0 DRW - Interview - Trading Data 5y
+83 2017 Hedge Fund Report: 8 Key Takeaways 15 5y
0 Alternative Asset Management vs Hedge Fund 0 5y
0 Incoming Analyst intern - small/mid-cap Global Macro HF in London, UK 6 5y
0 Surveyor / Global Equities Case Study 2 5y
+161 What are people's reaction when you tell them you work in a Hedge Fund? 60 5y
+33 Best Books To Read For Incoming HF Analyst 27 5y
+55 Jobs you can do until you’re 75 44 5y
+33 Advice 9 5y
+18 Hedge fund salaries 2 5y
+8 Grants vs Rosenberg vs Stockman’s Contra 2 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Markets Data 5y
+15 Starting careers in a MM platform 3 5y
+22 Anti-sponsor/corporation HF? 11 5y
+10 Large Quant Fund Trading Frequency 11 5y
+53 Direct Lending --> Distressed/Special Situations Investing 17 5y
+11 Citadel Global Equities 8 5y
0 Pre-MBA Summer Internships 0 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Aspect Capital 0 5y
0 Aspect Capital 0 5y
0 Macro hedge funds in 2020 0 5y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 5y
0 Point72 Superday 4 5y
+3 Quants in Private Debt [Corporate Loans, ABS] 2 5y
+30 Investing without emotion? 14 5y
+14 How to Download CLEAN SEC Filing Tables? 3 5y
+60 Hustling into Algo/HF (Quant) 21 5y
0 How much of HF research process into stock is modelling vs channel checks vs macro view? 1 5y
+54 Careers Post-HF? 40 5y
0 How do HFs factor macro views into their stock picking? 0 5y
+21 Why so Few Industrials-focused funds? 9 5y
0 Are multi-strat hedgefunds open to rehiring people who have left before? 3 5y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 D1 Capital Partners 1 5y
+9 Career Switch: Aerospace Engineer to Hedge Fund Analysts 3 5y
+8 How long would you stay 9 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - NA Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 HF in LA? (2020) 3 5y
0 Feeling hopeless & trapped: Is a career possible after a rocky college experience? 17 5y
+3 HF Salary UK/EU 0 5y
0 Interview Process / Timing 0 5y
+4 Scopia Capital Management 5 5y
+28 I’m sorry, but you being successful here has to do more with luck than anything else 40 5y
0 Industrials vs Tech/Consumer Funds 0 5y
+23 How to determine Risk Reward Ratio 17 5y
+12 Point72 Market Intelligence Summer 2021 Internship Launch Call 3 5y
0 KPMG - Review - Investment Banking Data 5y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 5y
+6 Muzinich & Co 2 5y
+6 Fundamental equities shops in Europe 3 5y
+4 Brain Fog 6 5y
0 How do you keep up to date about news in your sector? 0 5y
+23 Want a Quant Finance job, but I don’t like my math major. What do I do? 11 5y
+8 Predicting earnings 6 5y
+19 Internship in High-School 7 6y
0 Citadel Securities - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
0 How to answer the question: "Why do you want to work for a hedge fund and not a mutual fund"? 1 6y
0 Next Downturn 3 6y
+1 Salary @ a 100M AUM Hedge Fund? 3 6y
+150 Underrated Skill in Investing 33 6y
0 Do you think we will see more or less investing related hedge jobs in US? 3 6y
+19 How to switch to competing HF without burning bridges 4 6y
+21 How do you pitch to your PM? 20 6y
+7 Talking to sell-side analysts 7 6y
+27 I Want To Get Into Investing. How To Improve Your Knowledge Of Markets? 8 6y
0 Book to learn about hedge funds? 1 6y
+17 I think I love my job? 8 6y
+6 As an individual do you invest in index/mutual funds or do you trade/make large positions? 1 6y
+2 Robinhood free stock 1 6y
+10 Good exemplar names? 5 6y
+16 Energy rebound? Investing in the ERX? 5 6y
+8 Favourite industry to benefit from COVID long-term? (No TMT ideas, anything unusual) 4 6y
0 Perspective 1 6y
+6 Please explain why I shouldn't invest in hedge funds and stick to my index funds 6 6y
+3 Time period for a "long" stock hold 7 6y
+9 Which funds/managers do you guys follow? 5 6y
0 HELP!! Thrown in as an "analyst" with no training/background in finance 3 6y
+31 How often will a HF Analyst or Associate need to listen to earnings calls? 21 6y
+16 Elliot and Silver Point - team structures 8 6y
0 How easy is it to invest in a hedge fund? 3 6y
+10 How much is comp for a first year MM analyst? 19 6y
0 First Year Bonus - What To Expect? 1 6y
+13 How do I get my foot in the door? 6 6y
0 Datasets per fund 5 6y
0 Fund Investment Considerations 2 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+22 AUM ranking and changes by June, 2020 (indicative of returns) 12 6y
+2 Vaccine Day 1 6y
+58 Merger Arb/Risk Arb? 14 6y
+1 Stock Pitch Feedback / Review 4 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Interview Process 0 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+4 Book Recommendation: Event Driven 3 6y
0 Millennium - Review - Prop Trading Data 6y
0 Help out a group of aspiring high school quants 0 6y
0 Current IB analyst, not sure what to do 7 6y

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November 2026 Hedge Fund

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Hedge Fund

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Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

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