+115 P/E vs. EV/EBITDA - Advantages/Disadvantages? IB 105 8y
+115 CFA® June 2017 Results OFF 86 9y
+115 Don't waste your time BSCH 77 9y
+115 Trying to understand the concept of IRR RE 36 9y
+115 How To Get An Offer At Goldman Sachs CO 55 9y
+115 Efficient market conundrum HF 73 9y
+115 Exiting Big Four (Audit) after 5 years and entering FP&A - Ask me anything JOB 31 10y
+115 Advice from an ex-IB MD on how to make it to Wall Street JOB 39 10y
+115 Gridiron Freakonomics OFF 81 12y
+115 Walk-in "cold call" question JOB 99 13y
+115 Accounting vs Finance: Part 1 – Career Paths IB 44 13y
+115 5 Rules of Getting a Job from a Non-Target School IB 125 13y
+115 Ex-finance guy applying to M7, need advice monkeys BSCH 61 14y
+114 Project Finance Director - Ask Me Anything IB 93 3w
+114 Pros & Cons Summary - Post-MBAs in Restructuring (RX) - any regrets? IB 25 5mo
+114 Quitting finance to fix and flip or construction business in the US? RE 32 8mo
+114 Has anyone regretted going back to IB from a Corp role? IB 26 11mo
+114 What kind of person should stay in banking? IB 38 1y
+114 Trump Fires Fed Governor OFF 28 1y
+114 Let's Talk Bitcoin CRYPTO 188 1y
+114 S&T is paradise TR 7 1y
+114 Update post: Made $4m on meme coin didn’t take IB return offer IB 35 1y
+114 Target High School Rankings BSCH 75 1y
+114 Don’t work at Leerink IB 56 1y
+114 Expectations vs reality of being a first-year IB analyst IB 39 1y
+114 Mate Selection Strategy OFF 45 1y
+114 Got Broken up with because of IB OFF 29 1y
+114 Which banks party the hardest? IB 69 2y
+114 About to start IB and wish I wasn’t IB 21 2y
+114 Arrogant and Rude Ivy League stories OFF 48 2y
+114 How to get over envy/jealousy? OFF 52 2y
+114 What is everyone doing in multifamily development right now? RE 69 2y
+114 Multifamily - how tf are you guys getting deals to pencil? RE 86 2y
+114 Inappropriate VP? OFF 69 2y
+114 PWP culture, pay and exits IB 35 3y
+114 IBD: Easy high paid exit ops IB 39 3y
+114 WSO 2021 Investment Banking Work-Conditions Survey (Part 2/2) IB 25 3y
+114 The Irony of Index funds OFF 34 3y
+114 Classical Music is changing my life OFF 52 3y
+114 What is the future of investment banking? IB 48 3y
+114 How do LIHTC developers make money? RE 80 4y
+114 Inflation at 9% - Will Firms Raise Salaries? IB 60 4y
+114 Emerging Markets Trading - Questions TR 37 4y
+114 Entrepreneurship or IB... How do you choose? IB 52 4y
+114 Vista Equity Partners vs. Silver Lake PE 40 4y
+114 Meritocracy IB 21 4y
+114 Do you want to get married / have kids? What age? OFF 113 4y
+114 Wells Fargo vs. UBS IB 58 4y
+114 Litquidity Target School Ranking IB 66 4y
+114 Fiancé broke up - I can’t focus OFF 83 5y
+114 Got back from a date. This is what she said. Is this a red flag? OFF 139 5y
+114 Is it really THAT bad with Deutsche Bank & UBS? IB 41 5y
+114 Can you tell the difference between a 6 and a 10?? OFF 142 5y
+114 $300k roles in real estate RE 49 5y
+114 MS Finance vs. MBA Finance BSCH 113 6y
+114 Scared Shitless: How Did You Actually Learn How To Competently Build Financial Models RE 48 6y
+114 Someone PLEASE Talk Me Out of Taking the LSAT/Debating Law School BSCH 134 6y
+114 Personal finance? OFF 60 6y
+114 Offer secured... I want out. BSCH 38 6y
+114 California is broke - Lets spend more and raise taxes! OFF 102 6y
+114 Are Stern MBAs looked down upon? BSCH 67 6y
+114 Entrepreurship in UK with 200,000 GBP OTH 106 6y
+114 Urgent: Would you pay $1400 in rent for 9ft x 9ft bedroom with almost nonexistent living room in Midtown? OFF 51 6y
+114 Moderating the Mods WSO 149 6y
+114 Common Pitfalls of Early Analyst Life & Unemployment JOB 19 6y
+114 My model efficiencies - 6 months in OFF 34 6y
+114 Why Your Resume Sucked A** JOB 9 7y
+114 Cristiano Ronaldo v Tom Brady? OFF 92 7y
+114 How to deal with panic attacks in S&T/IBD? OFF 32 7y
+114 Tell me about your favorite restaurant? OFF 101 7y
+114 Three Things You Didn't Know About Becoming A Rock-Star Analyst IB 28 7y
+114 Final thoughts on Macquarie IB 180 8y
+114 W on Transcript from Withdrawing From a Class IB 215 8y
+114 Fashion Essentials FASH 160 8y
+114 Are there more lucrative careers? JOB 113 8y
+114 Non-Traditional Background - How'd you get your foot in the door? IB 121 8y
+114 Wisconsin is apparently shutting down their MBA program BSCH 35 8y
+114 Wells Fargo IBD: Up-and-coming? IB 138 9y
+114 SA Interview Prep Techniques IB 85 9y
+114 Why is EBITDA popular? IB 76 10y
+114 Opinion on recruiting (from recruiter side) IB 78 14y
+114 Ridiculous resume IB 150 16y
+114 "At a Certain Point, You've Made Enough Money" OFF 122 16y
+113 Santander IB Status IB 6 2mo
+113 Everything Rothschild London IB 50 7mo
+113 Offer Rescinded - Feeling Lost IB 41 10mo
+113 Gordon Dyal & Co. ANA1 TC = $350k?? IB 42 11mo
+113 2025/2026 Market RE 56 1y
+113 What are the different types of Credit? CR 21 1y
+113 From MF Credit (BX/APO/Bain) → Special Sits or HF — What’s the Smartest Move Now? HF 44 1y
+113 MD Farted on My Face OFF 22 1y
+113 How do you date / socialize as a HF pod shop analyst? HF 53 1y
+113 If IB firms opened offices in Southern Florida, would you prefer to work there or still in NYC? IB 71 1y
+113 How much has IB junior pay degraded over the past 20 years? IB 47 1y
+113 Why is there so much hate for UF? IB 18 2y
+113 Recruiting RBC and Moelis Afghanistan: My Experience IB 37 2y
+113 Job data should not be clogging up the forum feeds WSO 7 2y
+113 What's the appeal of investing in oil stocks? ER 30 2y
+113 Examples of SM/MM L/S Ideas HF 79 2y
+113 Tiger Global Memo PE 52 2y

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