+16 From Software developer to Portfolio manager 8 4y
+18 Would you choose L/S credit or distressed? 27 4y
0 Citadel credit team 1 4y
+12 Move to different SM or MM? 1 4y
+6 Credit fund performance? 1 4y
+33 Does anyone actually believe in their models? 15 4y
+3 Information on Hound Partners? 7 4y
+28 Interest rate curves for dummies 3 4y
+17 Single Manager that recruit from H/S with PE Background - Do they care about finishing PE program / quitting to do something else until school starts? 24 4y
+26 Most obnoxious thing you’ve seen in a small group mgmt meeting? 16 4y
+47 Is talking to sell side a waste of time 30 4y
+15 Value Investors, What's Your Discount Rate? 5 4y
+13 MM PMs: How did you get your first PM job? 7 4y
+32 What exactly is Baupost's investment mandate? 9 4y
+245 Hedging Can't Fix This - A Story of Being at a Collapsed Hedge Fund 26 4y
+6 Hedge fund analyst interview questions 1 4y
+3 How do you have time to prep for interview 1 4y
+13 Offer Advice 9 4y
+9 Forecasting EPS 1 4y
+3 Delete 3 4y
+10 Delete 3 4y
+41 Sellside quant trying to understand more about how the quant buyside works 15 4y
+10 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted 9 4y
0 Quant finance 1 4y
+7 MBB -> PE -> HF?? 7 4y
+15 Secured bonds (distressed) 7 4y
+9 Distressed Debt 9 4y
+1 HF Trading Assistant 1 4y
+11 Eleted 1 4y
+15 Small HF vs BB IB out of undergrad 5 4y
+9 From Big 4 Valuation to Hedge Fund in NYC 2 4y
+14 (Deleted) 5 4y
0 Modeling Course 2 4y
+19 Distressed Investing 20 4y
+1 Answered 2 4y
+19 Jumping products - HF trading 2 4y
+6 Prop Shop Exits / Non-Compete 1 4y
+6 . 7 4y
+21 Ever heard of someone making the leap from alpha capture? 10 4y
+9 Besides investment pitches, what skills should I work on to try and move from PE BD to a HF? 2 4y
+12 Small L/S HF to LO research to large HF? 2 4y
+4 HF investor letter on energy or commodity 5 4y
+48 Specialist vs Generalist 28 4y
+48 Q&A: MM HF investment role out of non target ugrad 12 4y
+12 Would I need an MBA down the road? 1 4y
+4 Citadel GE FCAT exam 4 4y
+9 BB S&T/IBD vs Multi-Manager Hedge Fund 2 4y
0 Citadel FIG Associate - Interested to know more 2 4y
+43 How to become a useful risk professional 15 4y
+25 how to take liquid medium/high frequency trading strategy with good returns to hedge fund 14 4y
+10 Citadel Chicago 17 4y
0 Delete 1 4y
+21 Canadian HF: Picton Mahoney 8 4y
+9 IB associate HF recruiting 4 4y
+29 Hedge fund vs. Big Bank offer for quantitative finance internship 15 4y
0 Any info on Haidar Capital Management 1 4y
0 Hedge fund roles that don't require finance background/experience 1 4y
0 Firms that don't require a background in finance? 1 4y
+27 Short Term Focused Hedge Funds 11 4y
0 Why did the market beat your firm in 2021? 1 4y
+66 consistent LO pay vs large swings in HF pay 35 4y
+10 Stock Price Movement? 21 4y
+3 NYC vs London Comp Premium 2 4y
+41 In reality, what does the "process", "IP" of a PM or experience senior analyst at MM look like? 14 4y
0 Approached by a quant HF for a “relationship manager” role.. what is it? 3 4y
+3 What is it like working at a global macro fund in 2020-2022? 4 4y
+5 How often analysts get fired 8 4y
+10 What y'all gonna do if your fund shuts down? 3 4y
+3 Help Finding initiation reports 1 4y
+6 Becoming a PE fund advisor 1 4y
+3 ECM associate at a HF? 2 4y
+235 Q&A: HF Analyst 76 4y
+2 Becoming a MM PM 1 4y
0 test 1 4y
+24 Build an Investment Dream Team 19 4y
0 The strategy that beats all funds 1 4y
+15 Track record requirements for PM positions 15 4y
+12 Equity Research Associate to Buy Side strategies? (Canada to US) 2 4y
+3 Recession Protection 10 4y
+22 Are Tiger Cubs ok? 46 4y
+3 Finding HF opportunities 1 4y
+4 Centiva Capital Anyone have any info? 5 4y
+10 Citadel London 5 Hour Case Study info / Tips 8 4y
+61 Buy-side quant work from Georgetown undergrad? 44 4y
+16 Lateral to MM or stay at my SM? 8 4y
+7 biotech fund blowups 4 4y
+3 Consolidated list of funds getting rekt right now 1 4y
+3 Can you work from home 3 4y
+6 Junior associate, how to pick a stock 8 4y
+15 How do you know if public equity is really what you want? 8 4y
+3 MM Funds and Terms 1 4y
+10 For the last 4 years I studied really hard and kept my GPA over 3.75 to work at IB to be ready for my future plans (L/S HF), but unfortunately I didn't get any offer from IBs. 8 4y
+10 Leverage loans/ CLO interview prep? 6 4y
+3 The Wall Street Gospel 2 4y
+13 REPE > Fundamental Equity HF - Advice 13 4y
+10 Trading price for distressed debt after a PIK event 2 4y
0 Breakdown COGS when modeling? 1 4y
+14 B 13 4y
+15 PM question: what are you trying to express? 1 4y
0 Do I need a referral to win a full-time position at a hedge fund? 1 4y

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