+121 Who's Your Favorite Comedian? OFF 160 5y
+121 2020 Intern Offer Rates IB 114 5y
+121 16 year old Hedge Fund Manager HF 152 5y
+121 How were S&T intern return rates at GS/MS/JPM? TR 72 5y
+121 Time for Kids to Rethink "Incoming" on LinkedIn? OFF 63 6y
+121 Q&A: Former Ibanker / PE Associate & a former Consultant. We now run a business coaching charisma and lifestyle design OFF 66 6y
+121 Incoming full-time Analysts: How much debt (student loan/cc debt) do you have? OFF 80 6y
+121 How to find a Meal Delivery Service IB 29 6y
+121 Non-Target, Sub 3.5 GPA. FT BB IBD SCSS 38 6y
+121 2019 Target School Ranking for NYC Recruit? IB 74 6y
+121 In Defense of Eating Ass NUI 25 6y
+121 USA: 50 Things I Miss & Love OFF 55 6y
+121 Crazy Networking - Standing Outside Buildings for Buy Side Networking HF 134 6y
+121 JD/MBAs...worth it or waste of time? JOB 147 6y
+121 Answering Australian I-Banking Questions! IB 113 6y
+121 Hypo: Ron Paul becomes President OFF 110 6y
+121 Wells Fargo SA 2020 IB 218 6y
+121 Banks should take this as a lesson to stop recruiting so early IB 11 6y
+121 Didn't get paid a bonus as a PE Associate... PE 43 6y
+121 Musk's funding secured fund was partial joke OFF 70 6y
+121 Do PE funds stop caring about certain investments once the fund has crushed it? PE 25 7y
+121 Bill Gross's Asperger OFF 33 7y
+121 How HR Decides Who is Chosen for Superday/Eventually Hired... IB 134 7y
+121 What is the longest amount of hours you have worked in a week? OFF 74 7y
+121 How did you learn to think high level? OFF 22 7y
+121 Getting Started as a Broker RE 59 8y
+121 Staying a third year as a PE associate vs. doing something nontraditional PE 16 8y
+121 Sources and Uses: How to Find and Use Information in IBD (EBITDA example) IB 20 8y
+121 Q&A: From Pizza Delivery to Quantitative Research/Data Science/Programming TR 32 8y
+121 I failed miserably at life. What do I do? OFF 23 8y
+121 How to Beat Post-Lunch Drowsiness OFF 71 9y
+121 I am FAT and SHORT. How can I increase my chances of being RESPECTED and HIRED? JOB 42 9y
+121 Don't lose hope, from BO/MO to Equity Research ER 34 9y
+121 Delaying Graduation for Internship? IB 151 9y
+121 Rising Junior Summer Internship JOB 137 9y
+121 Q&A - Top Tech / Media Corporate Development Associate CF 59 9y
+121 The Great Strategic Game of Life (1/2) OFF 22 10y
+121 Associate in Private Equity FoF - will answer questions PE 80 12y
+121 What Career Advice Will You Give Your Kids? OFF 95 13y
+121 Interested restructuring- good or bad idea? IB 172 13y
+121 Wharton (no $) versus Tepper (full $) BSCH 74 13y
+121 Which watch budget $3000 OFF 197 14y
+121 Non-Street Firm = Non-Street Comp PE 84 14y
+120 Long Game: Development vs Asset Management RE 46 1mo
+120 Is it Bad That I ALREADY Don’t Care? IB 33 1mo
+120 Mid Level Career Freeze PE 39 3mo
+120 Funds with the best culture PE 125 3mo
+120 Are data centers a fad and a bad place to have a career in? RE 66 3mo
+120 Curious as to why anyone stays in IB after your analyst years IB 37 4mo
+120 Advice--development executive structure RE 38 7mo
+120 Most impressive Real Estate Careers you've seen. RE 37 9mo
+120 I Have No Idea How I Am Doing in IB Recruiting... I Feel Lost Due to Fake DEI JOB 34 10mo
+120 What do you love/hate/regret about public credit/HY/Distressed? CR 47 10mo
+120 Penn State Finance Club IB 54 1y
+120 JPM IB teams with best culture? IB 87 1y
+120 Fumbled the girl and I am so down OFF 73 1y
+120 GS juniors passing out in the office? IB 28 1y
+120 The Grass Isn’t Always Greener: An Expensive Lesson PE 26 1y
+120 LinkedIn Activity in High Finance - Why So Different? PE 39 1y
+120 Is Oil and Gas IB/PE Dead? IB 43 2y
+120 What type of work does your associate typically do? IB 23 2y
+120 Analysts bitching on WSO IB 27 2y
+120 flunking out with SA offer JOB 51 2y
+120 How Much Parental Assistance Do People Actually Have? IB 46 2y
+120 GF doesn’t care about her looks OFF 60 2y
+120 A PSA: doing your own deals is nothing like being an associate at a name brand fund PE 14 3y
+120 Fast Food Prestige Rankings IB 67 3y
+120 Why is WSO anti-buyside out of undergrad? IB 50 3y
+120 What topic could you talk about for hours? OFF 109 3y
+120 Centerview vs. PJT vs. Evercore IB 34 3y
+120 JPM SA 2022 IB 972 3y
+120 Accepting Parents are Getting to That Age OFF 34 3y
+120 SEO London is a Joke IB 38 3y
+120 Is the Hiring Process Broken? JOB 57 3y
+120 Ask Monty09 - Energy Trading careers, interviews, firms, etc etc TR 81 4y
+120 Making mistakes at work OFF 45 4y
+120 Dave Portnoy on Moelis: “Our banker was unusually bad.”, “They stole from us” IB 49 4y
+120 4 Tips for Being a Better Leader OTH 58 4y
+120 How screwed are IB associates if they're laid off? IB 30 4y
+120 How Would You “re-do” Your RE Job Hunt? RE 30 4y
+120 Best M&A news source? IB 65 4y
+120 “I went to Wall Street and my friends went into tech. Guess who made the mistake?" IB 48 4y
+120 $100k Working in Retail OFF 58 4y
+120 How many of you own a firearm or have a CCW? OFF 47 4y
+120 The Future of Cryptocurrency CRYPTO 93 4y
+120 Is everyone in IB a type A person? IB 34 4y
+120 Best group on the street IB 75 4y
+120 Kicking the can down the road - Student Loan Moratorium Extended OFF 68 4y
+120 Best Firms in Houston? IB 75 4y
+120 Gym - Bulking while in IB - possible? IB 61 4y
+120 Tucker Max Hangs Up His Spurs OFF 92 4y
+120 Q&A: Equity Analyst at a Sovereign Wealth/Pension Fund AM 24 5y
+120 I don’t do shit in my internship IB 68 5y
+120 Petition To Create A Wall of Monkey Shit - Weekly Worst Comments OFF 35 5y
+120 Q&A - research analyst at credit hedge fund HF 71 5y
+120 MSF Rankings 2017 BSCH 95 5y
+120 34 year old day trader to investment banker IB 25 5y
+120 13 Networking Tips and Tricks JOB 49 5y
+120 Passive Investing Bubble? HF 48 5y
+120 Finding New Jobs RE 66 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101