0 Sell-side Credit Risk to Buy-side Credit IB 1 10y
0 Optiver - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 10y
0 MetLife, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 10y
+12 Interview Carousel - How many is too many? JOB 4 10y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 10y
0 29th Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 10y
0 Hard Eight Trading - Interview - Trading Data 10y
0 OEM Volvo Group has a Hybrid Opening OTH 0 10y
+10 Peak lapel suit for Summer Intern [Please no jokes] FASH 7 10y
0 Regions Bank - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 10y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 10y
+13 Finding Growth Rate from Financial Statements IB 2 10y
0 WSO Weekly Wrap-Up (4/9-4/15) OFF 0 10y
0 STEM- grad to Banking IB 0 10y
0 Moving from Big 4 Australian Bank (S/T) to Investment Bank TR 1 10y
0 Rewind - Consulting Case+ Q&A 0 10y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Fixed Income Data 10y
0 Bloomberg - Interview - Global Data Data 10y
+12 ER Associate - Modeling Assignment Samples ER 3 10y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 10y
+19 Scalping Bid Ask Spreads TR 10 10y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management Data 10y
0 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey STRH - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 10y
+10 Invited for coffee, but in a different city, should I go? IB 10 10y
0 MSF Redux BSCH 0 10y
0 Rainy Day Bakery - Company Data 10y
+10 Should I Become President of my Fraternity? TR 13 10y
+7 I screwed up, please help. RE 6 10y
0 Boston Consulting Group - Review - Generalist Data 10y
0 650 GMAT for IB BSCH 10 10y
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+10 What is up WSO?? OFF 8 10y
0 Other - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 10y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Government - Federal Data 10y
+1 Job database IB 2 10y
+35 Is it redundant/hard to get an MBA after Wharton undergrad? PE 12 10y
0 What to do sophomore summer? 3.9 GPA at target with IB & PE experience already IB 13 10y
0 Please Help w/ REIT Questions RE 13 10y
0 Seaport Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10y
+11 Corporate Finance to CEO CF 2 10y
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0 Capital Call Procedure: Case Study PE 10 10y
0 PhD in Finance vs. public markets to HF? HF 1 10y
0 Capital One Financial - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 10y
0 Rewind - Hedge Fund Investment Pitch - How to read an annual report + Q&A 0 10y
+14 Leveraged & Acquisition Finance VS M&A, which one? IB 10 10y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 10y
+18 Non-BS EC's that work on an Analyst Schedule IB 6 10y
0 Natixis - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 10y
0 Sparks Corporation - A SparksLab Global Venture Partnership at PayPal OFF 0 10y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 10y
+36 General Paradigm of IB/Consulting as Pre-Requisite Experiences IB 13 10y
0 If you could wave a PE 0 10y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Settlements Data 10y
+21 Cold calling success stories? IB 23 10y
0 Small quant HF manager looking for advice HF 3 10y
0 How to introduce yourself at a networking event? IB 1 10y
0 Advice for a Junior Options Trader TR 4 10y
+18 WSO Caption Contest - March 9th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free WSO T-Shirt OFF 17 10y
0 Should I include diversity related affiliations on my resume? IB 7 10y
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+1 Is it acceptable to put "Incoming Analyst" on a resume for a conference? WSO 3 10y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 10y
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0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Operations Data 10y
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0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

June 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

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.7%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (79) $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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