HELP: Breaking into HF

Hey guys,

I need your advice on breaking into HF. Any advice will be helpful.

After graduating from a good biz school, I’ve have been trading on my own, and in the short time horizon of my 3 years of trading, I managed to increase my personal savings, $50K to $300K. I also paid for all of my living expenses out of the portfolio, so it should have been more. I reached this by playing with super risky, soon to expire options play. Given this roller coaster market condition, I decided to quit a winner and learn more by working at trading firms or HF.

How can I break into HF as an analyst?

Thank you.

3 Comments
 

Hi motstreet, no, I never sleep and so I can respond to any lonely threads (like this one) at all hours of the night. Impressive, I know ;-)

  • Hedge Fund Careers: Getting a Hedge Fund Job Out of Undergrad and Beyond personnel. Preparing For Your Hedge Fund Interview Experience Fortunately, hedge fund internship interviews ... behavioral interview questions with the FREE Finance Interview Guide. Hedge Fund Interview Stock Pitch ... you utilize the WSO Hedge Fund
  • How to get a Hedge Fund Internship jobs on the buyside. HF Interview Course Here hedge fund GPA sa finance internship BB non-target ... providing a stepping stone, hedge fund internships are used to transition into full-time hedge fund ... a full-time position at a hedge fund out of college c
  • Comparing Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Break into the Hedge Fund World? Want to land at an elite hedge fund use our HF Interview Prep Course ... analysis to help the partners determine if an investment is justified. On the hedge fund side, you will be ... very hierarchical. You can read more about getting hedge fund
  • The Hedge Fund Experience- Good, Bad, Ugly Internship Hedge Fund Careers: Getting A Hedge Fund Job Out Of Undergrad And Beyond Looking to Break into the ... Stock Pitch Sample Template- Proven Examples To Help Ace Your Interview How To Get A Hedge Fund ... Hedge Fund World? Want to land at an elite hedge
  • From 2 GPA, to Bulge Bracket and Hedge Fund doing nothing right? **Yet, how can I even get an interview from an investment bank or a hedge fund with ... a semester internship in a hedge fund is not enough for me to get an investment banking or hedge fund job. So ... fund internship. But by the time I have declined other interviews and ready to accept t
  • Making a career change into finance-hedge funds getting much assistance there. Any suggestions on how to break into finance, what type of jobs would help ... hedge funds, and I am looking for any advice I can get. Currently, I am the general manager (with about ... of 2014 and am trying to make a switch into a finance job or internship now, to gain some related ...
  • Networking into a Hedge Fund? It's Unstructured. the IBD to HF article mostly inquired about how to go about networking your way to a hedge fund ... interview. The well-known path to an interview is by way of headhunters contacting you. However, there are ... path be prepared. It should be noted that unlike the mega-PE funds, hedge fund rec
  • Transition from Big 4 Public Accounting to Hedge Fund or Private Equity during busy season. Recommended Reading Networking Into A Hedge Fund? It's Unstructured Private ... I currently work in a tax group at a big 4 firm. I am looking to transition to a hedge fund or ... work closely with the deal teams. I am currently a CPA and have a finance degree. What is the best path ...
  • More suggestions...

Hope that helps.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.
 

I started my own fund. With a audited track record, fund raising is possible.

 

Deleniti deleniti est aliquam. Nobis sed dolorem perferendis autem minima commodi pariatur. Qui sit ipsa soluta mollitia. Nam recusandae non est non.

Omnis nostrum fuga modi voluptatibus inventore ullam repudiandae. Numquam dolor consequatur ut impedit et hic exercitationem veritatis. Aliquid illum iste repellat iusto quos inventore rerum.

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 97.1%
  • AQR Capital Management 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Millennium Partners 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.2%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.2%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (86) $288
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $192
  • Analysts (242) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (28) $146
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (282) $96
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
5
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
8
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
9
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
10
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”