+25 Elliott / Third Point / Aurelius 17 6y
0 Internal Mobility within a hedgefund? 0 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Technology Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+29 How do you go about modelling a company on the buy side? 14 6y
+76 Savings from Working at a Hedge Fund 30 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Equities Data 6y
+4 Quant HF - How Much Should Entry PhD Quant Expect To Be Paid?? 1 6y
+10 Exit to HF from IB 2nd year associate 5 6y
+3 Free API for financial data 4 6y
0 Maven Securities - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+24 Does interest rate vol impact bond prices? 10 6y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
+7 Ramping up period 1 6y
+21 Quant analyst at a 2.2bn hedge fund vs quantum scientist in JP Morgan (career question) 8 6y
0 Abdiel Capital - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+58 Joe Femenia - Navy SEAL to head of distressed and special situations at Jefferies 39 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+16 Applying directly gets no response, using a recruiter gets an interview same week. 1 6y
+15 Common techniques to contain portfolio volatility and DDs at MM platforms (Millennium/Citadel/P72 or similar) 15 6y
0 Question about CAIA's Incentive fee call option value..... 1 6y
0 JPMorgan - Interview - NA Data 6y
+12 Hedge Fund Industry in Chicago - growing or shrinking? 1 6y
+12 HF Trading Platform Analyst Salary? 0 6y
+27 Question for PMs regarding budgets at multi managers 0 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+2 Bridgewater Front Office/Middle Office Roles? 1 6y
+51 Q&A: PM at 28! 50 6y
+18 Looking for a hedge fund interview preparation mate 20 6y
+19 solo PM at MM platform 15 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+11 How do you credit PMs hedge your portfolio 3 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 6y
+39 How to Read More Efficiently Everyday as Research Analyst 13 6y
+3 What sort of risk model would you implement at your fund? 0 6y
0 S Goldman Advisors - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 6y
0 Worldquant - Review - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+3 BW Investment Implementation 3 6y
+13 How honest are (MM) HF recruiters? 8 6y
+42 Switching from Quant Research to Quant Dev? 29 6y
+10 Tudor Investment Corp comp, team structure, culture, insights 1 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+3 Earnings Reports 0 6y
+12 HF in depth equity strategy 0 6y
+22 How do people keep getting seats at MM? 9 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+9 How to manage a situation when a fund rescinds FT offer before start date? 1 6y
+3 Worldquant IPM Institute 1 6y
+4 Any Hedge Funds that consider consultants? 4 6y
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
+18 Bridgewater Investment Implementation? 1 6y
0 Virtus Partners, LLC - Review - Portfolio Management Data 6y
0 Virtus Partners, LLC - Salary & Bonus - Portfolio Management Data 6y
+80 Ivyline Capital Mentoring 34 6y
+6 Capacity Rights 1 6y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+25 As a sector specialist, what to do when you sector is out of favor? 16 6y
+8 Buyside macro analyst interview questions 3 6y
+6 Networking to a HF 1 6y
+6 any ex-consultant here regrets moving to HF/LO? 1 6y
0 Millennium Partners - Salary & Bonus - Back Office Data 6y
+20 How to Profit from Public Company Going to Zero 15 6y
0 Captrust Advisors - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Captrust Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Optiver - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+13 Salary for junior analyst at MM L/S 16 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Credit Risk Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 6y
+50 Fixed Income Focused Hedge Funds 41 6y
0 WR Berkley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
+6 typical HF modeling test 1 6y
0 Qatalyst Partners - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Trading Data 6y
+33 Masters for Hedge Fund ??? 14 6y
+3 Single Manager Troubles 2 6y
+3 Cloud Storage for Personal Documents 3 6y
+6 Personal Capital Allocation 0 6y
+15 Appetite for UG/FT recruiting right now? 0 6y
0 Man Group - Review - Accounting Data 6y
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 6y
+36 Leaving an established fund to start/join a family office fund? 7 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Investment Research Data 6y
+6 Associate or Junior Analyst (2 yrs work experience) at l/s 0 6y
+9 What types of technology and technical skills would I use while working in hedge funds or asset management? 0 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Equity Research Data 6y
+4 Leveraging ER offer 2 6y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
+37 Does Citadel Check Transcript? 29 6y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+6 ArrowMark Partners Credit Group 5 6y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 6y
+1 Underrated Funds 1 6y
+52 HF Regrets? 14 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - Credit Risk Data 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • AQR Capital Management 97.1%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.1%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.0%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Hedge Fund

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

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Hedge Fund

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  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (12) $355
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (83) $287
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (77) $193
  • Analysts (235) $177
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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