+10 Anyone interviewing at Lykos Global? 10 22h
+8 hbs vs gsb 5 6d
+5 Chicago/NYC mid-sized SM Event-driven 9 1w
+1 Debating offers: front office in Chicago vs back office in NYC 3 1w
+10 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 1w
+61 HF Start-up salary expectation 33 1w
+13 IB -> HF 4 1w
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 1w
0 Rokos 1 2w
+11 Best NYC non-tiger cub SM HFs and LOs 12 2w
+8 Millennium Equities Analyst Program, New York 2027 24 2w
0 Argentum Capital? 1 3w
+21 Columbia VIP Chances 12 3w
+9 LSE EME vs MIT MFin 3 1mo
+7 How can I work at a hedge fund in high school? 13 1mo
+9 Best opportunistic credit shops in LA? 35 1mo
+3 Minimum GPA for Hedgefund Roles? 3 1mo
+27 What does comp look like for top HFs? 21 1mo
+17 L/S Equity Career London 11 1mo
+12 Hedge Fund (Fundamental Long Short Equity) Compensation in Singapore Hong Kong 3 1mo
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0 Alkeon recruiting 1 2mo
+9 D.E. Shaw Strategic Intelligence 1 2mo
+11 HEC Paris × École Polytechnique Data & Finance with U.S. Green Card: worth it for U.S. hedge funds? 1 2mo
+33 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 9 2mo
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 2mo
+15 PE fund vs join SM LO Fund 14 2mo
+18 MIT Quant Sophomore - Need Advice 5 3mo
+24 Point72 culture 9 3mo
+6 Marshall Wace Accounting Test? 1 hour / 30 multiple Q 10 3mo
+2 London/Switzerland Event-Driven HF Recruiting 4 3mo
+23 SM / MM hedge fund recruiting from PE 8 3mo
+15 Career change to analyst at small SM L/S 5 3mo
+35 Need Some Advice on Best Path to Macro HF PM / Starting Own HF 7 3mo
+10 Urgent - stay in sellside or move? 3 3mo
+3 VR Capital Group? 0 3mo
+14 Urgent - stay sellside or move to buyside? 3 3mo
0 CRG Financial (Distressed HF) 0 4mo
+262 The Golden Path (Rx IB --> MF PE --> SM HF) is Paradise 20 4mo
0 Credit to equity 1 4mo
+455 No women at hedge funds? 181 4mo
+9 How to land pre-MBA summer internship for eventual HF role? 1 4mo
+25 Comp Offer from Start-Up Fund 8 4mo
0 roscommon analytics 1 4mo
+213 Q&A - Tiger Cub Analyst 109 4mo
+18 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted 13 4mo
+12 New to HF - Unrealistic Expectations? 1 4mo
0 Pictet SA London 2026 1 4mo
+15 Advice for starting my own fund 12 4mo
+3 Bain Cap 2026 2 4mo
+8 Millburn Ridgefield culture 4 4mo
+1 International Student at Western Ivey — Pipeline to the US 4 4mo
+19 Navigating IB -> MM 8 4mo
+9 PB PM to ER Associate (BB) to HF? 1 4mo
+9 Farallon 26 11 4mo
+9 STEM Master of Finance (MFin) with 6.6 GPA (UQ) | How to bridge the Math Gap for the Programs? 1 4mo
+5 NYC -> California pod??? 3 4mo
+3 College transcript importance for quant 3 4mo
+42 Looking for Advice on Summer Offer - Tier 1 LO or Tiger Cub 33 4mo
+50 Choosing between MS programs (Data Science/Computational) for quant — need industry perspective 30 5mo
+21 Bloomberg HF News: Commentary RE: Multistrats & Spinouts 2 5mo
+27 Do On-cycle PE for downside protection? 11 5mo
+21 Starting career in event driven pod 7 5mo
+16 Restructuring lawyer to distressed debt 15 5mo
+8 Breaking into HF (Advice Needed) 5 6mo
+163 FUCK YOUR "TARGET" 52 6mo
+12 GS/MS/JPM QR --> Tier 1 HF shop pipeline 3 6mo
+9 Sohn 2026 et al 1 6mo
+7 P72 vs Tech Banking 16 6mo
+24 Comp - Special Sits 30 6mo
0 MM Hedge Fund Compensation in Dubai (Analyst / Associate) 3 7mo
+4 Where did John Curtius begin his career after Princeton? 6 7mo
+7 From Harvard to Blackstone: Grant Velthorne on the Evolution of Institutional Risk 0 7mo
+25 Does the employee fund actually beat the S&P 500? 6 7mo
+13 Carreer expectations 2 7mo
+12 Free Labor in the Spring 1 7mo
0 Bonus cycles at major HFs 1 7mo
+53 Undergrad HF Internships? 35 7mo
+12 GPA for Point72 Academy SA 5 7mo
+33 Can one go from Back Office to Front Office? 19 7mo
+11 Data Science career path? 9 7mo
+28 HF Graduate Program Thread 19 7mo
0 Best Structured Prod/MBS HFs 1 7mo
+91 Elliott vs. HBS 29 7mo
+12 How do you be independent as an new analyst? 4 8mo
+13 HF/Quant/Buyside Recruitment Prospects - Berkeley Undergrad 7 8mo
+15 LF Advice: How to excel at macro fund 1 8mo
+3 Best Jobs If I Love Public Markets and Want to Maximize Pay? 1 8mo
+48 Taxi Company Case 10 8mo
0 Career Advice for a MM IB Analyst 3 8mo
+95 Career advice needed!!! Wtf do I do???? 56 8mo
+47 In between jobs: HF Q&A 25 8mo
+12 LO vs. SM HF vs. MM HF 8 8mo
+9 Advice on moving my life overseas 1 8mo
+14 Compliance at top hedge fund vs. ops at bulge bracket — what’s the smarter move? 4 8mo
+4 Opinion 9 8mo
+8 Citadel NYC Sponsors? 16 9mo
+16 Investor relations - advice on further moves (London) 8 9mo
+17 Is it worth staying in the HF industry in Los Angeles? 6 9mo
+184 HF Distribution of outcomes - by mid-30s 78 9mo

Career Advancement Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
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  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
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  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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