+43 Career path to private credit PE 22 6mo
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+18 Which credit funds going out of business? CR 12 6mo
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0 MUFG - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 6mo
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0 PwC - Review - Consulting CO Data 6mo
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0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 6mo
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 6mo
0 I am B2 in Spanish (going to get certified soon) , is this enough to list Business Proficiency? I don't actually plan on using this or joining any Spanish Coverage Team, purely for CV. RES 2 6mo
+939 Brief Recent History of UBS / What went wrong? IB 79 6mo
+174 UBS Earnings: UBS IB Americas Collapsing IB 47 6mo
+31 Poll: After Disastrous 2025, Do You Have Confidence In UBS IB Leadership? IB 10 6mo
+227 How do UBS employees here feel about daily WSO posts about UBS IB 29 6mo
+253 UBS vs. Chattanooga TN-based Boutique? IB 23 6mo
+2,217 I did it. I quit a UBS IB group. IB 216 6mo
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 6mo
+654 UBS Bonus IB 125 6mo
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0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 6mo
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0 What do you guys eat in a day? OFF 1 6mo
0 Coverage prepping for SS interviews HF 1 6mo
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+67 Making sacrifices in geography for career? Dating woes? PE 37 6mo
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0 AQR Capital Management - Interview - Quantitative Research HF Data 6mo
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+14 Is it really BB/EB or bust? IB 10 6mo
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+77 Summer 2027 Is this Rigged? IB 53 6mo
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0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 6mo
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0 Bain & Company - Interview - Generalist CO Data 6mo
+27 Most Attractive Credit HF Seats Today? HF 34 6mo
+5 College Advice: Williams, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Haas, Cornell or UVA? IB 9 6mo
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+11 Any newsletters you guys read for S&T? TR 6 6mo
+33 How to Network for FT recruitment as a SA at another bank? JOB 6 6mo
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+111 What happened to the Vandy thread? IB 47 6mo
0 Barclays SA London S&T Conversion Rate TR 2 6mo
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Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (17) $409
  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101
notes
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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