0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Self employed - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management AM Data 8y
0 Bain Capital - Review - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 Financial Technology Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
+24 Another international student from UW-Madison (low GPA) IB 13 8y
0 Tudor Pickering Holt and Co - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Tudor Pickering Holt and Co - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Equity Capital Markets TR Data 8y
0 TD Securities - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets TR Data 8y
0 AllianceBernstein - Review - Investments AM Data 8y
0 AllianceBernstein - Salary & Bonus - Investments AM Data 8y
+3 Applying for internship IB 1 8y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+12 Vitol/Traf/Glencore vs MS/JPM/GS JOB 1 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton and Steen - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton and Steen - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney - Review - Wealth Management Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management Data 8y
0 Barclays - Review - Global Markets TR Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets TR Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 AlixPartners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 KeyBanc Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi - Review - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 Roark Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
+106 Just took my last undergraduate class: 3 college myths OFF 18 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Trading vs Pre-Med TR 1 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 CIT Group - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
+13 Skill Set required M&A vs. MBB Consultant IB 1 8y
0 CIT Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 8y
0 Blue Mountain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 8y
0 John Hancock - Review - Investment Research AM Data 8y
0 John Hancock - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research AM Data 8y
0 Craig Hallum - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Craig Hallum - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+14 Is it possible to drop-out of "non-target" and work for 1-2 years to get into "target schools"? IB 7 8y
+12 Infrastructure IB Resources/Advice IB 1 8y
0 Putnam Associates - Salary & Bonus - Pharmaceuticals CO Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - Research ER Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Research ER Data 8y
+3 Where is the excel file for PE Interview Guide??? PE 1 8y
0 Boston Consulting Group - Review - NA CO Data 8y
0 Boston Consulting Group - Salary & Bonus - NA CO Data 8y
0 Société Générale - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
+215 Fake Frank Quattrone (IB PE) Q&A SCSS 112 8y
+151 How I plan to be an exceptional Summer Analyst next year IB 33 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+34 C in Financial Accounting - How does this affect me? What's next? IB 13 8y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Warburg Pincus - Review - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Warburg Pincus - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Bain & Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Bain & Company - Review - Generalist CO Data 8y
+14 Reasons for getting fired (besides poor performance)? IB 3 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+3 What is Morgan Stanley Western Region Coverage? IB 1 8y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions CO Data 8y
+9 Hedging Ratios TR 5 8y
0 Citigroup - Review - Legal IB Data 8y
0 Oliver Wyman - Review - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Legal IB Data 8y
+16 Is Derivatives Solutions Investment Banking? IB 9 8y
0 Oliver Wyman - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Blackmore Partners - Review - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 Blackmore Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist PE Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+18 Circular Reference in LBO Model IB 2 8y
0 Oracle Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CF Data 8y
0 Alinda Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - NA PE Data 8y
+16 FX Optimal Hedge Ratios CF 7 8y
0 Capital One Financial - Salary & Bonus - Analytics CO Data 8y
0 AXA Advisors - Review - Brokerage Data 8y
0 AXA Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Brokerage Data 8y
+14 Exit Opps from F200 Serial Acquirer, $500MM+ acquisitions/divestments CF 3 8y
0 Mizuho - Review - Equity Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 Mizuho - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets IB Data 8y
+9 Experienced distressed debt analyst - resume questions HF 1 8y

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 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 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 01 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

July 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (15) $434
  • Associates (46) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (80) $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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