+6 What to expect from first round interview for SA position? 1 5y
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+17 Tiger Cubs Differences 7 5y
0 Citigroup - Review - Private Banking Data 5y
0 Citigroup - Salary & Bonus - Private Banking Data 5y
+9 Thinking about public equity buy side 1 5y
+18 Best Bank for HF Recruiting 14 5y
+1 Trying to break into prop shops 2 5y
0 Schonfeld - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 5y
+146 Calling PMs/buyside Analysts - The whole China thing 49 4y
+12 Breaking into HF from BB IB 7 5y
0 Aurelius 2021 Update 2 3y
+3 Why does Robinhood crab so much? 1 5y
+15 Best distressed trades of the decade thread? 5 5y
+4 [deleted] 5 3y
+10 How to Monitor Hedge Fund ROI 1 5y
+22 Need an Overview on M&A Arbitrage (Modelling specifically) 6 5y
+6 Managing risk at an MM 3 5y
+11 Post-announcement merger arbitrage 5 5y
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+6 First Year compensation for PhD Finance 6 4y
+9 Bluebell Capital 2 5y
0 How did this guy make MD at top HF at 30 y/o? 6 5y
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+17 MD vs PhD for Healthcare Buyside? 17 5y
0 Comcast/NBCUniversal - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 NBC Universal Inc - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Higher Comp: Tiger Global or Janestreet? 30 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
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0 Millennium - Interview - Sales and Trading Data 5y
+3 Caption management 1 5y
+18 Cevian Capital – Analyst 20 2y
+3 What happened to ShaquilleOatmeal? 8 4y
+9 How is Family Office experience viewed in the Hedge Fund world? 1 5y
+9 How is Family Office experience viewed in the Hedge Fund world? 1 5y
0 Chicago Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+3 Market neutral hedge funds 1 5y
+4 Tiger / Viking / Coatue Headhunters? 9 5y
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0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 5y
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0 Octagon Credit ? 5 4y
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0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 5y
0 PAAMCO Prisma - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
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0 AQR Capital Management - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Investment Research Data 5y
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0 Quant trader - Two Sigma vs Jane Street 1 5y
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+6 Breaking into a HF from non-target? 1 5y
+3 Strategy and ops at large multi-manager HF? 1 5y
+3 citibank N A 1 5y
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0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
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0 Abdiel Capital - Review - NA Data 5y
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+49 3yrs buy-side experience - how to get to a LDN based HF 39 4y
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0 Is it possible to make 8 figure in MM Hegde Fund as a Portfolio Manager? 18 5y
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0 Barclays - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
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+49 How many ideas do you expect your analysts to generate per year? 22 5y
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0 Hedge Fund - Quantitative Assessment? 1 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

Total Avg Compensation

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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