+3 Applied to Millennium a while back + finished test, haven't heard back yet? 7 1w
0 stage fright during interviews? 3 1mo
0 Fundamental Edge Worth It for PE Asso Looking to Move to SM HF? 4 1mo
+1 Team for 2026 Citadel Intercollegiate Stock Pitch — need 1-3 teammates 7 1mo
0 Updates on SurgoCap? 1 1mo
+29 Reaching out to Previous Analysts 8 1mo
+21 How hard to raise Fund of Funds? 12 1mo
+9 Taula Capital (for junior role) 2 1mo
+21 EB IB vs MM HF 6 1mo
+68 Biotech Funds - 2Q 2026 25 3w
+10 Can someone help me understand comp progression at SM HF? 7 2mo
0 L&G – Asset Management, America - Review - Quantitative Research Data 2mo
+14 x.com handles for publics 7 1mo
0 What do you make of Ray Dalio partying in Ibiza? 4 2mo
+7 Verition SA27 12 1w
+4 Farallon Stock Pitch Competition 4 2mo
+14 Birch Grove / Third Point 3 2mo
+18 "Expected GPA" on apps 9 4w
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 2mo
+21 Pitching a short when they're long? 43 2mo
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Trading Data 2mo
+6 Liquid Credit at LO vs. Multi-Strat HF 2 2mo
+19 PhD student with questions regarding long term HF planning 5 2mo
0 Data costs at platforms 1 2mo
+10 London industrials IB to HF - how to prepare 3 2mo
+10 Feedback on Vic pitch 6 2mo
+16 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 8 1mo
0 MMHF Undergrad Return Offer Rates? 3 1mo
0 Does Point72 Still Do the Winternship 1 2mo
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 2mo
0 New role: Senior Associate, Management Reporting Jobs 2mo
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Senior Manager Jobs 2mo
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Associate Jobs 2mo
0 New role: Management Reporting and Compensation Associate Jobs 2mo
0 Quant Macro to Commods (power/Oil) 1 2mo
+13 Amount of time to invest in pitch for recruiting / networking 6 2mo
+3 PM role at a centralized platform vs a pod shop 2 2mo
+19 Network via BBG Chat? 14 2mo
+11 HF reached out shortly after I started at large LO 5 2mo
0 Term Time HF 3 2mo
+12 LO vs. HF 5 2mo
+9 Strategy @ Private Bank -> Major IB/AM -> Research at Macro HF 1 2mo
+1 Farallon capital 2 1mo
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 2mo
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 2mo
0 Schonfeld - Review - Investor Relations Data 2mo
+53 Evaluating SM TMT HFs 29 1mo
+3 Quant Researcher (5 YOE) in Systematic Index Derivatives & HFT | AMA 1 2mo
0 Marshall Wace Quant Associate program 2027 applications open? 0 2mo
+1 Debating offers: front office in Chicago vs back office in NYC 3 2mo
+11 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 2mo
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 2mo
+9 hbs vs gsb 5 2mo
0 Internship in a Quant fund in china as an international undergrad 1 2mo
0 EB -> HF recruiting 1 2mo
0 VIC Submission 0 2mo
+10 How would you transition a long-only book into L/S? 1 2mo
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 2mo
+23 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 12 1mo
+8 How to Learn Programming? 4 2mo
0 reached out to MM HF as A1 IB analyst 1 2mo
+14 MF to Smallish HF? 6 2mo
+7 Thoughts on situational awareness 3 2mo
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 2mo
+13 IB -> HF 4 2mo
+8 How to pivot into HF, L/S 3 2mo
+1 Hedge Fund from undergrad? 3 2mo
+38 At what point is it no longer luck 26 1mo
+10 Data science at SM 5 2mo
+25 Choosing a Seat in an AI World 18 2mo
0 BX 2027 FT 0 2mo
+5 FT IB or ER for HF exit 8 2mo
+90 How much of success in this career is just luck 21 2mo
0 does biotech special situations exist at pod shops? 3 2mo
+12 Hedge Fund Sector Advice 5 2mo
+7 Covering less deployed sector 2 2mo
0 Macro Analyst vs Quant Interviews 1 2mo
0 P72/M grad program 3 2mo
+28 Would you work at this distressed fund? 7 2mo
+15 Feeling unqualified for new job 5 2mo
0 I want to hear from you 1 2mo
+36 SM HF to LO as a junior? 19 1w
0 EQR vs QST 1 2mo
+13 Interview at Macro HF , what should I expect? 3 2mo
+7 MMHF case studies 8 1mo
+6 Walleye 2027 Roles 0 3mo
+9 Fundamental HF case study: what is the model actually testing? 1 3mo
0 Argentum Capital? 1 3mo
+35 No transparency to book and P&L - is this normal? 17 2mo
+9 MMHF undergrad intern working banking hours? 3 2mo
0 Rokos 1 2mo
+29 Translating long-term pitch to short-term one 5 2mo
0 Capital IQ, Excel Plug-In: Pulling 400k cells 1 3mo
+3 Access to biotech research/reports without a Bloomberg terminal? 2 3mo
+18 Value Investors Club R2 Application Feedback 20 3mo
+7 Channel checks: the five steps, and the one everyone skips 2 3mo
+25 Treasury basis trade 9 2mo
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 2 2mo
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 0 3mo
+3 Ross Garon Leaving MLP 0 3mo

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October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
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  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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