+545 OFF 20 8h
+112 IB 20 7h
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+144 Big Layoff at Barclays - 5/1/24 IB 77 25s
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+43 Event Driven / M&A Arb Interview Process - How to Prepare? HF 24 10s
+3 KKR Real Estate OC IB 3 12s
+6 Director/MD Pay at Wells CRE RE 4 39s
+14 Is it easier to make $1m/yr in IB or RE RE 14 17m
0 Morgan Stanley Infra Partners (MSIP) London PE 2 27s
+7 Warburg Pincus 2025 FT Analyst Process PE 9 25s
+6 Unrelated Oxford degree for PE? PE 7 42s
+27 Multi-manager risk limits HF 13 5m
+3 What salary can I expect at large LO as research associate? HF 11 15s
+27 NEW Finance Internship Guide JUST released! OFF 5 1m
+9 BofA List IB 0 13m
+64 Which PE firms are on the rise? PE 82 6s
+148 Which PE Firms are going downhill? PE 126 29m
+9 Looking for Guidance in Breaking into Banking JOB 1 39m
+3 BAML M&A vs FIG IB 6 1h
+24 JP Morgan Investment Banking Analyst Diversified Toronto CA IB 79 1h
+12 Boston College Or Villanova IB 0 1h
+333 I've been using WSO for 5+ years and I think the anti-diversity rhetoric has gotten so much worse OFF 52 41m
+13 What do we do once AI replaces most startup costs? VC 2 23m
0 What to do if you sense you're under-performing / first to go upon a layoff? IB 1 1h
0 BofA Palo Alto - overtime to interns? IB 2 2s
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+7 LP to placement agent? PE 11 1h
0 How hard to lateral after two years? TR 0 7m
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+24 Help me decide University of Richmond vs. Indiana University Bloomington - Undergrad BSCH 12 16m
0 GS Emerging Leaders Series JOB 3 2h
+13 Pro-Palestine protest IB 8 2h
+2 Deferring Exam, Internship? OFF 1 1h
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+21 Debt Tranche Question I can't figure out IB 9 1m
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+38 Punjabi Hip Hop hitting hard these days OFF 10 1m
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+12 Drawn out processes in Toronto? IB 10 20s
+10 Warwick or Edinburgh Mfin BSCH 6 3h
+3 Bulge Bracket Sales and Trading rankings TR 12 4h
+8 Infrastructure Model Question IB 5 56m
+118 Real Estate = complicated + underpaid RE 143 5h
+9 MSc Finance - UCL or Kings BSCH 11 4h
+17 Warwick or Durham: which should I pick? IB 11 4h
+17 FSG JPM?? IB 15 5h
+13 Late Bloomer - Advice to prepare for a future in banking. JOB 4 3h
+8 MS Layoff Wave Next Week IB 9 4h
+13 I have 3 offers. One from a Singapore based private equity firm’s office in my country, one from an Art Startup and one from a real strategy consulting firm JOB 5 4h
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+32 BofA FIG IB 6 5h
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0 M&A IB 2 7h
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+168 IB SA 2025 thread - Canada IB 555 7h
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0 Wells Fargo IB Charlotte SA IB 1 10h
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+338 Rise48 - video response to Real Deal article RE 226 9h
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Career Advancement Opportunities

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Jefferies & Company 02 99.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 19 98.8%
  • Harris Williams & Co. New 98.3%
  • Lazard Freres 02 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 04 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Harris Williams & Co. 18 99.4%
  • JPMorgan Chase 10 98.8%
  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.7%
  • William Blair 03 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Lazard Freres 01 99.4%
  • Jefferies & Company 02 98.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 17 98.3%
  • Moelis & Company 07 97.7%
  • JPMorgan Chase 05 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

May 2024 Investment Banking

  • Director/MD (5) $648
  • Vice President (19) $385
  • Associates (88) $260
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (14) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (33) $170
  • 2nd Year Analyst (67) $168
  • 1st Year Analyst (205) $159
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (146) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

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success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

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