+25 MM Firms That Are Not JAMMBOs? PE 32 2y
+62 My Introduction to WSO NUI 23 2y
0 PwC Corporate Finance - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions CF Data 2y
+31 Return on Cost. Trended vs Untrended RE 9 2y
0 Man Group - Review - Hedge Fund Data 2y
0 Bloomberg - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+14 Career Advice - Would you take a 25% paycut and longer hours to transition back to PE? PE 10 2y
0 Barclays IB Summer 2025 IB 0 2y
+4 HSBC HK IB Graduate program IB 4 2y
0 gpas IB 2 2y
+3 P72 London Experienced Academy? HF 5 2y
+4 Conversion at GS IBD SA London IB 3 2y
0 Moody's Assesement - Case study JOB 2 2y
0 Boston Consulting Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity CO Data 2y
+7 Citadel poaches Elliott UK Partner HF 7 2y
+11 Welltower Associate - WLB, Culture, Comp/bonus RE 7 2y
+10 Internship advice needed - Am I cooked? JOB 2 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Financial Planning and Analysis Data 2y
+24 Telos Advisors Upcoming EB??? IB 19 2y
+18 PE Prep PE 7 2y
+7 Interview Advice for Technicals JOB 5 2y
0 Greenhill - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
0 Optiver - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+10 What to Expect in a Large MM Commodities Analyst Interview and Case Study HF 1 2y
0 Moelis & Co 2025 Leadership Diversity Program IB 2 2y
+6 2023 Moelis Leadership Diversity Program IB 73 2y
+9 Non-traditional candidate who struck out in recruiting CO 2 2y
+5 Leaving my Super Sweaty EB IB 7 2y
0 Moelis & Co 2024 Leadership Diversity Program IB 61 2y
0 RBCCM Women's Advisory Program Superday IB 1 2y
0 Cain Brothers - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking IB Data 2y
+3 BBG SOFR Forward Curve IB 2 2y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Municipal Muni IB Data 2y
+24 Should I lateral from MBB to IB in my first year? IB 9 2y
+6 Ops Focussed PE? PE 1 2y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
0 Investment Banking Summer 2025 Opportunities Los Angeles, After Freshman Year JOB 3 2y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions IB Data 2y
+9 Help with Valuation IB 1 2y
+12 Career advice Rx consulting IB 1 2y
0 Scotiabank - Interview - Power IB Data 2y
+9 Did IB Internship and then PE on small shop before taking a government role. How do I find my way back into a HF? HF 5 2y
0 KeyBank Real Estate Capital - Interview - Real Estate RE Data 2y
+3 Financo Raymond James? IB 1 2y
+9 Multi-Strat HF interview prep HF 6 2y
0 Where should I intern for Freshman -> Sophomore Summer for IB IB 4 2y
+18 High Finance jobs in Ottawa and Canada IB 13 2y
+32 Breaking into IB from Part Time MBA BSCH 25 2y
+9 Possibility of buying back cash flow based loans? CR 7 2y
0 AlixPartners - Review - Consulting CO Data 2y
+30 Big 4 Audit - stuck? IB 7 2y
+18 Burnt out from EB IB 15 2y
0 feeling mental JOB 0 2y
+28 Data Center Development at FAANG? RE 4 2y
+8 Morgan Stanley IBD AC IB 11 2y
0 Aeris Partners 25 FT IB 1 2y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Review - Generalist AM Data 2y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Salary & Bonus - Generalist AM Data 2y
0 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - Salary & Bonus - Generalist ER Data 2y
+6 Axium Infrastructure PE 6 2y
+9 Do I have no hope? JOB 2 2y
+99 Want to be a Career Banker IB 15 2y
+17 Promised lands other than IB/PE? IB 7 2y
+21 TN visa for PE funds PE 11 2y
0 Finding Startup Opportunities VC 1 2y
0 New To WSO NUI 1 2y
0 LEK Consulting - Interview - Generalist CO Data 2y
0 Perella Weinberg Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) IB Data 2y
0 Berenberg Bank - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
0 Moore Capital Management - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 2y
0 Starwood Property Trust - Interview - Generalist RE Data 2y
0 Citigroup - Review - Quantitative Research TR Data 2y
+101 Being a Male is Paradise OFF 16 2y
0 Mizuho - Review - Treasury Data 2y
+14 On Cycle / How to approach PE Associate Recruiting PE 1 2y
+25 Qatar Investment Authority PE 28 2y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research TR Data 2y
+13 Received FT offer to go back to internship company that didn't give me a return - Advice? JOB 3 2y
0 BNP Paribas - Review - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) IB Data 2y
+1 Big 4 Consulting Tips CO 1 2y
0 SSBA - Minneapolis CO 1 2y
0 CohnReznick Capital / CRC-IB Financial Modeling Test IB 2 2y
+19 Switching to Growth Equity VC 1 2y
+3 Reality checks to face recruiting and rejection IB 3 2y
0 Oliver Wyman - Review - Generalist CO Data 2y
0 Capital One Financial - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 2y
+8 Help on what internship to take between IB and FP&A IB 1 2y
+12 MSc Finance - Funding and Alternative Options Help?? BSCH 2 2y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Investment Research HF Data 2y
0 Parthenon Group-EY - Salary & Bonus - Generalist CO Data 2y
+1 Loans from Partners for Fund Investments PE 1 2y
0 Election effect on SA 2026 JOB 3 2y
+9 Stay at PWM or look for another internship? IB 1 2y
+9 Entry-level TA role: MM desk vs Invest.mgmt team JOB 1 2y
+54 What's something that you've learned that they don't teach you in uni? OFF 21 2y
+3 Rokos HF 4 2y
0 Redwood Services - Company Data 2y
+9 Masters / MBA to support PE/HF transition from MBB BSCH 2 2y
+3 Has anyone heard of Monoceros? HF 1 2y
+4 Hamilton Lane PE 11 2y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 04 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (17) $409
  • Associates (58) $261
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (29) $183
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (77) $101
notes
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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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