+12 Stuck in Controller Role 1 6y
+15 At my wits end growing revenue for boutique research firm 1 6y
+5 Do some hedge funds not like candidates who have worked at another hedge fund? 4 6y
+5 Best Major for HF 3 6y
+7 Facetime? 3 6y
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+43 Pro ball to Pro Analyst 13 6y
+19 Standard non-competes - is 1 year a lot? 9 6y
+32 idea velocity at fundamental or quant funds 11 6y
+11 Breaking into a hedge fund from a professional sports background 1 6y
+6 Businesses/sectors with both high growth and high ROIC? 4 6y
+9 GS Engineering HackerRank Mathematics 1 6y
+12 Hedge fund capital raising opps 1 6y
+15 Are all those market risk/model validation jobs worthwhile or not? 4 6y
+10 Consulting upcoming managers. 1 6y
+20 GS SSG Multi Strategy Investing 7 6y
+17 Investment Memo Case Study 1 6y
+16 HF Free time thesis 5 6y
+10 DE Shaw Fundamental Group 1 6y
+12 when can i remove my gpa for hf roles? 2 6y
+111 Would you ever consider joining a start-up fund that your friend started? 49 6y
+15 Event Trading Volatility 1 6y
+45 Platforms with long term, long biased PMs 16 6y
+10 Which Masters Program for Quant? 9 6y
+26 Small fund turning into extremely toxic environment 9 6y
+21 WSO Weekly Quiz - Win A Year of WSO Premium (80,000+ Interview and Salary Data Points), $299 Value, for FREE! 1 6y
+12 1st Analyst Comp BuySide 1 6y
+47 Coatue 44 6y
+22 Need Your Help - Opportunity in Private Debt or Run a Credit Asset Manager 3 6y
+10 Which experiences and skills are useful to secure an internship at a hedge fund? 11 6y
+16 Quant researcher after finance phd 5 6y
+12 Consulting to Research Analyst at a Hedge Fund 1 6y
+9 Strategy Study Currencies 1 6y
+12 What parts of the HF industry are experiencing structural tailwinds? 1 6y
+35 Back Office to Buy-Side 17 6y
+10 What is the first step to take to transition from S&T to L/S HF? 1 6y
+183 Q&A: Former Long/Short Research Analyst at Top HF -> VP of Growth Equities at BB 51 6y
+28 Anchorage Capital 49 6y
+34 How do global macro funds generate investment ideas? 6 6y
+4 Stock market sell off soon. 1 6y
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+19 Q&A: Engineering to Portfolio Manager to MBA 2 6y
+11 Family Offices and HF Seeders 2 6y
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+6 Elliott Management Interview Process 3 6y
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+16 Questions About Liquidity Provider - Flow of Operations 2 6y
+18 Need Advice - Recruiting 5 6y
+3 Can you Calculate Bollinger Bands for Hedge Fund Returns Based on Weekly Estimate Values? 1 6y
+2 Best way to setup an inter-index arbitrage fund 1 6y
+3 Are HFs becoming obsolete? 1 6y
+23 ER technical accounting question 6 6y
+32 Preliminary Interview at Point72 23 6y
+15 How to gracefully exit? 2 6y
+9 Model Portfolio Assistant Portfolio Manager, or Sell-Side Equity Research? 1 6y
+12 non-business masters degree, impact on career 1 6y
+12 Got a job at small hedge fund but have no idea what's next. 2 6y
+26 switching from front office quant to sell-side 13 6y
+12 CPAs Merging to Finance 1 6y
+31 Starting up a fund in a WeWork office 22 6y
+3 Bridgewater Daily Observations 2 6y
+146 Top Hedge Funds: Analyst Compensation 133 6y
+9 Remote Biotech Research Analyst 3 6y
+24 TMT Corp Dev to HF or PE? Am I Insane? 2 7y
+13 MSBA to Break Into Hedge Fund 2 7y
+36 Struggling to provide a 'valid' reference 6 7y
+41 ROE tracking the market 8 7y
+42 Public SaaS Company Valuation 8 7y
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+9 How is Winton viewed in 2019? 1 7y
+10 Help for Private / Structured Credit Interview 4 7y
+12 Exit Opportunity for Structured Products Trader 1 7y
+22 I am currently in my last year of engineering, in which I am not interested at all. My final goal is to work in a Hedge Fund. 8 7y
+17 "Best Ideas" Hedge Funds 5 7y
+3 Monarch Alternative - any info? 4 7y
+3 Linking Ending Cash to Balance Sheet - Modeling Question 1 7y
+24 Value company from Gaap or non- Gaap Basis? 6 7y
+3 Ruane, Cunniff, Golfarb as an exit 1 7y
+3 Fund NAV question 1 7y
+9 Syndicate Calendar - We are looking for new syndicate calendar investors 1 7y
+19 MBA and age question 5 7y
+11 Transitioning from Market-neutral strategy funds 3 7y
+57 Hedge Fund Seed Deals 38 7y
+12 How to make the transition from a Mezz. / Direct Lending role to a large multi-strat credit fund? 4 7y
+12 Distressed Debt Ratios 11 7y
+94 Columbia Value Investing Program Placement 89 7y
+55 How does a guy Running a Long Volatility Mean Reversion Strategy get a Job at a Hedge Fund? 37 7y
+15 NonCompete and equivalents.. 3 7y
+24 Quant portfolio manager interview 10 7y
+38 Junior analyst at small fixed income hedge fund 6 7y
+3 any value to MBA in quant fund world? 1 7y
+3 Global Macro Hedge Fund Interview Preparation Advice 1 7y
+12 HF Internship > Undergrad Senior > HF(?) 1 7y
+3 IMF to hedge fund 2 7y
+12 [CDO Economics] The concept of the collateral, portfolio losses, returns to equity, and the collateral earnings rate 1 7y
+34 Directional high-frequency multi-manager funds? 20 7y
+9 Background check - quick questions 1 7y
+21 When breaking into the HF Industry, important to know Equity vs. Fixed Income; Strategies? 9 7y
+3 What price would you give to Ride's stock? 1 7y

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