+9 Pivoting Out of Back Office (Investor Comms at Credit Firm). Advice on Breaking Into Finance Roles (IB, Credit, Corp Fin, etc.) JOB 1 1y
+10 Deloitte Corp Finance or Private Credit IB 2 1y
+6 Morgan Stanley Public Finance / Municipals IB 5 1y
+20 What does WSO think of Peter Thiel? OFF 20 1y
0 Part Time Work JOB 1 1y
+74 How Can Partners / MDs Live With Themselves IB 16 1y
+9 Nomura London thoughts? IB 2 1y
+1 Pod / PM Quality HF 1 1y
+39 How do you workout and maintain weight as a first year analyst? OFF 14 1y
0 So focused on execution and not the higher picture big level thinking IB 1 1y
+5 Best way to learn Spanish OFF 8 1y
0 How many names do you manage at a time ? CR 3 1y
+6 PIK Interest Question PE 3 1y
+57 Where RX stands when compared to mgmt (MBB) and strat (B4) CO 60 1y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets TR Data 1y
0 NYC 2026 BSCH 0 1y
+19 Del IB 4 1y
+5 What are the exit opps of an Industrials team? IB 2 1y
+12 Wedding suit rentals? OFF 11 1y
+9 MSc Finance at St Andrew's: Worth it? BSCH 1 1y
+1 Columbia or Brown Undergrad? BSCH 4 1y
+5 Undergraduate Commodities Competition TR 4 1y
+4 Transition from Regional Bank Structured Finance → MM/UMM Private Credit (KKR/Apollo Path?) CR 1 1y
+9 MF Internship No Return Offer - What Now? PE 3 1y
+2 How did you decide between direct lending / mezz / opportunistic / distressed credit ? CR 2 1y
+58 Learned very little in banking, anyone relate? IB 22 1y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Equity Capital Markets IB Data 1y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets IB Data 1y
+12 Rising junior, feeling lost IB 7 1y
+139 No time for dating IB 35 1y
+21 Interview with Roger Altman IB 1 1y
+4 Amherst and Williams (and NESCAC) Networking IB 2 1y
0 Off-cycle internships in NYC? JOB 1 1y
+52 DESTROY MY CV LIKE IF I WAS YOUR EX AND I HAD CHEATED ON YOU 8 TIMES BUT YOU ALWAYS TOOK ME BACK BECAUSE YOU WERE A SIMP RES 15 1y
+9 AI tool to convert a data room into a 3 statement excel OFF 1 1y
+34 Feeling Lost – No FT Offer After Strong BB Off-Cycle, Struggling with Rejections & Resume Gap JOB 7 1y
+9 Do I take my Imperial MSc offer or keep grinding?? BSCH 1 1y
+12 Zooming Out: PE AUM Grew ~8x Over the Past 20 Yrs (Source FT & Pitchbook) PE 1 1y
0 Trexquant - Interview - Equities TR Data 1y
0 McKinsey Sophomore Summer Business Analyst IB 0 1y
+1 From Banking to school to return to banking BSCH 2 1y
+3 IB early-carrer choices 🫠 IB 1 1y
+49 PE feels like a compliance job? PE 36 1y
+35 Which Mid-Level PE Founders Actually Launched a Fund? PE 13 1y
+9 Quant to MBA? BSCH 1 1y
+11 Quick question on Yield on Cost – include interest or not? RE 10 1y
+3 Navimed - DC Healthcare PE PE 2 1y
+6 SA Return Offer IB 9 1y
+16 Real Talk: How to find the LinkedIn sweet spot? IB 11 1y
+6 EMEA Secondary Advisory IB 1 1y
+9 Compliance vs. Financial Analyst for Equity Research? ER 2 1y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Interview - Generalist TR Data 1y
+9 Del IB 1 1y
+6 FT Interview Odds CO 2 1y
0 What is BNP Paribas rep in nyc? IB 1 1y
+15 First Year Analyst Budgeting in NYC IB 15 1y
0 Is summer 2026 Cooked? TR 1 1y
0 How bureaucratic are the multi-manager platforms? HF 1 1y
+12 Offer at Risk from 'Unverifiable' Internship? (UK Grad Role) IB 12 1y
0 as an analyst are you able to listen to and digest everything going on in meetings ? IB 1 1y
+73 LFCF Yield Interview Question PE 23 1y
0 Alantra FINTECH New York IB 1 1y
+19 Getting into IB in London IB 8 1y
0 Masters or bachelor for quicker employment BSCH 3 1y
0 Looking for roommate in LA OFF 1 1y
+107 10 Years' Comp Progression Across IB, PE, Corporate Roles PE 49 1y
+9 Entry Into EM Sovereign Fixed Income/Credit AM 3 1y
+3 Sharpe ratio to aim for in paper book? HF 1 1y
0 Goals of working with WSO JOB 1 1y
0 If the CIO concluded the interview by saying he has interviews scheduled next week and will get back to me afterwards AM 1 1y
+18 Georgetown vs Cornell BSCH 31 1y
+6 Berkeley vs UCLA BSCH 6 1y
+6 Baupost Group & Equivalent HF 8 1y
+9 Trading Macro Vol TR 1 1y
+10 Interviewing while unemployed. What to say to interviewer. JOB 4 1y
0 Discretionary Trader? TR 1 1y
+52 Positive PE Experiences? PE 30 1y
+111 Best PCA/Secondary Advisory Groups IB 131 1y
+28 Am I burnt out? IB 8 1y
+7 Series 79 - Not passing practice exams IB 15 1y
0 CVP Bonuses IB 2 1y
0 Regional Boutique Recruitment IB 1 1y
+7 How to strike a balance in CV? RES 2 1y
+31 ETFs / parking cash AM 7 1y
+12 Argus Training & Certification RE 4 1y
+1,932 How did UBS Double MD Count yet Lose Marketshare? IB 166 1y
+21 Incoming L/S Credit HF Analyst - Need Advice HF 4 1y
+38 Do people move from MBB to Alix/A&M? How is it? My thoughts CO 4 1y
+17 GPA for GS, JP Morgan, And Morgan Stanley JOB 11 1y
+5 GIC / Temasek Comp & Culture PE 8 1y
+38 …………………………………………………………………………… OFF 12 1y
0 Deloitte - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 1y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 1y
+99 Biggest pain-points/bottlenecks in development RE 37 1y
+14 fundamental vs quantitative finance careers JOB 5 1y
0 I don’t fully understand my complex transactions and I feel behind IB 1 1y
+15 $95K/year for UChicago Econ vs. Free SSE—What’s the Smart Play? BSCH 5 1y
+77 Incoming FT IB Analyst at Top BB – How Do I Not Die? IB 11 1y
+6 Unlevered Beta with negative net debt IB 6 1y
+12 Need Advice for College (IB Path, Sophomore) IB 3 1y

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 (44) $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
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