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0 What to expect for interviews? 3 1y
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+4 BlueCrest - 38% returns? 5 1y
0 HF Exit Recruiting For 2025 Grads 3 1y
+58 Upper Tier Base Salaries 26 2mo
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+9 Best strategies for Law background 10 1y
0 Where to start? 1 1y
+3 HF / AI adjacent roles 1 1y
+9 HF career prospects as a IB summer intern 5 1y
0 Any books recommended? 1 1y
+43 Point72 Academy SA 2026 54 1y
0 What are some of your best/ funniest stories from working at an hf 1 1y
+22 Fired from QR exit opportunities 5 1y
+26 Model Test Question 17 6mo
0 Is SF better for tech investors at HFs? 2 1y
+148 What are the top SMs to work for today? 56 1y
+3 Number of names in a $500m-$1bn GMV portfolio at MMHF? 1 1y
+21 Analyst WLB at Pods 17 1y
+28 London L/S Equity Analyst Compensation 18 10mo
+1 Canyon Partners Internship Interview + Info 13 9mo
+23 HF return 2024 20 1y
0 Hawk Ridge Management - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 1y
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+15 Variant view - Valuation 6 1y
+49 How to keep cool with bad bonus after a very good year fund performance 20 1y
+19 Why does consensus matter? 9 1y
+30 is it a good idea to include how much profit you made in personal portfolio? 27 1y
+15 MM HF Relocation? 8 1y
+9 Finance theory as a foundation for superior investment analysis 1 1y
0 Undergrad > ? > macro fund? 1 1y
0 CitSec Institutional Options Analyst? 0 1y
+20 Crazy Borrow Fee? 8 1y
+11 EDR price above silver lake acquisition bid? 7 1y
0 how do you think about valuation support? 1 1y
+10 Is this salary normal for a L/S hedge fund? 8 1y
+10 When is it too late to jump from ER to Pod? 10 1y
+14 Factor Models 1 1y
+1 MMHF 2026 Recent Grad Timeline 2 1y
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0 Worldquant - Review - NA Data 1y
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+4 HF not from IB -> PE route? 2 1y
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+12 MM L/S Internship -> Macro Fund/Pod 5 1y
+15 are quarterly models formatted like QQQQYQQQQY or QQQQQQQQ YY 21 1y
+17 Is Soros a pod shop now? 5 1y
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0 thoughts on durable capital? 2 1y
+6 How soon is to soon to jump ship? 8 1y
+9 From buyside to sell side research 1 1y
+8 Later in career PE to HF 6 1y
+9 Sales pitch to find new investors 2 1y
+9 Shuffling Game for Macro Pods 3 1y
+39 How much mentorship is there at an MM/pod shop? 14 1y
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+53 Why does Apollo PE have such good HF exits? 37 9mo
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0 Alpha generation in metals and mining 1 1y
+14 How do pods have 1+ Sharpe, when they shoot for 4-5% on GMV, and risk free rate is ~5%? 5 1y
+45 Negotiating Analyst Bonus Guarantee at MM? 54 9mo
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+12 Will begin to manage a book in early 2025 - any advice? 1 1y
0 AlphaGrep Securities - Review - Hedge Fund Data 1y
+5 Does PM Matter at the Pod-ish MMs? 3 1y
+52 Should I be nervous? 20 1y
0 Math in Hedge Funds 3 1y
+7 Relative performance of Citadel equity businesses 3 1y
+82 SM Tiger Cub vs. MM - Job Stability 22 1y
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0 Activist Hedge Funds 1 1y
+13 Curious on L/S tips 5 1y
+33 FIG Primer/Resources 23 10mo
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+20 HTX IB or Top ER for HF? 4 1y
+8 Target unis Uk for HF 12 1y
+70 The preferred ranges of Return and Sharpe for portfolio management 17 9mo
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