+16 Most "favorable market conditions" for M&A's? IB 3 8y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist CF Data 8y
0 IBM - Review - Information Technology (IT) CO Data 8y
+36 Putting expected GPA on a freshman resume? JOB 34 8y
0 IBM - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) CO Data 8y
+11 Is it possible to go to Law and Business School at two different institutions SIMULTANEOUSLY? BSCH 6 8y
0 RAIT Financial Trust - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate RE Data 8y
0 A Short Story : The Clever Fox 0 8y
0 BB Credit Risk vs. MM IB IB 3 8y
+7 Guggenheim Vs. Jefferies IB 5 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Dimensional Fund Advisors - Interview - Generalist HF Data 8y
+13 Should I go into finance? PE 2 8y
+3 JPM CIB Risk vs Fitch JOB 3 8y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Review - Generalist CO Data 8y
+17 Fixed Income Index Analyst interview ER 5 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research ER Data 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 2nd undergrad + Master in financial engineering vs Work BSCH 14 8y
+38 PE Associate Career Path PE 9 8y
+12 An opportunity has arisen to join BAE Systems as Director of Group Reporting based in Farnborough, UK JOB 1 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Securities TR Data 8y
+112 Bluffing a Job Offer JOB 107 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Corporate Banking Data 8y
0 BNP Paribas - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Moelis & Company - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 KPMG - Review - Tax Data 8y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Tax Data 8y
+34 Quant Interview Prep AM 7 8y
0 Sunrise Futures LLC - Interview - Quantitative Research TR Data 8y
0 Junior Trader - Interview - Trading TR Data 8y
0 Cornerstone Research - Interview - Economic Consulting CO Data 8y
+15 Prereq to Rosenbaum and Pearl? IB 15 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Discover Financial Services - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Discover Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Review - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 8y
+3 How to find listing of all Hedge Funds in an area (preferably by AUM)? HF 1 8y
+57 Ex finance, investment banking, or consultant folks that became entrepreneurs, what was the journey like? OFF 55 8y
+191 Lavar Ball versus Trump OFF 93 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 UBS AG - Salary & Bonus - Trading IB Data 8y
+106 Anyone have a story where they turned their life around? OFF 27 8y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity PE Data 8y
0 Oliver Wyman - Interview - Generalist CO Data 8y
0 Mooreland Partners - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Belvedere Trading - Interview - Prop Trading TR Data 8y
0 How long did it take you to get hired? IB 1 8y
+11 How do I become CEO? IB 16 8y
0 Lazard, Inc. - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
0 Marshall Wace - Salary & Bonus - Other HF Data 8y
0 Prairie Capital Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Generalist IB Data 8y
0 Computer Science Minor, Math Minor or Econ. Minor (With certain caveats) OTH 3 8y
+12 Transferring to Wharton OFF 3 8y
0 Capco - Interview - Generalist CO Data 8y
+15 Should I write "to whom it may concern " in my cover letter ?? IB 22 8y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 US Department of Defense - Salary & Bonus - Strategy CO Data 8y
0 Barclays - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
+2 Goldman Sachs Skillset match changed IB 1 8y
0 Not wanting to teach my group members OFF 1 8y
+25 GE's FMP in 2017 CF 48 8y
+9 If you spent a lot of time learning how to do something, Would you teach it? OTH 1 8y
0 Millstein and Co - Interview - Restructuring IB Data 8y
+5 If there is such thing at all, what are... HF 2 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Five Rings Capital LLC - Interview - NA IB Data 8y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Treasury CF Data 8y
+9 Summer Pay TR 1 8y
0 Bloomberg - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 8y
0 Bloomberg - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 8y
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Interview - Prop Trading TR Data 8y
0 MBB background check - layoff CO 2 8y
0 Itaú BBA - Interview - Credit Risk Data 8y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Interview - Investment Banking IB Data 8y
0 Capital One Financial - Review - Credit CO Data 8y
0 Capital One Financial - Salary & Bonus - Credit CO Data 8y
+44 Using Coding for Mundane Tasks IB 11 8y
0 Development Bank of Singapore - Salary & Bonus - Wealth Management Data 8y
0 Credit Agricole - Review - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 Credit Agricole - Salary & Bonus - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 8y
+9 Rationale for using DCF PE 1 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Sales and Trading TR Data 8y
+26 Taking an offer at Cantor Fitzgerald IB 11 8y
0 HSBC - Interview - Corporate Banking CF Data 8y
+53 How to make it into Investment Banking, the South African perspective IB 30 8y
0 GlaxoSmithKline - Interview - Supply Chain Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Trading TR Data 8y
+1 Covered IB 4 8y
0 Foreign Bank RE 1 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Equity Capital Markets IB Data 8y
0 .deletedelete IB 4 8y
0 PNC Financial Services - Review - Accounting Data 8y
0 PNC Financial Services - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 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

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