0 Rothschild - Review - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) CO Data 7y
0 TransMarket Group - Interview - Prop Trading TR Data 7y
0 West Monroe Partners - Review - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
0 West Monroe Partners - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
+9 Fortune 500 vs Regional Boutique Sophomore Internship IB 1 7y
+22 How would you value a single tenant office building with the tenant being AAA rating versus BB rating? RE 6 7y
+41 What do you think of Chinese manufacturing? FASH 33 7y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Corporate Development CF Data 7y
+11 Non-Target, 3.44 GPA, CFA Level II candidate How to build up career ER 1 7y
+7 Team Lunch - dress code theme OFF 2 7y
0 Arma Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+3 LBO Practice Company PE 2 7y
+3 Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies Group PE 2 7y
+12 Software Internship in HF Treasury Operations HF 1 7y
0 HSBC - Review - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 HSBC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 7y
+18 Back Office to IB/PE? Offers to choose from Fund internship, IB Business Management, Corporate Finance, etc. IB 5 7y
0 WSO Boston Meet Up: Thur 11/15, 630-830pm, Durty Nelly's 0 7y
0 Duff & Phelps - Review - Valuation Data 7y
0 Duff & Phelps - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Restructuring CO Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring CO Data 7y
0 Platinum Equity - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 KPMG - Review - Consulting CO Data 7y
+17 Parenting tips to maximize prestige? OFF 14 7y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Consulting CO Data 7y
+95 Do You Cheat? OFF 47 7y
0 Berkeley Research Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CF Data 7y
+10 Debt Credit Analyst vs. Corporate Banking AM 1 7y
0 Danske Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+9 Analyzing Financial Institution (Depository & non-Depository) IB 1 7y
+3 What are some smooth strategies to change roles within a company? OFF 1 7y
+21 SL Green - Comp, Deals RE 17 7y
+19 Anyone want to start a company? OFF 14 7y
0 MUFG - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Banking Data 7y
+17 Is Elite Boutique Salary/Bonus the same as JPM/GS/MS? IB 6 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Technology Data 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 7y
+24 Investment Banking With No College Degree IB 8 7y
+52 Train your children for a profession OFF 32 7y
+6 What Type of Leader Are You? OFF 2 7y
0 HSBC - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+24 Project Based Section 8 - Underwriting compared to Market Rate RE 9 7y
+25 Sweatshops and Pay PE 7 7y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
+11 Lateraling into Banking IB 2 7y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Investments AM Data 7y
+3 Akuna Capital Video Interview TR 1 7y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Investments AM Data 7y
+17 Baylor vs. SMU vs. UTD BSCH 6 7y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Barclays - Interview - Generalist IB Data 7y
0 Nationwide - Review - ERS - Enterprise Risk Services Data 7y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - Healthcare IB Data 7y
0 Nationwide - Salary & Bonus - ERS - Enterprise Risk Services Data 7y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare IB Data 7y
+3 Are the following firms still open or finished: Bain, Golden Gate, Providence, Francisco, Permira, Advent, Eurazeo, Vista PE 3 7y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
+23 Trading Position at Oil Major or Agricultural Commodity Trading Firm TR 6 7y
+4 Any good books on Macro-economy? INV 1 7y
0 FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Review - Other Data 7y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 RBS Royal Bank of Scotland - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 7y
+29 When do you consider some "rich"? OFF 19 7y
+37 Please help me understand PE recruiting in the lower middle market. PE 8 7y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 7y
+23 Success as an ENFP in the brutal banking industry OFF 6 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 7y
0 Graham Partners - Review - NA PE Data 7y
0 Graham Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA PE Data 7y
0 European Central Bank - Company Data 7y
+235 What other jobs pay as well as IB? IB 227 7y
+12 Back Office to IB/PE? Offers to choose JOB 1 7y
0 The Vanguard Group - Interview - Asset Management AM Data 7y
+9 Question on Selecting Precedent Transactions IB 1 7y
0 Crowe Horwath - Review - Risk CO Data 7y
0 Crowe Horwath - Salary & Bonus - Risk CO Data 7y
0 Crowe Horwath - Review - Risk CO Data 7y
0 Crowe Horwath - Salary & Bonus - Risk CO Data 7y
0 Kohls - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 7y
0 Kohls - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 7y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Wealth Management IB Data 7y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Corporate Banking CF Data 7y
0 United Technologies - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 7y
0 United Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Private Wealth Management Data 7y
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0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 7y
0 Piper Jaffray - Review - Pharmaceuticals IB Data 7y
0 Piper Jaffray - Salary & Bonus - Pharmaceuticals IB Data 7y
0 Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - Review - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 7y
0 How many times to follow up after no response to an email? JOB 3 7y
0 Optiver - Review - NA TR 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 (22) $179
  • 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

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”