0 Citadel Securities - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 How to answer the question: "Why do you want to work for a hedge fund and not a mutual fund"? 1 5y
0 Next Downturn 3 5y
+1 Salary @ a 100M AUM Hedge Fund? 3 5y
+150 Underrated Skill in Investing 33 5y
0 Do you think we will see more or less investing related hedge jobs in US? 3 5y
+19 How to switch to competing HF without burning bridges 4 5y
+21 How do you pitch to your PM? 20 5y
+7 Talking to sell-side analysts 7 5y
+27 I Want To Get Into Investing. How To Improve Your Knowledge Of Markets? 8 5y
0 Book to learn about hedge funds? 1 5y
+17 I think I love my job? 8 5y
+6 As an individual do you invest in index/mutual funds or do you trade/make large positions? 1 5y
+2 Robinhood free stock 1 5y
+10 Good exemplar names? 5 5y
+16 Energy rebound? Investing in the ERX? 5 5y
+8 Favourite industry to benefit from COVID long-term? (No TMT ideas, anything unusual) 4 5y
0 Perspective 1 5y
+6 Please explain why I shouldn't invest in hedge funds and stick to my index funds 6 5y
+3 Time period for a "long" stock hold 7 5y
+58 How is AQR Doing? What are the long-term career prospects? 35 5y
+9 Which funds/managers do you guys follow? 5 5y
0 HELP!! Thrown in as an "analyst" with no training/background in finance 3 5y
+31 How often will a HF Analyst or Associate need to listen to earnings calls? 21 5y
+16 Elliot and Silver Point - team structures 8 5y
0 How easy is it to invest in a hedge fund? 3 5y
+10 How much is comp for a first year MM analyst? 19 5y
0 First Year Bonus - What To Expect? 1 5y
+13 How do I get my foot in the door? 6 5y
0 Datasets per fund 5 5y
0 Fund Investment Considerations 2 5y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 5y
+22 AUM ranking and changes by June, 2020 (indicative of returns) 12 5y
+2 Vaccine Day 1 5y
+58 Merger Arb/Risk Arb? 14 5y
+1 Stock Pitch Feedback / Review 4 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Interview Process 0 5y
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+4 Book Recommendation: Event Driven 3 5y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Prop Trading Data 5y
0 Help out a group of aspiring high school quants 0 5y
0 Current IB analyst, not sure what to do 7 5y
0 Seeing a few HFs starting Implementation internships 0 5y
0 Global Macro Hedge Funds in London 0 5y
+174 Q&A: ex-McKinsey EM and current L/S hedge fund analyst 68 5y
+16 How urgent are these earnings calls actually? 10 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Writing Sample 0 5y
+42 Drawdown Limits at MMs 11 5y
+21 Impact of miFID on ER access & alpha to SM vs MM HF 0 5y
+12 Stock Pitch Modelling - Public Company 0 5y
+6 How do I develop the skills to switch from ER to MM HF on my own? 1 5y
0 P72 Case Study 0 5y
+15 MM HF or Sell Side ER out of undergrad? 5 5y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Hedge Fund Exit Opportunities? 0 5y
+17 Hedge fund volatility strategy PM returns and drawdowns 13 5y
0 Do I need to learn econometrics if I want to do global macro? 1 5y
+3 Crabel Capital Management 0 5y
+27 Personality needed for distressed debt/special situations 5 5y
0 Sell side to IR to HF? 0 5y
0 Got a MM offer 3 months into IB 12 5y
0 Sourcing Credit Ideas 1 5y
+8 Failure Q&A 3 5y
+1 Deleted 4 5y
+11 Current Senior with BO trade support engineer offer. 4 5y
+79 If you could restart your career, would you still want to work at a HF? 49 5y
+3 RX Consulting to HF 2 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Uses & prices of hager werken +27640518120 embalming compound powder 0 5y
0 Restaurant Brands International - Review - NA Data 5y
0 Rebellion Research - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Point72 Market Intelligence 1 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 5y
+10 If you could work from anywhere in the world, but had to work NY market hours? 17 5y
+6 D.E Shaw SA 2021 15 5y
+5 Buying puts before election? 7 5y
0 PIMCO from HF 1 5y
0 Melody Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
+13 Risk Arb Question 11 5y
+6 Citadel Levels 0 5y
0 Not all big HFs deliver this year 7 5y
+10 D.E. Shaw Rotational Associates Program 5 5y
0 Pitching a stock - does this sound like a cop out? 0 5y
+12 Mkt Neutral Equity L/S - What Have You Asked/Been Asked In Interviews? 0 5y
+1 Mizuho IB- > HF ? 4 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Human Resources Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Human Resources Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Point72 Internship Launch Call 0 5y
0 Commodities HFs in Europe 1 5y
+18 Q&A: I am an analyst at a dark and mysterious hedge fund 7 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 JSB Search Partners 1 5y
+10 Commodities Trading Case Study. What should I expect if it is technical or non technical. 3 5y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 5y
+9 Hedge Fund for sale 15 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%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.2%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (86) $288
  • 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
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (282) $96
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