0 HSBC - Interview - Risk Management Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Hedge Fund Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 7y
+40 How are you "macro equity" guys doing? (Druckenmiller/Bessent style) 20 7y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Data 7y
+13 Funds that invest in illiquid opportunities 9 7y
+3 What happened to the ROAR program by JPM? 1 7y
+13 Macro Hedge Funds - Career Advice 3 7y
+4 phone interview. Negative sign? 2 7y
+3 Buy side suggestions 1 7y
+28 'The Alchemy of Finance' 16 7y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Review - Trading Data 7y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 7y
0 Apollo Global Management - Review - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 7y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Distressed Debt and-or High Yield Data 7y
0 Vontobel Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+10 Leveraging Connections into HF summer Internship 2 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Alternative Investments Data 7y
0 GSO Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 7y
+6 Sears Shitshow 1 7y
0 TPG Global - Review - Hedge Fund Data 7y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Hedge Fund Data 7y
+9 Interview with the department head, how should I prepare? 1 7y
+15 Advice for Green L/S Analyst with M&A Background 1 7y
+11 Biotech Investing Pipeline Valuation 2 7y
+7 Breaking into Hedge Fund via Backdoor 2 7y
+64 Reaching Out to Recruiters/Headhunters 75 7y
+22 How to Switch from Prop to HF 2 7y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 IPS Strategic Capital - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+6 Goldman SSG Upcoming Interview 2 7y
0 BlackRock - Interview - Fixed Income Data 7y
0 Och-Ziff Capital Management Group - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Och-Ziff Capital Management Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Fred Alger Management - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Review - Emerging Markets Data 7y
0 Bracebridge Capital - Salary & Bonus - Emerging Markets Data 7y
+7 Hedge Fund Manager Posts Apology Video 5 7y
+3 Does anyone work as a CMBS credit analyst at a hedge fund or work at a real estate debt fund? 1 7y
+4 How do you break into a hedge fund? 2 7y
+57 Getting a Hedge Fund job as a Political Science Professor? 33 7y
+3 Administrative Assistant bonus 1 7y
+7 Investment personality 2 7y
+3 Political risk jobs 1 7y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+18 Skills for hedge funds 1 7y
+9 Start up HF human element 1 7y
+32 Questions for Management 7 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 7y
+9 Is getting an interview with Citadel an impressive achievement in itself? 11 7y
0 Jane Street Capital - Interview - NA Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+360 How Do Hedge Fund "Geniuses" Einhorn and Ackman Still Have Any AUM? 124 7y
+58 Moving between hedge funds 31 7y
0 Danske Bank - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 7y
+9 HF or DCM internship? 1 7y
+10 Relative ranking of quant trading intern programs? 7 7y
+3 Robo Analyst/Modeling finbox.io 1 7y
+12 "Stock" pitch for a macro fund 1 7y
0 Gluskin Sheff - Review - Equity Research Data 7y
+8 Seeking mentorship 4 7y
0 Gluskin Sheff - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 7y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 AXA Investment Managers - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+1 Networking for internship for HF's? 1 7y
+15 Current Differences Between Tiger Cubs (Coatue, Lone Pine, Tiger Global) - Culture, Investment Style, Etc. 5 7y
+15 2020 On-Cycle HF Recruiting 3 7y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 7y
+102 Failure Q&A 75 7y
+12 Transferring roles within the firm after summer internship 1 7y
0 King Street Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+3 DDIC contributor on resume - yes or no? 1 7y
+2 How to break into a hedge fund from a non-target 1 7y
+3 Is the stock market rigged? 1 7y
+55 Would you work for a short-only fund? 29 7y
+3 Is the list of corporate bondholders publicly available information? 1 7y
+9 Best worst retail investor stock recommendation email lists 1 7y
+10 Hedge Fund Reads 2 7y
+17 Multi-Manager Sharpe Ratios 6 7y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+12 Software Internship in HF Treasury Operations 1 7y
+6 Parnassus Investments Research Analyst Internship 2 7y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Review - Credit Risk Data 7y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 7y
+3 How is the "Analyst" role different than the "Research Associate" role at Light Street? LinkedIn examples inside, new to HFs 2 7y
+12 Should I make the move to an LO asset manager? 1 7y
+9 Starting a consulting HF business 2 7y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Review - Healthcare Data 7y
0 Farallon Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 7y
+3 Modelling Help - Balance Sheet Issues 1 7y
+28 Calculus and Quant HFs 9 7y
+15 Starting Hedge Fund / Investment Company etc. 12 7y
+16 Finance Career: Current Events and the Market 5 7y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 97.0%
  • AQR Capital Management 96.0%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.0%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 99.0%
  • D.E. Shaw 98.0%
  • Blackstone Group 97.0%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.0%
  • Two Sigma Investments 94.9%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Hedge Fund

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

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (27) $464
  • Director/MD (11) $372
  • NA (9) $320
  • Engineer/Quant (83) $287
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (26) $284
  • Manager (4) $282
  • 2nd Year Associate (32) $253
  • 1st Year Associate (76) $193
  • Analysts (234) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (276) $95
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