+32 How much to ask? 13 8mo
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+33 Anyone Know Anything About Point72 Modeling Tests? 42 9mo
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+50 HF -> Investor Relations 24 9mo
+9 Ex-MS Analyst: Why I'm Long Emerging Markets (JKSE) Despite the Fed's Hawkish Tone 1 9mo
+15 LMM PE to Hedge Fund 5 9mo
+22 Tips for Assessing Level of Modelling Granularity in a Case Study? 5 9mo
+180 Why do we accept those low $175-225k base salaries at pods? 82 9mo
+95 Why does sector coverage impact success, despite market-neutral strategy? 72 9mo
+35 Seeking Advice on HF Recruiting 14 9mo
+5 When is HF Recruiting the Most Active? Is it worth networking? 3 9mo
+6 Weiss Asset Mgmt Interview 6 9mo
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+12 How do you be independent as an new analyst? 4 9mo
+20 Being asked for bonus expectations 17 9mo
+41 do markets still function well for LO guys? 14 9mo
+10 Easier to make the jump to a PM job at multi strat now or after a long(er) career on the sell side? 3 9mo
+12 Delete 2 9mo
+44 How to get monthly track record from current shop? 20 9mo
+24 Tier 1 LO, No return, path forward? 16 9mo
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+13 Point72 Spring Academy / Criteria Video Interview - what questions to expect? 15 9mo
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+7 BB Asset Management >> HF 3 9mo
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+17 Why the Apparent Cheerleading for Candlestick's Closure? 12 9mo
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0 Millennium - Review - Quantitative Research Data 9mo
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0 Comp in Multi-Asset Credit 3 9mo
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0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Infrastructure Data 9mo
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+35 How is Lone Pine doing post-Mandel? 39 9mo
+45 Best books for HF investing? 29 9mo
+9 Anyone have any insights on building a GTAA strategy? 1 9mo
+5 Question on Non-Compete 7 9mo
0 Anyone has MM case study for industrial or utilities? Anything between 24 hours and 1 week? 1 9mo
+1 WFH at Pod 4 9mo
0 Ignore 1 9mo
+6 Thoughts on Symmetry Investments? 10 9mo
+23 Point 72 Spring Week London Process? 18 9mo
+7 New to FactSet, why does it feel like garbage 8 9mo
+40 Cold Call v. Cold Email 40 9mo
+6 Best pathway to recruiting for MM HF/PE in London: IB SA or LO SA? 2 9mo
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+55 Leaving IB as First year Analyst to Build a Hedge Fund From Scratch in Monaco — Career Suicide ? 28 9mo
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+8 Sellaronda Global 5 9mo
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+15 How to break into hedge funds? Where to send CV? (PhD Math + ML background) 9 9mo
+95 Career advice needed!!! Wtf do I do???? 56 9mo
+4 Should I give up senior risk role at tier 2 prop trading firm 5 9mo
+12 How often do you use ROA & DuPont analysis when looking at companies? 16 9mo
0 Point72 Private Credit 2 9mo
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+47 In between jobs: HF Q&A 25 9mo
+12 LO vs. SM HF vs. MM HF 8 9mo
+17 What do the first 6 months on the job look like? 7 9mo
+10 Britannica Capital 3 9mo
+9 Advice on moving my life overseas 1 9mo
+26 Discerene Group 25 9mo
+33 FIG Primer/Resources 23 9mo
0 Britannica Capital 1 9mo
+4 Networking for Hedgefunds 5 9mo
+3 Citadel L/S 27 2 9mo
+12 Balyasny - Equities Snr Associate comps structure 5 9mo
+23 Absolute Competence vs. Signaling When Breaking in 11 9mo
+13 L/S Event-Driven Strategies 4 9mo
+30 27 and an execution trader at a top Macro fund, what next? 20 9mo
+1 Adjusting Historical Financials for FX Neutral Growth 4 9mo
+26 ending up at long/short equity - what to do now? 16 9mo
+9 DE Shaw Fundamental Equities 7 9mo
0 Graham (GCM) 2026 Macro internship 3 9mo
+1 Newlands 1 9mo
+26 PM underperforming, closing my market, zero bonus, likely out of a job soon — advice? 11 9mo
0 What non-MMs give discretion/books over time? 1 9mo
+136 Best path to a pod? 49 9mo

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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