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+20 Phoenix Learning 7 4mo
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0 Verition Fund Management - Review - Investment Research Data 4mo
+5 Millennium equities analyst 4 4mo
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+56 Transitioning to Financial Services (FIG) Hedge Fund from FIG Private Equity 18 4mo
+10 Anchorage Capital Group? 9 4mo
0 Virtu Financial - Interview - Generalist Data 4mo
+46 Marathon Asset Management - thoughts? 33 4mo
+63 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 70 4mo
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+17 Case study time management 6 4mo
+1 Do you have to go on his yacht to intern at Thiel Capital? 3 4mo
+3 Hudson Bay Capital - any thoughts? 2 4mo
0 TCI 2 4mo
+44 AUM / IP - Does it Matter? 20 4mo
+1 FBG related layoffs? 4 4mo
0 Guarantees at SM 1 4mo
+29 Which of the next generation pods will be most successful? 15 4mo
+45 Negotiating Analyst Bonus Guarantee at MM? 54 4mo
+27 Hedge Fund Impossible? 5 4mo
+3 How to network with SM HFs 2 4mo
+9 Bridgewater Associates 2025 Summer Associate 11 4mo
+25 Big 4 pod offer – thoughts on comp, risk, and downside? 5 4mo
+11 Surveyor vs Ashler vs Global Equities (Citadel) 6 4mo
+24 Comp - Special Sits 30 4mo
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+20 Upcoming/growing MMs 29 4mo
+8 What is a company you think will be around in 100 years? 12 4mo
+54 Industrials Primer 24 4mo
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+3 Best way to ramp up on case study names? 4 4mo
+8 How do I become a good HF intern (L/S)? 10 4mo
+28 HF Analyst Offer (Non-US) vs Promotion at $10B+ US Endowment (2x Pay) 17 4mo
+8 Valiant 2026 Pitch Comp 29 4mo
+6 DE Shaw reference check 1 5mo
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0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5mo
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+3 How much will the S&P 500 fall tomorrow? 9 5mo
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+4 16 years in, what jobs can I find? 3 5mo
+74 How do MMs calculate Sharpe 16 5mo
+25 Sharpe 1.8 good enough? 28 5mo
+70 The preferred ranges of Return and Sharpe for portfolio management 17 5mo
+3 Rx Consulting to HF? 1 5mo
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+22 IB vs Manager Selection 14 5mo
+17 IB >>> HF FT Recruiting Questions 7 5mo
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+68 Road to starting a L/S fundamental equity hedge fund? 24 5mo
+20 What is on-cycle recruitment like for distressed funds? 19 5mo
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+1 Canyon Partners Internship Interview + Info 13 5mo
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0 Best trading desks for global macro / macro RV hedge fund exits? 1 5mo
+12 Should I consider an offer from SM $500M? What to expect on comp? 5 5mo
+17 Best Path Into Public Investing? 2 5mo
+11 Do SM HFs recruit from IBD 13 5mo
+3 SM HF that invests globally 2 5mo
+100 What’s the most toxic situations you’ve seen (been) 66 5mo
+3 How to train intuition and business judgment 1 5mo
+15 Learning about distressed investing 15 5mo
+4 Shenkman - thoughts? 2 5mo
+9 Career Pivot 1 5mo
+4 Where did John Curtius begin his career after Princeton? 6 5mo
+7 CFA at a Pod 2 5mo
0 Citadel FCAT test 3 5mo
+3 DE Shaw SBD r1? 1 5mo
+11 LO REITs --> REITs Pod? 4 5mo
+4 Citadel FCAT 7 5mo
+3 Citadel FCAT 8 5mo
+12 Future of Hedge Funds (Pod Shops/Multi Manager) for Fundamental Long/Short Equity 3 5mo
+20 Quality of SM Candidate 11 5mo
+6 Advice on Moving from BB S&T to Hedge Fund 1 5mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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