0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+3 Breaking in Debt Sales at BB TR 1 8y
+12 Post MBA - Big Tech Sales VS Boutique Mgt Consulting JOB 1 8y
+3 Bill Ackman - Where are the public speaker skills? PE 1 8y
0 Schroders - Review - Quantitative Research AM Data 8y
0 Schroders - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research AM Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Finance IB Data 8y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Finance IB Data 8y
+6 2018 Preqin Global Real Estate Report RE 1 8y
0 Aberdeen Asset Management - Interview - Generalist AM Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 The Motley Fool - Review - Equity Research ER Data 8y
+12 When can you stop using greetings/signatures in an email chain? JOB 1 8y
0 bcIMC - Review - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield AM Data 8y
0 bcIMC - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield AM Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Regions Bank - Review - Credit Data 8y
+12 Transition from Passive Fund to IB ? IB 1 8y
+12 Missed Out on Summer Analyst Programs In College. Any Chance at IB? JOB 1 8y
0 Norwest Equity Partners - Interview - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Gallup Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CF Data 8y
+15 REIT or Brokerage? RE 11 8y
+21 BDC Price/NAV Question PE 1 8y
0 AlixPartners - Review - Consumer - Retail CO Data 8y
0 AlixPartners - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail CO Data 8y
0 Brown Brothers Harriman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 How to Write Second Email to Request Informational Interview? IB 8 8y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Prop Trading HF Data 8y
0 United Bank - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 8y
0 United Bank - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Review - Consumer - Retail AM Data 8y
0 Front Desk Quant in BAML vs Quant Strategy Trader in Knight TR 5 8y
+19 Do traders really make more money than desk quants? TR 9 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail AM Data 8y
0 Bloomberg - Review - Sales Data 8y
0 Bloomberg - Salary & Bonus - Sales Data 8y
+23 Preparing for Full Time IB 19 8y
+12 Career Advice Needed PE 1 8y
0 Advent International Corporation - Review - Generalist PE Data 8y
+38 Strong Analyst with No Job JOB 7 8y
+13 JP Morgan Full-Time Second Round / Superday? IB 42 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 TransMarket Group - Interview - NA TR Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Back Office IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Back Office IB Data 8y
0 TD Securities - Review - Equities TR Data 8y
+12 Do any of you guys use REThink? RE 1 8y
0 Mendon Capital - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 TD Securities - Salary & Bonus - Equities TR Data 8y
+29 UK elite-target school -> over 70 graduate job applications -> not a single interview yet JOB 7 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading IB Data 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Markets TR Data 8y
+35 10k of a company || Interview question CF 18 8y
+10 Capital Budgeting 101 CF 6 8y
+4 Leveraged equity as a call option? CF 2 8y
+84 Q&A: Consultant at Accenture Strategy CO 48 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Valuation Data 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 8y
+31 Any opportunity left now for investment banking full time analyst? IB 26 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate RE Data 8y
0 RSM US LLP - Salary & Bonus - Advisory CO Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Restructuring IB Data 8y
0 Anyone in office today? :( - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking CF Data 8y
+3 Summer Analyst Housing in Century City OFF 1 8y
+9 Highlights of Bear-Market Twitter OFF 1 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Securities AM Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Securities AM Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Finance IB Data 8y
0 GPB Capital Holdings LLC - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 GPB Capital Holdings LLC - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) PE Data 8y
+36 Case Competition on Resume IB 29 8y
+3 how useful is the wso ib guide IB 1 8y
+23 Firm not paying for interview flight and hotel IB 10 8y
+12 FA Associate Job at Smaller Firm AM 1 8y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - NA TR Data 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Review - Finance AM Data 8y
0 Northwestern Mutual - Salary & Bonus - Finance AM Data 8y
0 Comcast/NBCUniversal - Interview - Corporate Finance CF Data 8y
+15 Thoughts on stats major and double minor in econs and cs JOB 3 8y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk IB Data 8y
0 Itaú BBA - Interview - Accounting Data 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+25 Help!! PwC vs Citi? JOB 20 8y
0 Abbott Laboratories - Interview - Healthcare Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+11 GMAT/GRE scores for RE masters programs? RE 2 8y
+12 How does one apply to the new analyst and summer analyst (from undergraduate programmes)? PE 1 8y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Pre-MBA Internship - Offer to work for free? IB 4 8y
0 Microsoft - Interview - Finance CF Data 8y
+9 Mistake to tell Recruiter also interested in AM? HF 1 8y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Private Banking PE Data 8y
+25 Difference between sell-side and buy-side equity research (culture/ atmosphere, salary, career paths, etc.)? ER 19 8y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Information Technology (IT) AM Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.7%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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