+9 ER to Buy-side: Energy vs Tech 2 6y
+13 What are real reasons for Coronavirus hysterics and when it's over? 13 6y
+24 Start up hedge fund renumeration 12 6y
0 RBC Capital Markets - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - NA Data 6y
+21 Bear Market 2020 COVID19 Edition - Thoughts? 8 6y
+12 DE Shaw India office: Financial Analyst role 1 6y
+8 Hedge fund recruiter towards Master of Financial Engineering at Worldquant University 4 4y
+44 Curious to know who's doing well and not doing well 31 6y
+3 EM Debt Funds 1 6y
+30 Senior Debt MODEL - INTV Help 17 6y
+9 How are the hours like for quantitative researchers at hedge funds? 1 6y
+27 How long to setup and trading after joining MM platform fund 18 3y
+6 MM platform hiring during this virus crisis 5 6y
+12 Funding Interactive Brokers account- transferring USD 1 6y
0 Jane Street Capital - Review - Equity Hedge Data 6y
0 Jane Street Capital - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+17 How to deploy capital in a recession (+Corona) 8 6y
+12 Starting to get into investing, is now a good time? 1 6y
+3 Hitchwood Capital Management? 2 6y
+19 (Please Please Help) Choosing a Major 5 6y
+6 ArrowMark Partners Credit Group 5 6y
+12 New paths to wealth (buyside) 1 6y
+14 Hedge Funds' view on cheap stocks?: EV/Sales<0.2, EV/EBITDA < 2 3 6y
+7 BlackRock Opportunistic Credit 2 5y
0 Parnassus Investments - Interview - NA Data 6y
+11 Marshall Wace - any experience or heard anything? 2 5y
+12 Trading Assistant interview preparation 10 6y
0 Q&A: Starting a HF 9 6y
+68 I want to intern at BW or P72 34 6y
+14 Energy Hedge Fund or Boutique Investment Banking 2 6y
0 New Constructs - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 New Constructs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Zais Group - Interview - Structured Products Data 6y
+29 Multi Manager PM Blow Up Before Interview 12 6y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 6y
+11 DE Shaw reputation 7 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+21 Pathway to HF out of undergrad? 3 6y
+6 anyone ever gone through Bridgewater’s Trading Associate interview process? 3 6y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Review - Structured Products Data 6y
0 Angelo Gordon & Co - Salary & Bonus - Structured Products Data 6y
+45 How to Explain Large Trading Loss in Interview 19 6y
+4 Funds with cross-capital structure investment strategies? 1 6y
+33 Masters for Hedge Fund ??? 14 6y
+21 Headlands Tech Interview & Online Assessment 9 4y
+15 Valuation methods used at Distressed/credit funds? 4 6y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+10 Why/what do you read in the business newspaper? WSJ etc 1 6y
+31 Sell-side ER to Buy-side: Energy - E&P, Midstream, and/or Refiners 12 6y
+27 Moving from a hedge fund to a bank? Possible to move back? 7 6y
+22 UK recruiter claims he can't tell me any clients' names until he has my CV due to GDPR 7 6y
+9 Networking Advice - Intern or Full-Time 1 6y
0 Zais Group - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 6y
+28 Hedge fund interview question 6 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+14 RFP Writing to Investor Relations at a Fund? 2 6y
0 CPP Investment Board - Interview - NA Data 6y
+15 Long/Short Investment Grade Credit at a Multi Manager 1 6y
0 DOW-700 0 6y
+12 Oz/Sculptor Capital Interview Advice (Ops) 2 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+41 Sellside quant trying to understand more about how the quant buyside works 15 4y
+60 Raising Capital--Track Record? 47 5y
+3 One Page Exec Summary Template 1 6y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Arena Investors LP - Interview - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 6y
+39 I may have spoken too much in my 1st interview. ,,, 18 3y
+5 Have you worked at Bridgewater? 2 6y
0 Gold Coast Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
+12 Europe - Most Active / Top Distressed Debt Funds? 1 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - NA Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 6y
+6 Interviews: AM vs HF 2 6y
0 Prospect Partners - Interview - Credit Data 6y
0 Hedge Fund for sale 10k 3 6y
+16 P&L stop loss at prop firms 10 5y
+9 Post MBA reference checks? 1 6y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+8 Comp Breakdown 3 6y
+12 Laid off during interview process - should I tell them? 6 3y
+3 Book on finding the most important things/summarizing 1 6y
+28 Background check at hedge fund 20 4y
+15 Interview coming up, already done case study, what to expect? 9 6y
+6 How to learn more about distressed debt investing 5 6y
+15 Natural Gas Cash Trader Looking to Join Energy Hedge Fund 5 6y
+5 Where can you find a credit indenture? 3 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Engineering Data 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Engineering Data 6y
+3 Asia Pacific Land (US) 1 6y
+3 P72 In-House Case 1 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+20 How much self-study do u do after work? 11 6y
+5 LO/ HF compensation in Australia 4 6y
+154 If You Could Work At Any Hedge Fund... 111 4y
+3 Where does the Bridgewater shuttle pick up from NYC? 2 6y
+19 Where does the Bridgewater shuttle pick up from in NYC? 12 6y
+3 How does one approach a hedge fund case study? 1 6y

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