+1 Point72 Academy (Experienced Hire) – Good Move to Pivot from Quant to Fundamental L/S? 2 11mo
+30 Millennium London grad programme with UBS 122 11mo
+15 re-recruiting/FT recruiting for HFs 7 11mo
+16 Seeking Advice from people at pods 6 11mo
+30 Wars between Hedge Funds/PMs 9 11mo
+15 What happened to Neil Chriss? 4 11mo
+37 Valuation & Discretionary Global Macro Investing 7 11mo
+23 L/S Pitch during Interview 10 11mo
+6 Recruiting for MMHFs 1 11mo
+24 Opportunistic across the cap stack HFs 43 11mo
0 MLP Sector Specialist Internship 1 11mo
+18 Del 13 11mo
+3 Are Fundamental PMs Allowed to day-trade the portfolio at Multi-Manager funds? 6 11mo
0 SIG Quantitative assessment 2 11mo
+9 Buy Side Application Guidance 2 11mo
+30 Catalur Capital 19 11mo
+3 What is ‘loving’ markets & stocks? 1 11mo
+6 Pod churn at big MMs 2 11mo
+15 Is now the time to do industrials as a sector vs tech/healthcare? 11 11mo
0 CAP internship vs CAP grad recruiting? 1 11mo
+12 Goldentree Culture 16 11mo
0 How to actually recruit for hedge funds? 1 11mo
+9 Scared of being pigeonholed into consumer debt from 1 11mo
0 Bridgewater Online Assessment 1 11mo
+28 Has Anyone Here Left A Relatively Cushy UMM / MF PE Seat To Pursue MM HF Work Instead? 8 11mo
+22 Short Stock Pitch - Prep 4 11mo
+9 SM HF that still does channel check / extensive DD? 3 11mo
+3 KKR employee trading policy? 4 11mo
+15 Macro RV edge? 9 11mo
+3 Generalist Vs Specialist in Global Macro? 1 11mo
+17 Army Reserves/MM Lifestyle 3 11mo
+26 EB -> MBA -> HF? 5 11mo
0 Statar Capital 3 11mo
+6 Citadel int equities HR round 9 11mo
+9 Post MBA IB Associate to HF 2 11mo
+10 Any insight into Exoduspoint London? 10 11mo
+10 Pod shop spin offs 8 11mo
+9 ckj 1 11mo
+6 How many wealthy people do you know who got rich from HFs? 1 11mo
+16 Is it easier to burn out in PE or HF? 8 11mo
0 Are MMs done recruiting for summer 2027? 1 11mo
0 Dualitas Capital 4 11mo
+16 P72 case study - holy shit 7 11mo
+12 Long/Short vs Convertible Arbitrage 1 11mo
+5 What are some SM funds that have MM features? 15 11mo
+16 Average Interview Process for Mid-Career Analyst in Semi-Niche Strategy 4 11mo
+17 Any juniors worrying about options if HF doesn't work out? 5 11mo
+2 Living in NYC overrated now for HF employees? 6 11mo
0 Received offer from 4-8bn L/S SM with 1 YOE. Is my comp fair? 10 11mo
+129 PM is a nightmare 63 11mo
0 Post Superday 2 11mo
+18 SWE in FAANG to Quant 10 11mo
+43 Energy Pod Thesis Example 11 11mo
+3 Private Special Sits to Public Special Sits? 2 11mo
+10 Do you NEED IB for HF? (Looking for a more thoughtful role) 2 11mo
+24 What does “you are not a good fit” mean? 15 11mo
+1 Thoughts on Candlestick Capital? 3 11mo
+15 Viking Global - Salary & Culture - London 18 11mo
+20 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? HF Inv 11 11mo
+35 Market guarantees - PM/Sr Analyst for top MMs 23 11mo
+42 multiple headhunters all suggesting same firm 11 11mo
+4 Long-Only Fund Internship 5 11mo
+23 Typical Hiring Timeline for Small HF? 17 11mo
+11 is anyone familiar with Gladstone Capital? 11 11mo
+3 Toronto Hedge Funds? 1 11mo
0 HF Superday Behavioral Interview 1 11mo
0 HF Internship Recruiting 1 11mo
+7 Thoughts on Longaeva? 11 11mo
+9 Resources for learning macro for rates vol? 1 11mo
+273 Q&A: HF out of undergrad, ~5 years later 87 11mo
0 MO HF dress code? 1 11mo
+22 Help stock pitching 4 11mo
0 Elliott activity 1 11mo
0 Describe L/S SM seats or firms or that you WOULD want to be at today or younger people in your network at SMs who have thrived recently 1 11mo
+28 Post-MBA HF Pivot in 2025 11 11mo
+1 GPA Cutoff For Point72 1 11mo
0 How realistic it is to switch from Private Credit/Direct Lending to non-credit HF? 1 11mo
+68 Walleye Summer 2026 Internship 137 11mo
+4 BB AM ER vs 30B LO AM (Tier 3 City) SA Role 6 11mo
+19 Treasury team trading 10 11mo
+10 Should i apply to SM HF for a first summer Analyst position from a UK super target(LSE) in london. 4 11mo
+28 Credit —> Equity 11 11mo
+16 Good books / resources for launching a fund? 6 11mo
+3 Delete 1 11mo
+20 IB Healthcare -> HF Healthcare 16 12mo
+209 POINT72 RECRUITING SCAM 60 12mo
+10 Including a pitch/ research with networking emails? 7 12mo
+37 Unique opportunity - advice 14 12mo
+6 How do you use 13F filings? 9 12mo
+15 Could I land a wallstreet trading/quant gig based on my trades? 18 12mo
0 Sophomore Internship 2 12mo
+22 How much would you pay for a ChatGPT wrapper that sums up a 10-K and 10-Q report? 27 12mo
+19 Is Jain more similar to Holocene or Millennium? 9 12mo
+6 Compensation P72 / Citadel Cap 9 12mo
+19 How Music Affects Trading [CHOOSE MY PLAYLIST!] 12 12mo
+3 What is Shonfeld L/S Analyst modelling test like? 3 12mo
+10 23-Year-Old Raising $1.5bn for HF Launch (fmr Open AI) 4 12mo
+9 Making the most of an opportunity at small HF 1 12mo
+35 Good but toxic PM. Stay or leave? 9 12mo
+173 TLDR: is Point72 academy a good program? 60 12mo

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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