0 Cain Brothers - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
+18 From Lurker to Member NUI 1 8y
0 Cain Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 New York University - Review - NA Data 8y
0 New York University - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Jefferies - Review - Equity Research ER Data 8y
0 Jefferies & Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research ER Data 8y
+124 Looking for Perspectives on Unemployment JOB 102 8y
0 William Blair - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) ER Data 8y
+58 Accused of Plagiarism: Next Steps OFF 78 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance CF Data 8y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 AEGON USA Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management AM Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Corporate Banking CF Data 8y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Business Development TR Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking CF Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Retail Banking Data 8y
+12 How do promotions work (Analyst 0, 1, 2, etc) IB 8 8y
+3 Risk salaries OTH 1 8y
0 United States Marine Corps - Review - NA Data 8y
0 McKinsey and Co - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 United States Marine Corps - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 McKinsey and Co - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
0 Hewlett Packard - Review - Generalist CF Data 8y
0 Hewlett Packard - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CF Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Private Wealth Management Data 8y
+146 Frat House: Does This Still Go On??? OFF 157 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Lockheed Martin - Review - Corporate Development Data 8y
0 Lockheed Martin - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Development Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Review - NA IB Data 8y
0 Optiver - Interview - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - NA IB Data 8y
0 JLL Partners - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate RE Data 8y
0 CCMP Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Finance PE Data 8y
0 IndusInd Bank - Interview - Treasury Data 8y
0 A.T. Kearney - Review - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 A.T. Kearney - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
+9 Z Capital Group - Thoughts or Info? PE 2 8y
0 Berkeley Research Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Douglas Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Douglas Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
+6 Internship IB 1 8y
0 Willis Towers Watson - Interview - Advisory CO Data 8y
0 Alantra - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Alantra - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 FIX/FX BA Interview TR 0 8y
0 Alantra - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
+39 Investment Banking Divorce Rate IB 15 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+3 Artificial intelligence investment INV 1 8y
0 Jefferies - Review - Equity Research ER Data 8y
0 Exxonmobil - Review - Engineering Data 8y
0 Exxonmobil - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 8y
0 Accenture - Review - Strategy CO Data 8y
0 Accenture - Salary & Bonus - Strategy CO Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) HF Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 8y
+43 LBO capital structure question PE 8 8y
0 Five Rings Capital LLC - Interview - Prop Trading TR Data 8y
0 Johnson & Johnson - Interview - Consumer - Retail CF Data 8y
+109 What counts as "debt" in an enterprise value calculation? IB 109 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 4iNNO - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+10 Deloitte to Law School CO 5 8y
+3 Failing a course that doesn't count for GPA IB 2 8y
0 PwC - Review - Assurance Data 8y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Assurance Data 8y
0 Imperial Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) IB Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+17 Can You Be Successful in Consulting With Only Decent Soft Skills? CO 3 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 Environmental/Carbon Markets TR 1 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
+4 Is it possible to get into a top MBA Program coming from EY Advisory? CO 3 8y
+3 HELP - 3rd round interview with Goldman Sachs (Rates Sales Analyst) TR 1 8y
+28 Private Banking - CFA or MBA? AM 4 8y
+9 Breaking in without the top marks IB 3 8y
+8 Citi FSG vs Fred Alger IB 4 8y
0 US Bank - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 US Bank - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+15 How to approach compensation difference? IB 1 8y
0 Asset Finance to Investment Banking JOB 2 8y
+119 EXPOSING My name is Goldstein's real account (100% LEGIT!) OFF 30 8y
+77 What Briefcase are you using? OFF 49 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 ZS Associates - Review - Life Sciences CO Data 8y
0 Genesis Capital - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Genesis Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 ZS Associates - Salary & Bonus - Life Sciences CO 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
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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