0 Pay at BB vs. top consulting? IB 6 6y
0 Advice seeking on recent two job offers, thank you! CF 2 6y
0 Internship Question - Setting up a meeting JOB 2 6y
+16 'The Wolf of Wall Street': Scorsese and Dicaprio OFF 29 6y
0 Renting condos downtown NYC in the summer IB 7 6y
0 Is this PE internship good? IB 6 6y
+18 Who Else Wants Free WSO Swag? WSO 18 6y
+14 World Bank President...who are you rooting for (who's best for the job) OFF 5 6y
+181 Ho-Hum to Hedge Fund HF 86 6y
+219 Picking Undergraduate School BSCH 162 6y
+22 Machiavellian Mark Zuckerberg OFF 7 6y
0 What School can I get into to BSCH 23 6y
0 Any hope of a 2012 grad finding a finance job this time of year? JOB 19 6y
0 Undergrad: University of Texas McCombs Business Honors vs UVA McIntire BSCH 20 6y
0 Options: HELP PLEASE IB 4 6y
+10 Santorum is OUT OFF 31 6y
+28 A Friend for Israel OTH 22 6y
+26 JP Morgan Securities Internship IB 22 6y
+101 Bumps along the way, but finally moving in the right direction... SCSS 36 6y
0 Are spouses allowed at Bank's on site gyms? OFF 4 6y
0 Working at a foreign bank's NY office TR 2 6y
0 All future/ex military read this. So true. OFF 6 6y
0 Commodities S&T Desks - NY vs. TX TR 3 6y
+39 What Schools are Possible with a Good Overall GMAT but Bad Quant BSCH 35 6y
0 Hedge Fund Opportunities and Ongoing Searches OFF 0 6y
0 Research/IB Wall to Fall? ER 10 6y
+27 Resume to break into M&A RES 17 6y
0 Reneging IBM Offer CO 11 6y
0 Taking an internship that is a "step down" JOB 0 6y
+25 INSEAD vs Yale SOM BSCH 22 6y
0 PE Summer - M&A Fall? IB 10 6y
0 Burger King to Return to Public Markets IB 4 6y
+27 Burger King to go public........again OFF 7 6y
0 Marketing: "Let's just phone this one in" OFF 1 6y
0 Barcap S&T and DB S&T (both in NYC) TR 8 6y
0 Would You Buy a Toyota? ER 7 6y
0 MBA Profile Eval: Caribbean Private Equity BSCH 2 6y
0 NYC Pillow Fight OFF 8 6y
0 Interview at NYC Broker/Dealer - Worth it? OTH 6 6y
+18 Question re: Summer Analyst and Tax Refunds IB 9 6y
+16 UNC Chapel Hill vs other state schools for undergrad IB 17 6y
+17 Banker Preschool in Manhattan IB 14 6y
0 NYC HFT TR 1 6y
+35 Greg Smith Gets $1.5m Advance For GS Book Deal OFF 31 6y
0 Highest paid post-MBA jobs/careers in South Florida JOB 0 6y
+34 MBA @ IE vs LBS vs INSEAD vs IMD vs Said BSCH 11 6y
+16 Citigroup Leveraged Finance/HY (Capital Markets) IB 8 6y
0 Don't know anyone in city! IB 16 6y
+76 Quit An Internship Without Ruining Future Prospects JOB 98 6y
+16 IT Consulting v Investment Banking Tech CO 8 6y
+30 A reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan to a pretty girl seeking a rich husband IB 13 6y
0 Wall Street Oasis Blogger Internship JOB 7 6y
0 What Kind of Internships are these? AM 4 6y
0 Help: BlackRock PAG or BMO Commodities S&T JOB 6 6y
+19 Buying a condo as a 1st year analyst OFF 7 6y
+15 Cold Calling- How to get phone numbers? NUI 13 6y
0 Chick-fil-a sues t-shirt maker over kale OFF 6 6y
0 Specialized Masters Event NYC - Tonight - 6PM BSCH 5 6y
+30 The perception of these b-schools to employers, job prospects, and college decisions BSCH 18 6y
0 April / May Roommate NYC FiDi OFF 4 6y
+47 Ideas for finding Junior Trader interns TR 26 6y
0 Is Beta Gamma Sigma Worth It? BSCH 31 6y
+11 Banks asking for facebook info from 1st year analysts IB 17 6y
+13 Two Different Answers for Interview IB 3 6y
0 Contacting a contact for updates IB 6 6y
0 How are you making your school choice decisions? BSCH 13 6y
0 Fuqua vs YSOM MBA Recruiting CO 6 6y
0 Updated my resume, I expect you guys to kill it. RES 8 6y
+17 Thank You WSO - SA spot with a great boutique IB 9 6y
0 A Tale of Two Newspapers OTH 3 6y
0 Rank these schools for me BSCH 14 6y
0 Etch-A-Sketch Romney OFF 11 6y
0 Now what JOB 5 6y
0 Non-target: Difference in networking for Jr year internship and FT at BBs vs. fresh/soph internships at local/regional JOB 2 6y
0 SeaSteading Institute Event in NYC Tonight - Free OFF 5 6y
+150 Former BB VP giving advice to all you wannabe bankers IB 116 6y
+67 Car for Business School @ Fuqua? OFF 78 6y
0 Choose Offers IB 6 6y
0 IBD and Africa IB 4 6y
0 BB IT Risk exit ops CO 2 6y
0 Re-networking JOB 1 6y
0 Need your Opinion IB 1 6y
0 What qualities are recruiters of AM and ER looking for? JOB 3 6y
0 MBB easy questions CO 3 6y
0 Tom Brown’s Top Financial Picks TR 2 6y
0 Cass MSc Finance vs Villanova MSF BSCH 6 6y
+9 Are all 'no name' boutiques unpaid? JOB 28 6y
0 He is fucking nuts. How does a guy like this become one of our front runners?! OFF 25 6y
0 MBB after already inteviewing CO 3 6y
0 Bentley University Macc BSCH 3 6y
0 Any Info on Progress Partners IB 1 6y
+24 SA offers what to chose? IB 23 6y
0 Boston College MSA BSCH 9 6y
0 Career options in Prime Services IB 4 6y
0 HBS 2+2 Chances BSCH 5 6y
+31 Rare PTJ Interview from 2000. TR 15 6y
+27 Possible Internship @ ANY bank in NYC? JOB 21 6y
0 BB is offering us housing but I'm not taking it. Will they take my bonus away? IB 2 6y
+15 Masters of Engineering Management MEM (Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth) --> Consulting CO 7 6y
0 UNC Charlotte in Hong Kong BSCH 5 6y

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 98.8%
  • 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 No 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (45) $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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