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0 GS Wealth Management Quantitative Finance SA (SF) IB 2 1y
+3 Bain Capital Credit SA 26 IB 2 1y
+63 Reasons why you should drink Green Tea OFF 24 1y
+9 HF MultiStrat Long/Short Equity Leverage HF 1 1y
+106 My cautionary tale about the commodities industry and just how unstructured your progression can look. TR 22 1y
+21 Serent Capital or Symphony Technology Group (STG)? PE 13 1y
0 Ducera - Interview - Restructuring IB Data 1y
+6 ADPF PE 3 1y
0 Why natural resources? IB 1 1y
+10 Fairstead Development Interview RE 3 1y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Review - Equity Research ER Data 1y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research ER Data 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 1y
0 LMM IB to PE - On-Cycle Impossible? PE 1 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 1y
+9 Will not having a finance related degree even though I have 3 years of finance experience affect my changes of getting another finance position? Also need suggestions on other finance roles to look into. JOB 1 1y
0 EVR PCA (LP SIDE) R1 IB 1 1y
+56 How much money do you actually make in PE at 30? PE 58 1y
0 Non Modeling Non Deal Exit Opps IB 1 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Macro HF Data 1y
0 3hr in person PC Case Study Round CR 2 1y
0 GS/MS/JPM FIG FT Analyst Interviews IB 7 1y
+43 How Can I Take Real Risk? PE 15 1y
+3 What to do if the balance sheet assumptions provided to you are not balanced? PE 6 1y
0 Valiant Capital Management - Interview - NA Data 1y
+9 Coming back to the industry after a weird path JOB 1 1y
0 Concensus For What U.S. 1st-2nd-3rd Year Analyst All In Comp Look Like? IB 1 1y
+10 Rainmakers 2024 IB 6 1y
+41 Partner Sells GP Stake PE 13 1y
0 Shell Oil Company - Salary & Bonus - Commodities TR Data 1y
+15 Post-MBA PE Recruiting Question PE 7 1y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - NA Data 1y
0 Houston Commodities S&T Timeline TR 2 1y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 1y
+8 Recruitment for PE PortCo Roles PE 6 1y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Generalist PE Data 1y
+7 How smart do you have to be to be successful and become a buy side quant HF 6 1y
+11 Fund Finance IB IB 7 1y
+17 UVA or UofSC Columbia business school? BSCH 8 1y
0 Greysteel - Review - Debt Capital Markets RE Data 1y
0 Greysteel - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets RE Data 1y
+9 JP Morgan M&A team (London) IB 5 1y
+65 I Know I Am Underpaid. How Badly Though? HF 22 1y
0 GRE/GMAT on CV RES 4 1y
0 tech investment banking IB 2 1y
0 Am I screwed? JOB 1 1y
+3 Del TR 1 1y
+80 Stay Mediocre and Keep $350K at MM HF HF 36 1y
+10 Just got GBP 250k, best way to invest it over 5-10 year period? (UK) PE 18 1y
0 What is PP? What work is actually done at an asset manager? AM 1 1y
+21 Working full time &full time student, need future career advice (How cooked am I?) IB 8 1y
+25 Investment Management Compensation Benchmarks 2025 PE 2 1y
+6 MBB vs. Top Canadian Pension (CPP/OTPP) PE 8 1y
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+9 Sectoral Differences in Information Asymmetry? ER 5 1y
+17 Imposter Syndrome? PE 5 1y
+7 How hard is valuations SA to IB FT? IB 8 1y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Strategy CF Data 1y
+53 IB vs PE Pay Progression in Canada PE 29 1y
0 Wellington Management - Review - Equity Research ER Data 1y
0 GS IBD Classic Group Recruiting IB 2 1y
0 Wellington Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research ER Data 1y
0 Service Corporation International - Review - Treasury CF Data 1y
0 How to get into IB as an Indian with CFA lvl 1 cleared IB 1 1y
+38 What is this S&T group from CIBC? TR 16 1y
+47 Most important skills for macro/RV/FI HF 11 1y
0 Service Corporation International - Salary & Bonus - Treasury CF Data 1y
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+46 Best Things to do in San Francisco OFF 18 1y
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+72 My Experience with WSO Mentors NUI 23 1y
+17 IU Kelley Viability IB 7 1y
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+11 Developer roles- debt financing exposure vs PE exposure PE 4 1y
+31 . AM 17 1y
+10 Requesting H1B sponsorship from MM PE Firm? PE 6 1y
+15 Consumer Growth Investing PE 6 1y
+7 Pivot PE 4 1y
0 Help me choose a summer intern offer (HF SWE vs Bank Trading) JOB 1 1y
+5 Houlihan Lokey Los Angeles is the worst office and bank known to man IB 1 1y
+260 This forum helped me go from Blackstone to Facebook to YCombinator startup founder (rebrand.ly/getourchat). Ask me anything! VC 96 1y
+20 HF/PE difference in 3-statement modelling HF 7 1y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 1y
+5 What AI software do HF managers use? HF 3 1y
0 HL SA interview IB 2 1y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 1y
+9 Interning At Middle Market IB/PE/PC Firms? PE 3 1y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Review - Generalist PE Data 1y
+6 PIK - how to model PIK if interest period and cash interst payment is quarterly? PE 7 1y
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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 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

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 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 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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