+22 Richard Toad’s pedigree 20 4mo
+22 Ares ASOF 21 3mo
+22 Poor distressed returns 17 4mo
+22 Would you stay? 9 5mo
+22 Does law pay better than top HF? 25 3mo
+22 London buy side 9 1mo
+22 Am I missing something here – semicap trade? 16 3w
+22 How hard is it to go from a large L/O to a Hedge Fund (Either L/O or L/S) 9 2w
+21 How much do asssociates at bridgewater make? 28 10mo
+21 Viking Global Application Question 25 9mo
+21 Desparation For SA26 (Sophomore) 18 8mo
+21 Starting career in event driven pod 7 5mo
+21 US vs UK Hedge Fund Careers: Is the Gap Really That Big? 15 7mo
+21 LO / MM HF Recruiting out of MBA 4 7mo
+21 Turnover rate at pod shops for junior analysts? 9 7mo
+21 Columbia VIP Chances 12 3w
+21 Activist Funds | Recruitment Experience 14 1mo
+21 Bridgewater IA vs DESCO PT vs Brevan Howard vs MMs (all for Macro) 17 5mo
+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 5mo
+21 We need to talk about AI 8 4mo
+21 Commodities PE to commodity HF/Pod? 7 1mo
+21 Recruiting from Low-Quality Fund 2 1mo
+20 6-8YOE at sub-scale SM LO going to MBA to change geos, but am i too old? HF Inv 11 11mo
+20 Ricky Mewani Citadel Loss 28 3mo
+20 The future of HF 21 10mo
+20 What is up with all the P72 academy kids who got cut? 26 7mo
+20 Working in alpha capture/central risk book 6 9mo
+20 Being asked for bonus expectations 17 8mo
+20 Moving from s&t BB to quant HF 5 7mo
+20 Energy IBD --> Hedge Fund - Is It Possible? 12 5mo
+20 Quality of SM Candidate 11 7mo
+20 Phoenix Learning 7 6mo
+20 How do I get faster at updating/building complicated models? 5 5mo
+20 Fundamental Edge, Analyst Academy 28 1w
+20 How long can a fund last with 3rd quartile performance 5 4mo
+20 Future of Publics 9 4mo
+20 Citadel Strategic Equity Investments (Nabeel Bhanji) 9 3w
+20 Question on senior HF comp structure 6 2mo
+20 What resources to push/ask PM for? 15 1mo
+20 Final round HF process - is it weird to send another idea? 10 1mo
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 1w
+19 Abdiel internship 21 4mo
+19 Why do SMs seemingly have more conventionally "cracked" backgrounds than MM? 13 7mo
+19 Research vs risk-taking role 4 8mo
+19 Short Selling Focused Hedge Funds 10 6mo
+19 Stay in PE or potentially recruit to HF 17 6mo
+19 '27 Pod looking for '26 internship - Hungry and Hard Working 1 6mo
+19 Modern / relevant distressed debt book recommendations? 8 5mo
+19 Navigating IB -> MM 8 4mo
+19 Citadel Global Fixed Income (Mini) Blowup? 5 4mo
+19 Graduate Program in Tier1 platform or directly start at a Tier2 platform 8 3mo
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 1w
+18 SWE in FAANG to Quant 10 11mo
+18 Del 13 11mo
+18 Tier 2 L/S Internships 14 5mo
+18 Shareholder Activism Investment Banking -->> Activist Hedge Fund 6 11mo
+18 Leveraging offers in other processes 12 10mo
+18 Violated personal trading policy 3x at a major fund am I cooked? 16 10mo
+18 HF Interview - 3 Stock Ideas 13 9mo
+18 What happened to young people founding hedge funds? 7 9mo
+18 Best ways to frame upside / PT for a stock 1 9mo
+18 Citadel FCAT test 25 2w
+18 Credit HF Path 18 1mo
+18 Case Study: The Structural Pivot from "Activist" to "Quality" at Pershing Square 1 7mo
+18 Are headhunters as important for the big platforms? 14 4mo
+18 HF Guys: What do you read? 8 4mo
+18 Distressed Credit Experience 8 5mo
+18 Junior Looking for HF Internship - Advice? 7 4mo
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 2mo
+18 MIT Quant Sophomore - Need Advice 5 3mo
+18 Anyone work at or have thoughts on Quant Funds' Fundamental Equities divisions, especially recent launches? 3 2mo
+18 Yes, this question again… 4 1mo
+18 Hedge Fund Pivot 7 1mo
+18 Value Investors Club R2 Application Feedback 20 1mo
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 3d
+17 HF "networking" as a junior? 8 12mo
+17 Breaking in early 30s L/S or ideally LO 12 10mo
+17 Any juniors worrying about options if HF doesn't work out? 5 11mo
+17 Army Reserves/MM Lifestyle 3 11mo
+17 Is it worth staying in the HF industry in Los Angeles? 6 9mo
+17 Thoughts on D1 Cap hiring preferences 30 1w
+17 Will Point 72 Academy be as large and low return this year? 15 8mo
+17 What do the first 6 months on the job look like? 7 8mo
+17 Why the Apparent Cheerleading for Candlestick's Closure? 12 8mo
+17 Tier 1 multi-strat hedge fund (quant research / trader) vs Tier 2 sell-side FX trading (trader) 3 7mo
+17 Best Path Into Public Investing? 2 7mo
+17 Case study time management 6 6mo
+17 IB >>> HF FT Recruiting Questions 7 7mo
+17 Interview Pitch Depth 10 5mo
+17 Most optimal route to Hedge Fund? 10 4mo
+17 systematic vs discretionary macro 3 3mo
+17 Any non-semis tech analysts feeling...lost? 6 3mo
+17 Hedge fund lingo 7 2mo
+17 Average single manager slope 8 1mo
+17 L/S Equity Career London 11 1mo
+16 Average Interview Process for Mid-Career Analyst in Semi-Niche Strategy 4 11mo
+16 P72 case study - holy shit 7 11mo
+16 Is it easier to burn out in PE or HF? 8 11mo
+16 Help!!! IB vs HF 7 11mo
+16 Seeking Advice from people at pods 6 11mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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