+27 How can you be a successful healthcare analyst without having a medical background? HF 14 9mo
0 What i-banks/ specific groups outside of NY have good exit opportunities? IB 1 9mo
+3 Recruiting Anxiety IB 1 9mo
0 PJT Boston IB 1 9mo
+6 JPM Groups IB 6 9mo
+36 Interview Etiquette - Bottle of Water, Suit Jacket, and Notes JOB 31 9mo
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+34 Carterpierce? PE 27 9mo
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+36 PJT London vs Citi London IB 15 9mo
+26 VP Corporate Banking - MBA to pivot BSCH 7 9mo
0 Experiences with IB recruiting teams IB 1 9mo
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+2 O&G Super Major Trading Group to Equities Research at Major Bank TR 2 9mo
+18 I'm having an Analyst Crisis Moment IB 5 9mo
+5 Is an HFT Trading Bot Worth Building in 2026? TR 1 9mo
+15 Job Searching Acvice JOB 2 9mo
0 SA2027 Should I Network? JOB 1 10mo
0 IB AS1 Lateral from Australia to the US IB 1 10mo
+11 Are any Real Estate investors Data led? RE 6 10mo
0 how much of an edge does being native in Portuguese/spanish/english ++ give me for latam coverage (in nyc) recruiting? IB 4 10mo
+5 Lazard Updates - Groups Overview? IB 10 10mo
+26 Singapore (Anglo/Euro/Expat) Finance Bros: How is your experience? How hard was it to break into finance in SG? IB 23 10mo
+73 Deciding between Duke and Ross undergrad IB 56 10mo
+3 WF Pencils Down Rule OFF 3 10mo
+3 WF Garden Leave IB 2 10mo
0 Help Me Choose - Penn State v. UW Madison BSCH 2 10mo
+21 SMU will be the next target school for IB for Texas and NYC BSCH 6 10mo
0 Best time to start looking for an apartment in NYC OFF 4 10mo
+106 How has Investment Banking actually changed you? IB 23 10mo
+9 Rothschild SLP 2025 IB 8 10mo
+3 MS Menlo SA ‘27 IB 1 10mo
0 Vanderbilt MSF interview BSCH 1 10mo
0 Reaching out to connections today? IB 1 10mo
0 Evercore RX SA27 IB 1 10mo
+201 Biggest Fraudster you know or have heard of OFF 135 10mo
+4 Piper Sandler | Detroit Office IB 1 10mo
+1 PU&I Recruiting Advice and Best Groups in NYC IB 4 10mo
+13 Can I put the people I networked with on the question "Do you have anyone that you have a close personal relationship with who is currently employed by the Firm or any of its subsidiary companies"? JOB 7 10mo
+26 JPM outsourcing bankers to India & Argentina IB 12 10mo
0 Pathway to breaking into IB as an undergrad junior transfer at a target university? IB 1 10mo
+17 Is NYU Stern bait BSCH 9 10mo
+18 College Advice (NYU Stern vs. Northwestern) BSCH 11 10mo
+11 Does it make more sense to do 2 years as an IB associate or as a PE associate these days? PE 12 10mo
+6 LMM Lateral IB 4 10mo
+22 Advice - IBD Mid Level VP —> HF HF 12 10mo
0 Roommates in NYC OFF 1 10mo
+15 Audax Private Equity SA Program PE 11 10mo
+9 Career switching advice (recent MBA grad) BSCH 1 10mo
+4 How good is Miami University (OH) for IB? BSCH 2 10mo
+18 Cover Letters for SA 27? IB 6 10mo
+15 Altas Partners - Update PE 12 10mo
0 JPMC CS&I Fellowship Interview IB 2 10mo
+302 Restructuring is Paradise IB 30 10mo
+6 Corp Treasury Exit Ops JOB 2 10mo
+21 Real estate investment as a junior RE 4 10mo
+2 Shyam Sankar @ Palantir - Crazy Smart? IB 1 10mo
+15 Updated Perspective on SF EB Groups IB 6 10mo
0 Breaking into local boutique IBs? (Specially LatAm) IB 1 10mo
+53 40 yo new MBA with non-financial work history IB 42 10mo
+52 Stay or Jump - Career RE 22 10mo
0 Need extra ticket to Met Opera NYE Gala OFF 1 10mo
+10 Offer Letter Wait IB 2 10mo
+1 Messed up resume dates IB 4 10mo
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+6 Pathway Forward UK IB 1 10mo
+23 Kodai and Throughline HF 21 10mo
0 IB Tech Primer IB 1 10mo
+27 HF Graduate Program Thread HF 19 10mo
+9 Late-Night Search: “CA Exam Test Series” OFF 1 10mo
+8 Is UCL MSc Finance well established for 2026? BSCH 7 10mo
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+7 UBS ~20% headcount cuts + Post-Christmas rally — is this signaling a structural shift or just headline risk? ER 1 10mo
+137 The Fallacy of Business School from a PE Associate BSCH 29 10mo
+10 MBA for an IR associate at MF? PE 1 10mo
+12 Best apple watch 2026, Expert recommendations to choose FASH 2 10mo
+11 On-Cycle / Off-Cycle Modeling Question PE 4 10mo
+12 Guys who moved to NYC for dating, how did it go? OFF 22 10mo
0 Cornell Capital Updated View PE 2 10mo
+358 To the Non-Northeastern Elitists.... IB 35 10mo
+10 Facial hair during recruiting? JOB 4 10mo
+11 MSF or MBA? Interested in infrastructure finance BSCH 2 10mo
+10 Commodities - Not sure what to do after internship TR 2 10mo
+1 Top US BB Quant Strats or smaller non-US bank S&T for SA TR 1 10mo
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+44 Growth PE Comp Progression PE 24 10mo
+3 Best Groups at Citi / Barclays? IB 3 10mo
+3 help please for ER interview JOB 2 10mo
+9 L/S Credit @ AM HF 2 10mo

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