0 Bain & Company - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
0 Bain & Company - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
+3 Bars and Restaurants hate Valentine's Day OFF 1 7y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Cowen Group - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 7y
0 Compass Lexecon - Review - Valuation CO Data 7y
0 Compass Lexecon - Salary & Bonus - Valuation CO Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Credit Risk PE Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk PE Data 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking CO Data 7y
+71 Help a fellow monkey OFF 35 7y
+3 Best Way to Keep Track of IB Applications JOB 1 7y
+9 2018 Goldman Sachs Pride Summit IB 10 7y
0 Nomura Holdings - Review - Industrials IB Data 7y
0 Nomura Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Industrials IB Data 7y
+35 Very Lost. Is Applying Online a Waste of Time In My Case? OFF 8 7y
+6 MBA Associate Grades IB 1 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 CCMP Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 QARASoft - Company Data 7y
+74 Tough Question from Evercore IB 35 7y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Restructuring HF Data 7y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring HF Data 7y
0 AEGON USA Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 Shell Oil Company - Review - Engineering Data 7y
+9 Common knowledge gaps in finance interviews? OFF 1 7y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Review - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 Capstone Headwaters - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Review - Wholesale AM Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Wholesale AM Data 7y
+12 What internship gives me a better shot at landing an IB offer my senior fall? IB 1 7y
+14 1031 Exchange information and resources RE 10 7y
0 MBB vs AAA CO 1 7y
0 TD Bank - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Benefit Street Partners - Company Data 7y
+18 Nielsen, Comscore, SimilarWeb, HitWise - anyone use any of these web/app traffic-gathering databases? WSO 1 7y
+4 Bank of England prestige/reputation vs top tier investment banks OTH 2 7y
+9 Sales Coordinator? JOB 1 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
0 Drake Star Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+12 Tear sheet presentation at interview? JOB 1 7y
0 Determining WACC for negative shareholder equtiy companies IB 19 7y
+22 Keeping track of monthly expenses IB 10 7y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
+12 Looking for advice on how to prepare for a future career in PE. PE 1 7y
0 Accenture - Review - Strategy CO Data 7y
0 Accenture - Salary & Bonus - Strategy CO Data 7y
+9 Evercore Sophomore Diversity Seminar (Mar 1) IB 8 7y
+9 Nonprofit endowment internship IB 1 7y
0 Commerzbank AG - Review - Commercial Banking Data 7y
+19 UT Austin Math Major. Can I Still Land an IB job? IB 8 7y
+10 Choosing between IB vs AM vs institutional sales: first ever internship JOB 7 7y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Review - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities TR Data 7y
0 CIBC World Markets - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets TR Data 7y
+22 Interactive Brokers Prime Services HF 9 7y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities TR Data 7y
0 Payden and Rygel - Salary & Bonus - Trading AM Data 7y
+43 What do PE associates like to hear in an interview? PE 8 7y
+48 What's In Your Banker Bag Duffles? IB 16 7y
+12 Corporate Paralegal to Investment Banking IB 1 7y
+11 Lateral from boutique to Tier 2 consulting interview CO 1 7y
+20 Which Was Better: SOTU or Super Bowl? OFF 7 7y
+12 PhD/MBA Resume audiences and interviewers CO 2 7y
+12 Path To PE from LDPs JOB 1 7y
0 BlackRock - Review - Technology AM Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Technology AM Data 7y
+18 Regarding the series 6, 7, 63, 65, or 66 AM 1 7y
+18 For those who have taken the series 6, 7, 63, 65, or 66 BSCH 1 7y
+19 How do you do a comps analysis for private companies? JOB 5 7y
+25 MBB Interview help CO 7 7y
0 Accenture - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
0 Accenture - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
+16 Does applying early help? IB 7 7y
+72 Private Equity Burn Out PE 47 7y
+337 Howard Schultz (former SBUX CEO) Running in 2020 - Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative OFF 108 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Equity Capital Markets PE Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets PE Data 7y
+23 Reneging on a PE Offer PE 2 7y
+12 Terminal value with a Levered Free Cash Flow (FCFE) IB 1 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Other CO Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Other CO Data 7y
+12 Where to now? JOB 4 7y
0 DBS Group - Salary & Bonus - NA IB Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Operations IB Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Operations IB Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 7y
+3 JPMORGAN AM TRAINEESHIP AM 1 7y
0 Bain Capital - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions PE Data 7y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions PE Data 7y
0 None - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
0 Mercer - Review - Information Technology (IT) CO Data 7y
0 Mercer - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) CO Data 7y
0 None - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
+9 Didn't get ER SA Offer. JOB 1 7y
+6 Anyone have information on Aquilo Partners? Looking for comp/exit ops/lifestyle SCSS 1 7y
0 Citizens Bank - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
+3 edited/do not reply IB 2 7y
0 Citizens Bank - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (47) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (24) $180
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (82) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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