Switch: rating agency quant team to S&T

smartine — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:43:41 -0400

Is it a feasible transfer or is it more a 'once a quant, always a quant' kind of story? From what I have heard here, the quant team (mainly on CDOs) is well looked upon and often people are recruited by banks/hedge funds. However, I have not heard of anyone moving to trading (my interests lie in fixed income/energy trading).

Advice:

smartine — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:54:51 -0400

I will start off by saying I am a European student, so no Ivy League (or equivalent) past for me. I have always had good grades (top 10% of my year) and multiple extra-curricular activities (organizing committee of fraternity, counselor during youth vacations etc.). So nothing extra-ordinary (good or bad) there.

Currently I am faced with two job offers: one is from a global financial institution (top 10 by market cap) another from a more European oriented one (top 20 by market cap) and they both entice a traineeship program.