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+110 Low staffing? IB 35 3y
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0 As long as the musics playing… OFF 1 3y
0 Procter & Gamble - Interview - Corporate Finance CF Data 3y
+71 Living in DC OFF 40 3y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Valuation Data 3y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 3y
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0 Tudor Pickering Holt and Co - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 3y
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0 Lazard Freres - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 3y
+122 How do you justify being a banker? IB 67 3y
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+9 Enterprise Value metrics vs. Market Cap Metrics HF 1 3y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus Data 3y
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+3 Boston Roomates OFF 3 3y
+3 How is Goldman's Financing Team even different from Industry Teams? IB 1 3y
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0 Amazon - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Amazon - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
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0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 3y
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+10 VC Analyst vs Consulting Analyst VC 3 3y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 3y
0 Altas Partners - Interview - Generalist PE Data 3y
+2 Networking with People with the Same Name? JOB 4 3y
+3 Got technical wrong but corrected on follow up, am I ok? IB 5 3y
+18 LMM or Corp Strategy IB 9 3y
+436 The incel shit on this website is out of control IB 98 3y
+9 Citi Early ID IB 1 3y
+38 Understanding the Yield Curve - pdf TR 22 3y
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+13 How much harder is the coursework at target schools when compared to non-target schools? BSCH 20 3y
+12 BB operations analyst sophomore summer internship -> MBB? CO 4 3y
+72 Most Underrated Vegetable? OFF 73 3y
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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 97.1%

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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