+3 Buy side suggestions 1 7y
+28 'The Alchemy of Finance' 16 7y
+10 Leveraging Connections into HF summer Internship 2 7y
+6 Sears Shitshow 1 7y
+9 Interview with the department head, how should I prepare? 1 7y
+15 Advice for Green L/S Analyst with M&A Background 1 7y
+11 Biotech Investing Pipeline Valuation 2 7y
+7 Breaking into Hedge Fund via Backdoor 2 7y
+64 Reaching Out to Recruiters/Headhunters 75 7y
+22 How to Switch from Prop to HF 2 7y
+6 Goldman SSG Upcoming Interview 2 7y
+7 Hedge Fund Manager Posts Apology Video 5 7y
+3 Does anyone work as a CMBS credit analyst at a hedge fund or work at a real estate debt fund? 1 7y
+4 How do you break into a hedge fund? 2 7y
+57 Getting a Hedge Fund job as a Political Science Professor? 33 7y
+3 Administrative Assistant bonus 1 7y
+7 Investment personality 2 7y
+3 Political risk jobs 1 7y
+18 Skills for hedge funds 1 7y
+9 Start up HF human element 1 7y
+32 Questions for Management 7 7y
+9 Is getting an interview with Citadel an impressive achievement in itself? 11 7y
+360 How Do Hedge Fund "Geniuses" Einhorn and Ackman Still Have Any AUM? 124 7y
+58 Moving between hedge funds 31 7y
+9 HF or DCM internship? 1 7y
+10 Relative ranking of quant trading intern programs? 7 7y
+3 Robo Analyst/Modeling finbox.io 1 7y
+12 "Stock" pitch for a macro fund 1 7y
+8 Seeking mentorship 4 7y
+1 Networking for internship for HF's? 1 7y
+15 Current Differences Between Tiger Cubs (Coatue, Lone Pine, Tiger Global) - Culture, Investment Style, Etc. 5 7y
+15 2020 On-Cycle HF Recruiting 3 7y
+102 Failure Q&A 75 7y
+12 Transferring roles within the firm after summer internship 1 7y
+3 DDIC contributor on resume - yes or no? 1 7y
+2 How to break into a hedge fund from a non-target 1 7y
+3 Is the stock market rigged? 1 7y
+55 Would you work for a short-only fund? 29 7y
+3 Is the list of corporate bondholders publicly available information? 1 7y
+9 Best worst retail investor stock recommendation email lists 1 7y
+10 Hedge Fund Reads 2 7y
+35 Why do good HFs shutdown? 10 7y
+17 Multi-Manager Sharpe Ratios 6 7y
+12 Software Internship in HF Treasury Operations 1 7y
+6 Parnassus Investments Research Analyst Internship 2 7y
+3 How is the "Analyst" role different than the "Research Associate" role at Light Street? LinkedIn examples inside, new to HFs 2 7y
+12 Should I make the move to an LO asset manager? 1 7y
+9 Starting a consulting HF business 2 7y
+3 Modelling Help - Balance Sheet Issues 1 7y
+28 Calculus and Quant HFs 9 7y
+15 Starting Hedge Fund / Investment Company etc. 12 7y
+16 Finance Career: Current Events and the Market 5 7y
+15 Portfolio Manager Compensation / Comp Structure 2 7y
+15 Operational Risk Analyst 1 7y
+3 Top mezzanine credit fund -> career opportunitities 1 7y
+20 Does Anyone Know How Ken Griffin Did It? 11 7y
+5 DE Shaw - Which group to choose? 5 7y
+12 Experience as non finance pre MBA/Masters to IB Analyst/Associate to HF? 1 7y
+9 Hedge Fund Stock Pitch Format 2 7y
+3 Anyone heard of ART Advisors 2 7y
+29 What Separates Good PMs From the Great PMs? 22 7y
+3 Point72 Full-Time Analyst 1 7y
+9 What do you like the most of working in HF? 1 7y
+3 Point72 Case Competition 2018 1 7y
+12 Best Undergrad Major for HF 3 7y
+5 Hedge fund summer intern 2 7y
+28 Quant vs Rule Trading Pitch 15 7y
+6 YTM spread in Bloomberg terminal 5 7y
+31 How realistic is making $500,000 a year working for a hedge fund? 27 7y
+18 To PMs and Junior PMs: MM vs SM path 1 7y
+12 Targeted Master's for Top Quant Funds 1 7y
+3 Taconic Capital 3 7y
+3 Tourbillon Closure 1 7y
+3 Distressed Debt Recruiting from BB IB 3 7y
+3 RWC Partners info. 1 7y
+3 Frostgate LLC 1 7y
+3 Understanding PE/HF 101 2 7y
+19 AI in trading? 8 7y
+3 Do you know this firm? 3 7y
+23 EV/EBITDA - future net debt or current 5 7y
+9 $1mm+ and $10mm+ bonuses at hedge funds (junior analysts) 1 7y
+20 Economic Consulting to Hedge Fund Post MBA 2 7y
+16 Apollo Credit 3 7y
+91 How soon can one switch jobs? 81 7y
+15 I've been at a fund for 2 months and hate it. please advise 6 7y
+3 What schools have the largest AUM student managed funds? 1 7y
0 Eagle Capital Management 4 7y
+16 Best Route to HF? 3 7y
+11 D.E. Shaw: Background and Reference Check = Good sign? 2 7y
+5 D. E. Shaw Generalist Intern Final Round 2 7y
+3 reaching out to HH with 5y in the job, looking for small HF 1 7y
+9 How much do hedge funds sell for? 4 7y
+3 Unsure how to answer this basic biz dev question: 1 7y
+3 Bridgwater Investment Engineer Role 1 7y
+3 Investment Thesis Template 1 7y
+3 Quant with a M.S in Applied Math? 1 7y
+4 Offer from Citadel Securities 1 7y
+12 IR/Cap Raising 1 7y
+3 Indus Capital Partners 1 7y
+25 Small Hedge Fund (20-50m AUM) or Bulge Bracket Bank? 9 7y

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