0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+12 Did a seasonal internship in banking, but doing my SA in technology. How to get back to banking? IB 1 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - NA IB Data 7y
0 TCW - Salary & Bonus - Operations AM Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Bain & Company - Review - Generalist CO Data 7y
0 Bain & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 7y
+63 Inflation and Bonds TR 32 7y
+3 Can anyone evaluate my profile (planning on going into msf programs) BSCH 1 7y
+24 Nuking the sun, is it possible? OFF 13 7y
0 Strategy& - Review - Generalist CO Data 7y
0 Strategy& - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 7y
0 Evercore - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 Credit Agricole - Review - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 7y
+27 hotel F&B operate vs lease RE 6 7y
+30 Commercial Real Estate Brokers: Cold Calling Advice RE 4 7y
+80 M&A Transaction Timeline OFF 34 7y
0 Dave Samuel - Having no failures 0 7y
+14 Junior transfer student at a target school w/ nothing lined up for summer. What now? IB 3 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Prop Trading TR Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Financial Services Data 7y
+12 Estimating working capital for a company on cash basis accounting PE 2 7y
+12 Machine Learning course at Stanford TR 5 7y
+3 IT Consulting Services CO 2 7y
0 EFG Hermes - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
+15 Career advise: is it possible JOB 1 7y
+42 Standard 60-40 portfolio outperformed every single Ivy League Endowment fund in the past decade INV 14 7y
+15 Would You Take This Position? JOB 5 7y
0 UBS AG - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
0 PwC - Review - Consulting CO Data 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+19 PE salary straight from undergrad PE 14 7y
+125 10% Tax Cuts Coming Soon? INV 52 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Harvey & Company - Interview - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Leveraged Finance IB Data 7y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance IB Data 7y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+29 Chances of M7--URM (LGBTQ) BSCH 9 7y
0 Messier Maris & Associés - Company Data 7y
0 Darktrace - Interview - Other Data 7y
+6 CAN BAD GRADES RESCIND SUMMER ANALYST OFFER AT BB? TR 1 7y
0 Darktrace - Company Data 7y
+3 No name to Bulge IB 1 7y
+15 Worried About Exit Opps From Low-Tier BB IB 8 7y
0 The Vanguard Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist AM Data 7y
+13 I have a SA phone interview with a PE firm (BX/KKR/Apollo) for Real Estate PE 6 7y
+10 Real Estate Internship Sophomore Summer--> IB? JOB 1 7y
0 Leerink Partners - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 William Blair - Review - Equity Research IB Data 7y
+6 Winter intern recruiting IB 2 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Corporate Banking CF Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking CF Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 7y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Real Estate RE Data 7y
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0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate RE Data 7y
+6 P and C Insurance / Transformational Chief Informaition Officer PE 1 7y
+32 Bridgewater vs. D.E. Shaw HF 8 7y
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0 Oppenheimer - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Oppenheimer - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+3 An Analysts' Responsibilities IB 1 7y
+142 "Self Made" OFF 71 7y
0 LEK Consulting - Review - Generalist CO Data 7y
0 LEK Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - Healthcare PE Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare PE Data 7y
+10 Oil Tanker Industry Analysis ER 2 7y
0 Trader - Interview - Trading TR Data 7y
+3 Corporate or institutional sales? Pros and cons. TR 3 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Private Wealth Management AM Data 7y
+18 PE Analyst Secondaries -> Direct Investing PE Associate PE 5 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - NA TR Data 7y
+4 Why is Matthew McConaughey so good at father roles? OFF 2 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist TR Data 7y
+24 RE IB or attempt to go straight to REPE out of undergrad RE 5 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist TR Data 7y
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0 Lincoln International - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Lincoln International - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Commercial Banking Data 7y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Commercial Banking Data 7y
+264 2017 Management Consulted Salaries Out CO 45 7y
0 Barclays - Review - Corporate Banking Data 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • Guggenheim Partners No 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 97.7%
  • 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 (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (23) $182
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (81) $150
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (73) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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