+9 How to manage a situation when a fund rescinds FT offer before start date? 1 5y
+3 Worldquant IPM Institute 1 5y
+4 Any Hedge Funds that consider consultants? 4 5y
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 5y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 5y
+18 Bridgewater Investment Implementation? 1 5y
+94 Do I take the safe bet after grad? 39 5y
+80 Ivyline Capital Mentoring 34 5y
+6 Capacity Rights 1 5y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+25 As a sector specialist, what to do when you sector is out of favor? 16 5y
+8 Buyside macro analyst interview questions 3 5y
+6 Networking to a HF 1 5y
+6 any ex-consultant here regrets moving to HF/LO? 1 5y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 5y
+20 How to Profit from Public Company Going to Zero 15 5y
0 Captrust Advisors - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Captrust Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 5y
0 Optiver - Interview - Trading Data 5y
+13 Salary for junior analyst at MM L/S 16 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 5y
+50 Fixed Income Focused Hedge Funds 41 5y
0 WR Berkley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
+6 typical HF modeling test 1 5y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Trading Data 5y
+33 Masters for Hedge Fund ??? 14 5y
+3 Single Manager Troubles 2 5y
+3 Cloud Storage for Personal Documents 3 5y
+6 Personal Capital Allocation 0 5y
+15 Appetite for UG/FT recruiting right now? 0 5y
0 Man Group - Review - Accounting Data 5y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 5y
+36 Leaving an established fund to start/join a family office fund? 7 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investment Research Data 5y
+6 Associate or Junior Analyst (2 yrs work experience) at l/s 0 5y
+9 What types of technology and technical skills would I use while working in hedge funds or asset management? 0 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Equity Research Data 5y
+4 Leveraging ER offer 2 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+37 Does Citadel Check Transcript? 29 5y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 5y
+6 ArrowMark Partners Credit Group 5 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 5y
+1 Underrated Funds 1 5y
+52 HF Regrets? 14 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 5y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - Credit Risk Data 5y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 5y
+30 Part-time MBA from Stern or Baruch or UConn 8 5y
+18 Multi-managers and capital lock-in for portfolio managers 9 5y
+44 Earnings estimates significantly higher than street expectations - What to do? 15 5y
+20 Starting a career at Hedge Fund vs. BB Investment Bank 4 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+54 How do non-competes work when you want to quit? 34 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 5y
+14 Equity Research - analyse a stock 1 5y
+5 Econometric knowledge in fundamentals? 1 5y
0 ICONIQ Capital - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 5y
+16 Best IB Groups for a L/S fund 7 5y
+12 A career in fundamental research (L/S strategy) 1 5y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+21 How long to find a long idea for interviews? 1 5y
+30 Structured Credit Hedge Fund Post Banking 12 5y
+6 Global macro traders, how does economics in academia differ from economics in hedge funds? 2 5y
+6 Good vs. Mediocre Alpha (long equities) 2 5y
+9 How to Follow High-Conviction Hedge Fund Buys 1 5y
+6 Cutler Group 1 5y
+40 Best/Most Realistic Route into Hedge Fund 17 5y
+6 HF in NYC & LND Open Applications for 2021 2 5y
+3 Great Funds 1 5y
+6 Do PTF's sometimes take directional bets like HF's? 1 5y
+22 Average/Median IQ in Hedge Funds? 8 5y
+8 Hedge Fund Career (Fundamental Equities) 1 5y
+93 Is the Multi Manager HF Experience Worth It? 30 5y
+17 Path to Distressed 6 5y
+20 Quants at a hedgefund vs prop/market maker? 5 5y
+26 Discrepancy between salaries reported here and on Glassdoor 12 5y
+15 Assessment of M&A from shareholder perspective and shareholder Value Creation - Advice and Books? 3 5y
+11 Will HFs Outperform The Next 10 Years? 2 5y
+17 Forward vs Trailing Multiples 10 5y
+10 Investing In Special Situations 2 5y
+3 Is the Bloomberg Aptitude Test worthwhile? 2 5y
+3 How much is AI used in the Investing world?? 2 5y
+9 Looking for initation report for $$!! 8 5y
+25 How to Think About Insider Selling 8 5y
+45 Single vs. multi-managers 11 5y
+96 Tech vs Hedge Funds 63 5y
+9 any useful materials/papers for develop L/S trading ideas? 2 5y
+9 Point72 London SA 2021 13 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Equities Data 5y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 5y
0 SAIL Capital - Interview - Investment Research Data 5y
+13 What's the impact of Coronavirus on Structured Credit Investing (ABS, CLOs)? 4 5y
0 Millennium Partners - Review - Corporate Finance Data 5y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 5y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Investment Research Data 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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