+13 Does M7 MBA help for macro HF recruiting? 9 5y
0 Starting a hedge/investment fund 11 5y
+3 How To Get From Investment Banking To Working At A Hedge Fund 5 5y
0 Fixed Income Career Path? 1 5y
0 Vulcan Value Partners - Interview - Investment Management Data 5y
0 Transition from MM PE to respected HF? 1 5y
+15 HF Case Study - Projected Balance Sheet Required? 5 5y
+4 Interview round on take home case study? 5 5y
+4 MM Modelling test 5 5y
+18 Arena Investors Info 16 5y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 5y
+29 Multi Manager Hedge Funds 35 5y
+8 Capital gains tax hike 19 5y
0 Follow up on errors in technical assessment in email after interview? 1 5y
+6 Multi-Manager PM Interviews/Podcasts- do they exist? 10 5y
+23 Current Structured Finance/Stressed and Distressed Special Situations Credit Opportunities 8 5y
+3 Can a mutual fund invest in a hedge fund? 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Global Data Data 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Global Data Data 5y
+6 AM -> HF? 1 5y
0 Archegos Fallout - Others? 1 5y
+9 Quant Research in Brazil/LATAM 2 5y
+9 Value vs Momentum 1 5y
+12 Value Investing is Dead 6 5y
+8 NYU Stern HF Recruiting 21 5y
+11 Opinions / Thoughts - Why Public Investing over PE? 2 5y
+7 Event Driven Quant Funds? 11 5y
0 Making Good First Impression / Good Habits 2 5y
+8 What's Your Favorite Stock & Why Roblox?? 11 5y
+4 Investment analyst at a HF/Investment firm in SF 2 5y
0 BlueCrest Capital Management - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+27 Hours worked, fund type, age, and salary? 33 5y
0 Modeling on buyside? 1 5y
+6 How to Get From Investment Banking to Working at a Hedge Fund 3 5y
+30 Hedge Fund Management Company Qs 5 5y
+7 Can I mention whose family office I interned at on my resume? 7 5y
+6 Do you talk to analysts at other HFs? 6 5y
+34 elite HF -> mega-fund PE 7 5y
0 Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) 1 5y
+9 Special Sits HF 1st Round Interview 1 5y
+3 Point72 Interview Process 1 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+27 Special Situations / Distressed Recruiting 16 5y
0 Baupost vs Third Point vs Trian 4 5y
+3 Capital Group - American Funds 2 5y
0 Na 1 5y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Pacific Investment Management Company PIMCO - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Hedge fund incubator 1 5y
0 MBA associate stories - epic fails/successes 1 5y
0 China Merchants Capital - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 5y
+9 Generalist Investment Funds 1 5y
+4 Debt covenants on Bloomberg 8 5y
+6 Internship for a college student 1 5y
+3 Activist HF versus MF PE 1 5y
0 What would you or your firm consider a good finders fee? 1 5y
+10 Should I try to lateral to Quant HF? 6 5y
+29 Do new analysts get poor coverage at SMs? 11 5y
+6 Starting with hedge fund job 6 5y
0 Best places for target with little experience 1 5y
+6 Comp expectations / negotiation on HF analyst opportunity? 1 5y
+4 Bernie Madoff dead/how many funds do you think are schemes out there? 2 5y
+6 Old tiger cub investor letters 2 5y
+11 Man Group insights 16 5y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Reputable Forensic Accounting / Advisory Firms 1 5y
0 Marshall Wace internship final interview 2 5y
0 Anyone did intro data test for Marshall Wace? 3 5y
+11 Marshall Wace - any experience or heard anything? 2 5y
+19 GPA - How long does it matter? 8 5y
+3 L/S vs. Long Only 8 5y
+35 . 26 5y
0 Credit Analysis 1 5y
+15 Best Twitter Accounts - Fundamental Equity L/S 5 5y
+13 Goldman's risk arb alums - why so many closures? 11 5y
+22 Anyone regret going in the public space? 13 5y
0 Multi-Manager HF Interview with Biz Dev 11 5y
+21 How to handle a fund blow-up? 21 5y
+9 How to assess HF roles that recruiters offer, when there is little to no info on them online? 1 5y
+3 Whatever Happened to the Malachite HF Guys? 6 5y
+22 HF Comp Policies: Deferrals, Clawbacks, Draw Clauses 3 5y
+5 WorldQuant Info 8 5y
+6 Reputable HFs that hire MBAs with unrelated exp 1 5y
+3 Sculptor / OZ Credit 7 5y
+24 Do you enjoy hedge fund culture? 25 5y
+6 Cornell Dyson recruiting? 3 5y
0 Is it time to jump? 11 5y
+5 Paulson & Co? 11 5y
0 Farallon recruiting 3 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Review - Macro Data 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 5y
+3 How do people prep for Rx interviews? 2 5y
+4 Activist HF 1 5y
+1 CS Private Fund Group to Hedge Fund 2 5y
+1 QR in London 2 5y
+10 Trying to figure out when to join a HF from PE vs. if/when to go to business school 12 5y
+20 Most Lucrative vs Safest Path? 12 5y
0 Valiant Capital (Chris Hansen) - Any info? 6 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 97.1%
  • AQR Capital Management 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Millennium Partners 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 98.1%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.2%
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Total Avg Compensation

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  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $192
  • Analysts (242) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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