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+20 Jane St. Capital? 13 2y
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+20 D.E. Shaw Recruiting 30 8y
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+20 Books for Portfolio Management and HF 7 2y
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+20 Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Sues Ex-Employees Over New Fund 12 11y
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+20 BB IBD or hedge fund? 26 11y
+20 Is this Blackstone internship back office? 6 10y
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+20 Citadel Assessement test 31 6y
+20 Tiger Cubs That Recruit from Undergrad 12 6y
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+20 2020 Point72 Summer Academy Superday 26 4y
+20 Software Engineer to Jr. Hedge Fund Analyst (Is it Easier vs. traditional path) 2 7y
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+20 Q&A: long/short analyst in London 34 6y
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+20 More than 90% of the Hedge Fund managers outperformed the global markets during March? 12 6y
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+20 Best Resources/Guide For Quant Interviews 2 6y
+20 Hedge Fund Newsletters 8 6y
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+20 London HedgeFunds as 1st/2nd Analyst 11 5y
+20 Hate new sub-PM, thinking of leaving 5 3y
+20 HF Comp Negotiation Tips? 10 5y
+20 Approaching the HF Case Study 8 3y
+20 Most Lucrative vs Safest Path? 12 5y
+20 Your favorite / most interesting public tech companies 38 4y
+20 Incoming Credit HF Intern that needs your help 10 5y
+20 What's market for LO junior level compensation? 27 4y
+20 PE VS HF 11 5y
+20 Why do PMs care about "Netting" 6 4y
+20 Why do HFs “risk off” when trades move against them? 13 4y
+20 Layoff - Dealing with headhunters 21 4y
+20 HF Comp - junior guys 23 4y
+20 What makes a good business? 7 4y
+20 Macro HF Trading Questions 4 3y
+20 Rising Rates and MMHF/Levered Funds 5 4y
+20 What is the pitch with levered long HFs? 9 4y
+20 Is this a viable path to becoming a FO Quant? 6 4y
+20 L/S vs LO aum 12 4y
+20 IB -> HF: Do u regret doing so because of lower comp? 5 3y
+20 What are your best questions for management teams / IR? 5 3y
+20 Caricature of MMs 2 3y
+20 Tailoring a HF pitch - the best setups and what works? 4 3y
+20 Is activist HF out of undergrad basically impossible? 11 3y
+20 What would a recruiter at a hedgefund say if someone studies/studied medicine and physics parallel? Would it be seen as positive or negative? 5 3y
+20 How to succeed at hf? 5 3y
+20 How do I get to biopharma L/S? 22 3y
+20 Any updates on Melvin? 20 3y

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