+46 Does anyone else feel investment banking modeling is more of Excel navigation than finance itself IB 15 2y
+26 Modeling Test for IB? IB 4 2y
+10 Restructuring Model Interview Guide IB 1 2y
0 Strategy& - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 2y
0 PGIM Real Estate Finance - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate RE Data 2y
+27 Best Healthcare PE Firms PE 31 2y
0 Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc - Interview - Generalist CF Data 2y
+92 Prop Trading/HF (Citadel, JS, DE Shaw) vs BB Sales and Trading Out of College TR 49 2y
0 Evercore SA 2024 HireView questions JOB 0 2y
+135 Are all IB analysts this abrasive? IB 36 2y
+12 Coverage in CLT/SF or ECM in NYC IB 8 2y
+13 Bench PR OFF 22 2y
+5 Tips on cleaning up PDF exported to Excel RRs? RE 9 2y
+4 Corp dev salary at rbc/cibc/bmo/td CF 5 2y
+9 Debt Case Study RE 5 2y
+103 I was criticized and ridiculed for driving 4 hours to have a coffee chat with an investment banker. JOB 33 2y
+5 MF vs. Up and coming fund PE 3 2y
0 Macro Factors CO 1 2y
0 Career.ed you OFF 1 2y
+52 "Street" culture or something worse?! IB 18 2y
+10 LSE IR/ISPP/Economic History vs Williams College BSCH 9 2y
+9 Best ways to get into a family office? RE 5 2y
0 Charlotte MM Associate Comp IB 1 2y
+3 Strat to Trading TR 3 2y
0 Commerzbank AG - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail IB Data 2y
+16 Fuck It, I'll Become an Officer OFF 20 2y
+4 Investment Banking Salaries France IB 3 2y
+12 UNC Econ vs Business BSCH 6 2y
+15 Big 5 IB vs Pension PE JOB 3 2y
+5 S&T —> IB, is it possible? IB 5 2y
+6 is it possible to get in from real estate? JOB 1 2y
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+5 “Good luck on your journey” and “You’ll hear back from HR” at the end of an interview JOB 5 2y
+6 Index vol TR 2 2y
+1 Credit Case Study CR 2 2y
+28 Where do we stand on the behavioral economics/finanical authors (Lewis, Gladwell, Ariel)? OFF 4 2y
+9 Decided not to ask this question IB 1 2y
+19 LO Compensation: T Rowe, etc. HF 45 2y
+10 Avoiding paralysis by analysis HF 3 2y
+14 CAIA designation PE 11 2y
+3 Incoming Summer Analyst make sure to ask about the return offer rate! JOB 1 2y
+27 PE Internship Experience? PE 2 2y
+10 Corp Development Analyst wanting to break into Equity Research ER 6 2y
+9 Worst manager behaviour, unable to cope IB 2 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
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+23 Settling Into College OFF 7 2y
+4 BB Networking Event Attire FASH 4 2y
+4 Watches for Intern/Analyst FASH 7 2y
+11 Looking for a new men’s wallet FASH 10 2y
+28 Should I put my high school on my resume? RES 19 2y
+134 A kid drive 4 hours to have a coffee chat with me(Pennsylvania) JOB 30 2y
+6 How’s Ford Motor Company’s CFP (Finance) Rotational Program? JOB 5 2y
+8 Finance or consulting? JOB 5 2y
+3 Moving from IB in DXB to LDN JOB 2 2y
+9 Project Finance vs Corporate Coverage? JOB 3 2y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Review - Asset Management PE Data 2y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management PE Data 2y
0 General Electric - Interview - Software Data 2y
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+4 Tips for Internship? JOB 2 2y
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0 Huron Consulting Group - Review - Healthcare CO Data 2y
0 Huron Consulting Group - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare CO Data 2y
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+10 U4 Concern OFF 9 2y
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0 Crowe LLP - Interview - NA Data 2y
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0 Battery Ventures - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital PE Data 2y
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0 Walker and Dunlop - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets RE Data 2y
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+11 Keybanc Capital markets IB 17 2y
+3 KeyBanc/Cain Numbers Out? IB 9 2y
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0 Sublet OFF 1 2y
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0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 2y
+6 Elliott Real Estate HF 5 2y
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0 Guggenheim Partners - Review - Private Equity IB Data 2y
+3 Deleted post JOB 2 2y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 2y
+12 2023 Markets/Deal flow Outlook IB 12 2y
+15 Base salary vs inflation HF 8 2y
+136 Evercore vs Vista PE 48 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • 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 98.2%
  • 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 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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 (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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