0 SRM Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Networking To A HF 2 6y
+41 How would you approach a 4 hour case study? 7 6y
0 What's your note-taking/learning system? 6 6y
0 Community for Students to Learn about Investing 0 6y
+17 CTA Hedge Fund 6 2y
0 Paying Back Gross on Sign On Bonus 1 6y
+17 Best resources for newbies to learn about HF? 10 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+9 MM Hiring 9 6y
+15 Diameter Capital 7 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+18 Balyasny Interview 25 7mo
+60 Offer Advice - S&T vs HF vs AM 25 1y
0 MM Reputation and Culture 0 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Engineering Data 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 6y
+11 Thoughts on Elliott, Baupost, Third Point and etc 4 3y
0 Any funds (larger than 200MM AUM) play in Both CRE and another Asset class? 2 6y
0 What kind of modeling do you do in a fundamental L/S role? 3 6y
0 How much value do HFs give to company guidance when forecasting? 2 6y
+17 HF recruiters? 8 5y
+18 MM Risk Factor Constraints 8 6y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+15 Did I bomb my 2 hour case study interview? 1 5y
0 Sellside quant dev at large well-known hedge fund vs buyside quant dev at small hedge fund 4 4y
0 Matrix Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Life Sciences Data 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+1 Alkeon Capital Management 5 3y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Akuna Capital LLC - Interview - Trading Data 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 6y
+7 HF green card sponsorship 6 6y
+24 Most important skills to succeed in market neutral L/S Equity 9 6y
0 What's the path from analyst to PM at MM? 4 6y
+21 Distressed Investment Pitch 15 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 6y
0 Distressed Debt Funds 3 5y
+23 Credit Hedge Funds 6 5y
+24 Can you move Akuna junior trader to Hedge Fund Analyst? 5 4y
0 Execution Quant -> Alpha Research Quant, how to make the transition? 0 6y
+3 Top Recruiters for Quant Roles (and SWE) at HFs 0 6y
+90 How many hours do you work? 56 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+36 Millennium Info 60 4y
+91 Performance of the best PM’s at MM’s? 53 2y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Engineering Data 6y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 6y
+4 How many pitches prior to L/S HF interviews? 1 6y
+6 Gap year vs business school? 1 6y
+58 Credit/Special-situation HF performance this year? 51 5y
0 How would you forecast a company like Microsoft’s KPIs? 3 6y
+12 Multi-Manager HF 30-Minute Modeling Test 2 5y
+4 At MM platforms, who is paying analysts' base salary? 6 6y
+21 Reputation of Capital Four Management? (Input on switch to buyside) 3 5y
0 MM lifestyle in Asia 8 6y
+6 As an individual do you invest in index/mutual funds or do you trade/make large positions? 1 5y
+14 MM Owner/Manager Split 6 6y
+152 LO vs HF - risk adjusted career returns 57 5y
0 BAML HY Index vs Bloomberg Data for Bond Yields, Prices, OAS 0 6y
+14 P72 vs Surveyor 4 6y
+7 Talking to sell-side analysts 7 5y
+23 Want a Quant Finance job, but I don’t like my math major. What do I do? 11 5y
+11 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 5 11mo
+12 Point72 Academy Experienced Associate Program 6 5y
+4 How do you value cash-flowing assets? 2 6y
+31 When did you feel ready to make the transition from analyst to PM? 11 6y
+10 Interning during the school year 4 6y
+17 I think I love my job? 8 5y
+10 1st year BB analyst, how soon can I leave for SM HF 17 6y
+21 What have successful single managers been doing? 20 5y
+6 What is citadel capital markets? 1 5y
+18 CFA for MM Out of Undergrad 4 6y
+7 Best resource to learn Python? 11 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Book to learn about hedge funds? 1 5y
+18 Buyside Modeling / Pro Formas 2 3y
+3 Wonderlic Test Retry 1 6y
0 Quant vs SWE 5 6y
+4 Scopia Capital Management 5 5y
0 Best Financial Statement Analysis Books/Courses 5 6y
+3 MM Pod Shops 0 6y
+73 GoldenTree 30 3y
+3 Learning about Activist Investing 3 6y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Hm 2 3y
+5 is the HF industry really dying? 10 6y
0 Hedge fund interview preparation 0 6y
+54 Careers Post-HF? 40 5y
+5 Trading vs Research for Macro HF 11 3y
0 what's going on at CQS 3 6y
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 best Economics book for HF professional? 0 6y
0 Non target, industry vet, mid 30’s, Looking for a gig trading 0 6y
0 What are common technical questions that might be asked in a credit investment analyst interview? 0 6y
+79 If you could restart your career, would you still want to work at a HF? 49 5y
+56 Why has this forum become so pro-MM and anti-SM? 38 4y

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