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0 How many rounds are pod shop interviews? 3 1y
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+46 Help with modelling, stuck 19 1y
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+29 Middle Office vs. Front Office 19 1y
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+37 Point72 Penny Pinchers 18 1y
+64 Help. My former boss is offering my old job back 24 1y
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+24 Big 4 MM vs. Other Pods Comp Difference 8 1y
+6 Point72 2026 UK Summer Academy 8 1y
+27 Advice for mid/senior job search 9 1y
+9 PMs - Techniques for managing stresses from PNL swings 1 1y
0 Modelling test for event driven HF 1 1y
+8 What is the best performing L/S HF right now? 8 1y
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+11 Comp for Mid Career Embedded Data Scientist in HF 6 1y
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+89 Should I make the jump from PE to HF? 53 1y
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+22 Top Industrials PMs 17 1y
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+14 How long for an offer after final stage 10 1y
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0 Point72 2026 Summer Academy Superday 0 1y
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+142 What's left in public equities ex-pods? 41 1y
+43 best industrials pods 30 1y
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+6 Distressed debt? More like depressing debt 1 1y
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+19 LO return offer advice 16 1y
+23 How to Break Into a Global Macro Hedge Fund – From a French Target School 5 1y
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+12 MM L/S Internship -> Macro Fund/Pod 5 1y
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+12 Thoughts on Holocene? 30 1y
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+142 Striking out on recruiting, feeling hopeless 69 1y
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+7 Actual Pod Comp for Non-PM / risk-taker 6 1y
+25 Foreign Opportunities in the HF space 6 1y
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