+10 Firm Name Brand for MBA? CO 1 4y
0 Khazanah Nasional Berhad - Review - NA PE Data 4y
0 Khazanah Nasional Berhad - Salary & Bonus - NA PE Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 4y
+12 2022 SA Real Estate Investing RE 6 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 4y
0 Truist Bank - Review - NA Data 4y
0 Truist Bank - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Good books to further investing knowledge PE 1 4y
+3 Off Cycle Internship JOB 2 4y
0 Barings - Interview - Real Estate RE Data 4y
+13 Getting along with Directors but not MDs? PE 3 4y
+12 Breaking into investing as a junior financial analyst JOB 1 4y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Commercial Banking Data 4y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 4y
+44 Why do top VC firms and Hedge Funds hire so frequently from MFPE? PE 17 4y
+4 GPA conversion for US IB applications IB 2 4y
0 Citizens Bank - Review - NA IB Data 4y
0 Stifel Financial - Salary & Bonus - NA IB Data 4y
+8 pressure test a model IB 3 4y
0 Reading List for incoming S&T SA TR 0 4y
+52 Alex Jones (Infowars, LOL) Concedes Sandy Hook School Shooting Wasn’t a Hoax OFF 58 4y
+31 Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 years in Russian Federal Prison - Thoughts? OFF 28 4y
0 Are MDs lurking on WSO? IB 4 4y
0 Martin Investment Management - Review - NA ER Data 4y
+4 background check JOB 2 4y
+4 BlackRock Defined Contribution Sales Associate TR 4 4y
+8 Resume Critique. RES 10 4y
+3 ScotiaBank SA 23 IB 2 4y
+4 ROAST MY CV RES 5 4y
+14 Life Sciences HF progression HF 13 4y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Review - Credit Risk Data 4y
+68 How much is your mortgage payment? OFF 69 4y
+18 Want to do investment banking, need help selecting year 11-12 subjects IB 12 4y
0 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 4y
+71 Sorry, you're all wrong about SMU. BSCH 40 4y
0 LEK Consulting - Review - Generalist CO Data 4y
0 LEK Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 4y
0 Deloitte - Review - Finance Data 4y
0 Securities and Exchange Commission - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 4y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 4y
0 Securities and Exchange Commission - Review - Other Data 4y
+44 Need advice - Energy Trading TR 31 4y
+7 Scotiabank IB Pay IB 2 4y
+8 Anyone working like 30 weeks rn? IB 9 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Risk Data 4y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 4y
+4 Thoughts on Macquarie Capital SA -> BB FT IB 8 4y
0 Schroders - Salary & Bonus - Investments AM Data 4y
+7 Anyone here ever experienced working for The World Bank? (IMF) IB 19 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 4y
+17 TD Securities acquiring Cowen just got finalized...thoughts? IB 4 4y
+2 What is the etiquette for this situation? IB 2 4y
+39 Top Highest Paying REPE RE 52 4y
+4 Expose bad cultures PE 5 4y
+7 How do you learn about industries? IB 4 4y
0 Spectrum Equity - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 4y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 4y
0 Wintrust Financial - Salary & Bonus - Software Data 4y
+9 Roast my CV for a SA position in London/Frankfurt at [lower] BB in FX/Rates Sales RES 1 4y
+11 Berkshire Partners PE 17 4y
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+7 Best Masters in Finance Programs for a Career in IB IB 2 4y
+3 Corporate Banking SD CF 1 4y
+58 What news sources do you read/listen/watch? OFF 61 4y
+9 St Paul MN Ground Up MF RE 1 4y
+38 Reflexion: It's amazing how toxic junior Investment Bankers can be IB 8 4y
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0 Algonquin Power and Utilities - Salary & Bonus - Utilities CF Data 4y
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0 Columbia University - Salary & Bonus - Risk Data 4y
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0 PNC Financial Services - Review - NA TR Data 4y
+25 PE On-cycle 2024 w/o experience PE 14 4y
+9 New Laptop for Networking/PE Recruiting/Personal Uses/etc. IB 3 4y
0 Trafigura - Review - Oil & Gas TR Data 4y
0 Trafigura - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas TR Data 4y
+21 What happens to the bad VCs? VC 7 4y
+8 What kind of personality is needed for the physical houses? TR 3 4y
+16 Extend Graduation by Few Months for Another Shot at IB Summer? IB 10 4y
+35 Recruiters/Headhunters vs applying directly HF 23 4y
0 PwC - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 4y
0 RSM US LLP - Interview - Healthcare IB Data 4y
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0 SVB Financial Group - Review - Commercial Banking Data 4y
0 SVB Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 4y
+185 Andrew Tate? IB 71 4y
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0 Friedman Billings Ramsey - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets TR Data 4y
+15 Alvarium? RE 1 4y
+3 Alvarium Tiedemann Merger - Thoughts? WM 1 4y
+4 what happens if you don’t get a return offer IB 16 4y
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0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 4y
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0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 4y
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Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (49) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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