0 3 hour long / short equity interview 0 10y
+17 Short Selling Role 5 10y
+77 How to raise capital to start a hedge fund? 75 9y
0 Good hedge fund, bad PM 5 10y
+37 Resident physician interested in hedge fund 24 10y
+3 First Pitch/Trade 13 10y
0 13F Tracker 11 10y
0 Distributor Margins and Valuations 1 10y
+23 Referred to a hedge funds, unsure about motivational letter 13 10y
0 [ISSUE 38] - Interesting Things... 0 10y
0 Choosing a FT position - RE HF out of school or going safe route to BB? - Some insight or advice? 1 10y
0 Credit investing 1 10y
0 How many businesses have you looked at (question to buy-side PMs/analysts) 9 6y
+17 Resume Review: Equity Research to Hedge Fund 14 10y
0 Prepping for Fund Assistant Interview 0 10y
0 You mean to tell me the market doesn't go up forever? 3 10y
+92 55x price hike on "Essential Medication" - Smart move? 86 6y
+14 Do hedge funds suffer from competition ? 1 6y
0 Physician looking into working in the industry 2 10y
+7 Does AQR run quant trading strategies? 4 10y
0 Help Please! HF Consulting Interview 0 10y
+35 Which places better into hedge funds, HBS or Stanford GSB? 28 6y
0 Am I doing this correctly? 4 10y
+13 Best headhunters for HF? 13 4y
0 HF vs traditional AM? 5 10y
0 Interview w/ HF Consulting Firm 0 10y
0 College Freshman - How should I break in? 0 6y
+21 Credits / Investments per Analyst 19 10y
0 Financial Engineering to Global Macro 2 6y
0 Cyrus Capital Partners 1 10y
0 Best type of buyside firm to make most compensation - pe vs hf and debt vs equity 1 10y
+13 Am I being undercompensated? 8 6y
+16 Getting a job in European hedge fund 4 6y
0 College senior looking at HFs. Wondering what interviews are like? 1 10y
+21 Credit HFs: Possible to switch from munis to corporates? 6 10y
0 Why did Buffett not need certifications to set up his hedge funds? 3 10y
+133 ER to HF 89 6y
+52 Would you go into a $40 mil long-only equity fund after college? 71 10y
+17 Fund Accounting to Portfolio Management - Career Path Advice 3 6y
0 IRS Ends "Basket Options": Effect on Hedge Funds? 0 10y
+41 Random Musing on Mr. Market 8 6y
0 "The Professor" in Drobny's book 0 10y
+82 Would you choose Hedge Funds all over again? 47 6y
0 Whole loan securitization 1 10y
+28 More Than One Way to Skin a Cat? 6 10y
0 Relationship between Volatility & Asset Managers 3 10y
+24 Macro/Microecon needed? 38 10y
+29 WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Package in the Works! 34 10y
+15 Lean or Large Shop? 11 5y
0 Phd Finance vs Phd Computer Science vs 1st Job 5 11y
0 Asking for Investment Reports/Write-Ups 3 11y
+11 Solid Returns- What would you do 5 10y
0 Hedge fund IT Intern - worth taking? 4 11y
+25 How important is the location of a hedge fund? 12 6y
0 career path as a quant at fundamental HF? 0 7y
+5 What are the top FoHFs and how do they charge HFs? 3 6y
+12 PM Breeding Grounds 4 10y
+26 Highly driven Macro HF Trader looking to change firms and explore new opportunities 10 6y
0 DE Shaw's "Arceisum?" 1 10y
+4 Hitchwood Capital 1 11y
0 Connecticut Hedge Funds 8 6y
+22 Introducing: The Hedge Fund Name Generator 4 11y
+23 One or Two Week Notice Period?? 24 7y
0 Fund raising strategy 1 11y
0 Finding a home for my equity quant strategy 11 11y
+9 HBK Investments (Dallas)? 8 6y
0 CLO News 2 11y
0 PE Ratio: business cycle and growth rate (g) - short term - long term relationship 1 11y
0 Lateral to a Different Investment Bank to Get Interviews at Hedge Funds 4 6y
+16 Inflation Calculations, CPI vs Alternatives 6 11y
0 Take home case study question 15 6y
+4 Value investors in Canada? 7 6y
+57 Are small cap hedge funds worth it? 40 6y
+15 point72 breakfast 7 11y
0 Warren Buffett Letter Summaries 4 11y
0 Bridgewater Investment Engineer 2 9y
+15 Why is Telecom undervalued? 3 11y
0 Do GSO recruit undergrads? 1 11y
+26 Do hedge fund managers need to be register if the LLC is located in Wyoming? 10 6y
+20 What to expect in this industry 10 11y
+22 HF landscape in London 22 6y
0 Looking for top 500 Hedge Fund firms 2 11y
0 Offered a middle office job advice 0 11y
+34 What does a DISCRETIONARY macro trader do at Citadel/DE Shaw/AQR? 10 11y
0 Citadel launching new Equities strategy 3 6y
+23 What's a long-only hedge fund? 5 11y
0 Hedge Fund recruiting 2 11y
0 Tips for ultimate newbie? 1 11y
0 Where to go from here? Hedge fund internship 2 11y
0 Graduate school to HF 0 6y
+27 What's the best way to develop your own expert network? 19 11y
+54 Only girl, help? 19 11y
0 The Not Prestigious Career 0 9y
+33 How much do your PMs work? 21 10y
+44 Bonuses and bonus etiquette 19 9y
+25 Hedge fund pay at mid-senior levels 12 11y
+29 Middle Office vs. Front Office 19 1y
0 Post Bschool IBD associate--> private debt? 3 6y
+98 Long term, concentrated, deep fundamental investing 34 6y
+30 How to build HF track record that is worth anything? 11 10y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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