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What's the interview process like?
Whats the salary for an Analyst?
$85/90k HCOL base. A couple of the associates I talked to received the highest YE bonus paid out as of late (45-60% of base)
What level would a current S1 in Big4 FDD be considered as
Depending on the amount of deals you have under your belt, analyst 3 (5-10 or less) or associate if you’ve been around longer.
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I’m interested. How is the WLB?
Compared to EY FDD, 15-25 hours less a week. Averaging 45-50/week over the past 3 deals I’ve been on so far.
They definitely still embrace the old WS ways of celebrating deals closing with boujie dinners / drinks. Weekly happy hours. But that might be my vertical specially—-haven’t been around long enough to see how other teams celebrate.
How long do you have to stay to keep it?
Uncle same took his 48% cut in my first paycheck. No retention or timeline clause
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Is VP equivalent to manager or SM?
VP = manager
Associate = senior
Analyst = staff
IB Firm, so a tad different that B4
What’s your experience and how many round of interview did you go through? 80-90 as an analyst?
Is that 25k pure sign on or is some of that minimum bonus?
Pure sign on.
What were you doing before Houlihan?
Thoughts on the culture?
and type of deals you've been getting?