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+163 FUCK YOUR "TARGET" 55 4mo
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+22 HF reference check 10 4mo
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0 Private Equity to MM Hedge Fund (L/S Equity) 1 4mo
+19 Stay in PE or potentially recruit to HF 17 4mo
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+12 GS/MS/JPM QR --> Tier 1 HF shop pipeline 3 4mo
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+45 Long/Short pod shop is a dying business 34 4mo
+4 2026 Recruiting 15 4mo
+7 Portfolio Manager in HFs 5 4mo
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+64 MM HF vs SM Styles (software) 23 4mo
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+12 Gotham City Short Report on Carvana 13 4mo
+22 Small SM fund over BB IB. Please sanity check 6 4mo
+18 Large Cap Biotech AI/automation/quant risks 11 4mo
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+6 Generalist HF/AM in TX & FL 4 4mo
+45 How to get into (and interested in) the Markets? 42 4mo
+7 P72 vs Tech Banking 16 4mo
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+19 Short Selling Focused Hedge Funds 10 4mo
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0 Does HF prefer coverage or M&A 2 4mo
+35 Transition from medicine to IB/HF 14 4mo
+20 Phoenix Learning 7 4mo
+11 How do people get these HF internships? 29 4mo
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+46 Marathon Asset Management - thoughts? 33 4mo
+63 Davidson Kempner, the most secretive of large HFs? 70 4mo
+17 Case study time management 6 4mo
+27 Hedge Fund Impossible? 5 4mo
+25 Big 4 pod offer – thoughts on comp, risk, and downside? 5 4mo
+11 Surveyor vs Ashler vs Global Equities (Citadel) 6 4mo
+24 Comp - Special Sits 30 4mo
+4 How Do PhDs Get Experience For Biotech Finance? 9 4mo
+8 What is a company you think will be around in 100 years? 12 4mo
+28 HF Analyst Offer (Non-US) vs Promotion at $10B+ US Endowment (2x Pay) 17 4mo
0 Proprietary/Primary Research Roles - which funds have them? 1 4mo
+25 Sharpe 1.8 good enough? 28 4mo
+22 IB vs Manager Selection 14 4mo
+8 1st round interview - Fundamental Commodities Analyst a multi-strategy shop 4 4mo
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+1 Canyon Partners Internship Interview + Info 13 5mo
0 Best trading desks for global macro / macro RV hedge fund exits? 1 5mo
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+3 SM HF that invests globally 2 5mo
+100 What’s the most toxic situations you’ve seen (been) 66 5mo
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+9 Career Pivot 1 5mo
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+3 DE Shaw SBD r1? 1 5mo
+11 LO REITs --> REITs Pod? 4 5mo
+12 Future of Hedge Funds (Pod Shops/Multi Manager) for Fundamental Long/Short Equity 3 5mo
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+14 HF recruiting opps / sources 15 5mo
0 D.E. Shaw Prop Trader Intern Interview Process 2027 1 5mo
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+15 Buyside Preparation 4 5mo
+7 From Harvard to Blackstone: Grant Velthorne on the Evolution of Institutional Risk 0 5mo
+29 Dodge and Cox Stock Pitch Competition 44 5mo
+16 AQR Business Development 2 5mo
+6 Am I overthinking or is this guy an a-hole 5 5mo
+30 Path to being a Master of the Universe (SM Founder) 7 5mo
+25 Does the employee fund actually beat the S&P 500? 6 5mo
+13 Carreer expectations 2 5mo
+3 Credit senior analyst comp? 1 5mo
+3 First Brands? 1 5mo
+6 Seek Career Advice 1 5mo
0 Hedge Funds Hiring Internationals (Intls) on F1 and H1B 3 5mo
+34 Merger Arb Performance amid Trade War 30 5mo
+1 Funds that play in Esoterics 1 5mo
+2 Can I ask for a referral (equity research) after a single coffee chat? How should I go about that? 2 5mo
+12 Free Labor in the Spring 1 5mo
0 Taula Capital - thoughts? 3 5mo
+2 Quit & Hunt or Juggle Both? 4 5mo
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+46 How do I prepare for L/S interviews (Tiger Cubs, Viking, etc.) 28 5mo
+12 GPA for Point72 Academy SA 5 5mo
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+33 Can one go from Back Office to Front Office? 19 5mo
+11 Data Science career path? 9 5mo
+27 How can you be a successful healthcare analyst without having a medical background? 14 5mo
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.6%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • 1st Year Analyst (77) $151
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