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0 What type of regulatory licenses are necessary? AM 1 5y
+3 How hard is it to get into a Barclays coverage group if you didn't intern there? IB 11 5y
0 Another One is Biting the Dust - Libyan Regime OFF 15 5y
+11 Anyone Feel Like They Are Too Thinned Out? JOB 7 5y
+57 Is Lev Fin Credit Risk essentially? IB 50 5y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Review - Investments IB Data 5y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
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0 Choose Equities or High Yield Credit? AM 3 5y
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0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Corporate Development Data 5y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Development Data 5y
+4 Rice University Alumni Presence? IB 8 5y
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0 Does Ayone Wish There Was A Greater Way To Grate Cheese ?. OFF 2 5y
+82 Wife Doesn't Wanna Quit OFF 56 5y
+1 Is it weird to put the age range of your coworkers on your resume? RES 4 5y
+10 Is Early Insight/Diversity Program Helpful for Recruiting? JOB 8 5y
0 Grad Trader - Interview - Markets TR Data 5y
+7 Series 79 and Series 63 IB 5 5y
+21 Number of Deals - Analyst Stint IB 8 5y
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0 Bank of China (Hong Kong) - Review - Treasury IB Data 5y
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0 Moodys Analytic's - Review - Risk Management CO Data 5y
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0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 5y
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0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Interview - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities AM Data 5y
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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%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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 (79) $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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