6mo
+35 Senior Associate Purgatory PE 10 7mo
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+35 A/B Note Structure RE 20 7mo
+35 PE-held ~7 years, near-sale fell apart — stay or walk? PE 13 8mo
+35 Should I Run for the Exit or is this the Norm? HF 13 8mo
+35 How many chats total vs. quality chats did you have by the time you landed you offer? IB 16 8mo
+35 PJT London vs Citi London IB 15 8mo
+35 For those who left PE and didn't go into corp dev / strategy what did you end up doing? PE 59 8mo
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+35 Acquisition Team Staffing & Responsibilities RE 13 9mo
+35 How is Lone Pine doing post-Mandel? HF 39 9mo
+35 BofA Assholes? IB 22 9mo
+35 Internet vs Software vs Semi HF 46 9mo
+35 The Buy-One-Get-One Bowl That Almost Ended My Career OFF 6 9mo
+35 Which MSF for CS New Grad? BSCH 16 9mo
+35 VP comp at midsize RE credit fund? RE 20 10mo
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+35 What makes you the most proud? IB 37 10mo
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+35 LIST OF TARGET SCHOOLS FOR NORMAL PEOPLE BSCH 27 10mo
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+35 Imperial vs Others BSCH 56 10mo
+35 Development Crash Course RE 8 10mo
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+35 How do you like to smell? FASH 22 11mo
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+35 HF after $100M Startup? HF 25 12mo
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+35 Market guarantees - PM/Sr Analyst for top MMs HF 23 1y
+35 CIM Length - what is too long? IB 23 1y
+35 Good but toxic PM. Stay or leave? HF 9 1y
+35 Any recommendations for leather laptop/messenger bags? FASH 30 1y
+35 Game Over for PE PE 11 1y
+35 Those who quit after 1 year--where are you now? IB 15 1y
+35 Where are the GenZ multi millionaires and billionaires ? OFF 29 1y
+35 Worst Interviewer(s)/Interview Ever IB 13 1y
+35 Banking in Israel IB 22 1y
+35 How do I conduct better analysis? CR 10 1y
+35 Are MF Modelling tests changing? My experience PE 8 1y
+35 Is Infrastructure Credit a Long-Term Career? Exit Opportunities and Pay Gap vs PE PE 11 1y
+35 How to cope with stress do any of you take anti anxiety medication? OFF 27 1y
+35 Accelerate Idea Generation - Focus on one sector or go very broad? HF 5 1y
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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 03 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