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0 Citadel Investment Group - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
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+3 Earnings Alerts/API? 1 3y
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+3 SurgoCap Recruiter 1 3y
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+16 N/a 6 3y
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0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
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+31 Wharton MBA to Hedge Funds 14 3y
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+3 MFin in Europe 2 3y
+6 Millennium Management Research Analyst Interview 8 2y
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+38 HF Momentum Trading PM 22 3y
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0 Info on Bobby Jain's new fund? 2 3y
+25 N/a 11 3y
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+3 Citadel GFI Internship 3 2y
+20 Burning bridges with MMs 7 3y
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+3 MS in Data Analytics vs MS CS 3 3y
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+3 DE Shaw DESIM intern 2 2y
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+16 Internal move to PM position 8 3y
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+12 Activist Funds - paths in 3 3y
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+74 Are we at peak pod shop? 33 3y
0 Millennium - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+3 CMBS / CLO hedge funds 2 3y
+9 Credit Investing Holding Reports 2 3y
+21 Senior Analyst/PM Toxicity 10 3y
+21 Mathematics or computer science? 9 1y
+10 Technical analysis/chart reading - L/S Equity 3 3y
+27 How to go about L/S HF recruitment for a pod from 2 years in IBD as analyst? 4 3y
+5 Breaking into HF: M&A + CFA + MFin 3 3y
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+6 DE Shaw Ops vs MBB 3 3y
+35 Book recommendations for economics? 8 1y
+32 Join a fund below water mark? 13 3y
+8 How to prep for L/S Research Analyst role? 1 3y
+17 Why do SMs exist? 17 3y
+11 Honeycomb Asset Mgmt 10 2y
+6 Pivoting into Finance (HF/PE/TR) 1 3y
+6 AQR moving forward? 1 3y
+17 Can you be good at this job without loving the markets? 5 3y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 3y
+3 University Hedge Fund Experience? 1 3y
+4 MM 1H 2023 Performance 1 3y
+18 Questions regarding fundraising 3 3y
+27 Stock Pitch/Interview advice for Citadel CAP recruiting 4 3y
+3 Citadel CAP Interview Process? 2 3y
+46 Reneged HF, then recruited for UMM PE and realizing reneging might've been a massive mistake. 10 3y
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