The Vault Guide to the Top 50 Banking Employers rates 79 firms with significant commercial banking or investment banking operations in North America. We chose the 79 firms included in the guide based on previous Vault surveys that gauged opinions of industry insiders, as well as on various factual data, including annual revenue and number of employees.
The firms we identified were all asked to distribute our online survey to their banking professionals. The survey consisted of questions about life at their firm or former firm, along with a prestige rating. Survey participants were asked to comment on qualifications the firm looks for in new employees, specific tips on getting hired, questions asked during the interview process, firm culture, hours worked, travel requirements, relations with managers, compensation, training and more.
Participants were also asked to rate companies with which they were familiar on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most prestigious. Participants were not allowed to rate their own employer. Vault averaged the prestige scores for each firm and ranked them in order.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Derek Loosvelt:
Derek Loosvelt has a BS in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in creative writing from The New School.
He is a writer and editor, and has worked for Brill’s Content and Inside.com. Previously, he worked in investment banking at CIBC and Duff & Phelps.
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