D.E. Shaw Review Data
27 total review submissions
| Year | Position | Location | Group/Division | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Intern | New York City | N/A | - lot of resources dedicated to interns - lot of… | - employees didn't really feel passionate about their… | |
| 2020 | Intern | New York | Human Resources | Definitely one of the most interesting companies to work at… | The impact that you make is very team limited and the work… | |
| 2020 | 2nd Year Analyst | Hyderabad | Equities | The perks are good. Regular parties and trips. The office… | Work-life balance is not that good. The promotion is… | |
| 2015 | Intern | New York | Generalist | * Very smart and talented co-workers * Company… | * I had very little visibility into what the other teams… | |
| 2020 | 1st Year Analyst | New York | Generalist | DESCO has a great collegiate atmosphere, opportunities for… | As is the norm, work life balance is non-existent but this… | |
| 2020 | Quant | New York | Quantitative Research | nothing to say since haven't started yet… | nothing to say since haven't started yet… | |
| 2016 | 1st Year Analyst | New York | Trading | Generally good quality of life. Lots of interesting work.… | It's definitely a grind. Lots of long nights,… | |
| 2019 | Intern | New York | Prop Trading | Great culture, recruiters are all really nice people who… | None that I can tell so far, perhaps that culture may be… | |
| 2019 | 1st Year Associate | New York | Generalist | Great compensation, great benefits, conscientious… | I'm just starting out, but at this point, I have… | |
| 2019 | 1st Year Analyst | New York | Generalist | Great place to end up working, especially out of school.… | Extremely hectic at most times, but this is very similiar… | |
| 2019 | Quant | New York, NY, USA | Investment Management | Very smart colleagues Academic culture with… | SIlo-ed environment, limited interaction between groups… | |
| 2018 | Intern | New York | Equity Hedge | People are really intelligent, friendly and considerate.… | Few interactions outside of work; not exactly collegial.… | |
| 2019 | Intern | New York | Hedge Fund | great perks, good people, very friendly culture. throw… | can be super individualistic and generally more handholding… | |
| 2019 | Student / Prospective Monkey | New York | Generalist | Great company culture, intellectually stimulating… | Culture is not traditional finance firm kind of culture so… | |
| 2019 | Intern | Hong Kong | Investment Research | high pay for intern (higher than many IBD interns) … | too tech focused and the company is getting more and more… | |
| 2018 | 1st Year Analyst | New York | Generalist | Smart people but the quality of people varies from very… | Quality of people varies and WLB is highly dependent on who… | |
| 2018 | 3rd+ Year Analyst | New York | Generalist | Overall this is a great place to work with a strong culture… | Each group at firm is fairly sheltered from the other, and… | |
| 2018 | Quant | New York | Quantitative Research | Smart people, good compensation, great culture, great perks… | long working hours, percentage of young people is… | |
| 2018 | Intern | New York | Quantitative Research | The work was challenging and interesting. The intern… | The manager was quite unhelpful. No feedback given or clear… | |
| 2013 | Intern | New York | Trading | Projects were generally interesting. Not exactly related to… | Some of the activities organized for interns, including a… | |
| 2017 | Developer | New York, NY, USA | N/A | Good working hours and perks. Relaxed work environment.… | There is less flexibility for people to change teams or… | |
| 2018 | 1st Year Associate | New York | Hedge Fund | A very good company. Good reputation. Good pay. Good people… | Do not have anything to complain yet. Overall it is a good… | |
| 2014 | Intern | New York | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO) | Pretty relaxed environment, good snacks, coworkers eager to… | Not a lot of opportunity to make real impact, but that… | |
| 2016 | Student / Prospective Monkey | New York | Generalist | Great pay and you learn a lot in just a few weeks about… | Very stressful since I was commuting about two hours a day… |
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