+30 Choosing Career Path (Sub-3.0 GPA) JOB 4 8y
+32 Destroy my resume so bad that I don't even send my resume RES 30 8y
+39 How to correct fast-talking? JOB 15 8y
+14 Response to thank you email? JOB 6 8y
+10 Post-MBA Jobs with Great Pay to Time Ratio BSCH 5 8y
+25 RSUs and Stock Options Compensation IB 8 8y
+19 Exit Opps -- Do These Dictate Which Job You Take? OFF 22 8y
0 UniCredit - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 8y
+10 The name's Bonds, JamesBonds NUI 4 8y
0 Accenture - Review - Healthcare CO Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Risk Management CF Data 8y
0 Accenture - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare CO Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management CF Data 8y
+3 Case Study Prep Help HF 1 8y
+28 How did WSO decide that the website would have a monkey theme? OFF 8 8y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Review - Private Equity PE Data 8y
+77 BERKELEY VS USC VS UCLA BSCH 77 8y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
+26 USC Marshall MBA BSCH 32 8y
+12 First Year MM Analyst Recruiting Help IB 1 8y
+16 Evercore Full time 2019 IB 13 8y
+26 Referral from former MD of a prestigious IB IB 10 8y
0 Barclays - Review - Prop Trading IB Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Prop Trading IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - NA IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - NA IB Data 8y
+15 What else would you do? OFF 12 8y
0 Roland Berger Strategy Consultants - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
+20 IB Training v. PE Training IB 8 8y
+12 Undergraduate GPA Matter After MBA? CO 1 8y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+12 Full Time MBB chance and advice CO 1 8y
0 Piper Jaffray - Interview - Generalist IB Data 8y
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0 Facebook - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) CF Data 8y
0 Deloitte - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting CO Data 8y
+12 Is $1B* 100(deals), better than 10B * 10: In terms of deal experience? IB 1 8y
+3 Major Problem With Citi App IB 3 8y
+13 Am I too late?? IB 12 8y
+13 How to think about benefits of taking up debt with respect to debt tax shield IB 1 8y
0 Citigroup - Interview - NA TR Data 8y
0 Assurant - Salary & Bonus - Research and Development Data 8y
+9 Interviewing for FT in Another City: Can I Skype? IB 1 8y
0 UBS AG - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
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+27 Rising Senior curious about Consulting CO 5 8y
+12 Big 4 Internal Transferring from Day 1 JOB 1 8y
+46 How do we Feel About Girls Riding Motorcycles? OFF 50 8y
0 Barclays - Review - Back Office Data 8y
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+121 Staying a third year as a PE associate vs. doing something nontraditional PE 16 8y
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0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Real Estate RE Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
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0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
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0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
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+14 What is Mezzanine debt? OFF 7 8y
+9 Loan portfolio management = asset management? IB 1 8y
+18 PJT Partners — Overview (July 2018) IB 1 8y
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0 First Southwest Company - Salary & Bonus - Operations IB Data 8y
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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%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 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 01 97.1%

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 (80) $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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