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+6 PC to HF 2 1y
+14 Hedge Fund Modeling Basic - Multiples 4 1y
+4 Help with Modeling 4 1y
+9 Derivatives Financing/Structuring in IB to Vol Trading at HF 1 1y
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+5 How much does the average HF analyst make? 10 1y
+16 How to tell if it's the right fund to join 5 1y
+8 HBK Current Reputation 1 1y
0 How many rounds are pod shop interviews? 3 1y
+13 Thoughts on Centiva Capital? 6 1y
+13 Rollercoaster macro l/s 6 1y
+21 How to Conceptualize Alpha? 2 1y
+46 Help with modelling, stuck 19 1y
0 Centiva Capital 2 1y
+6 Thoughts on Starting Career at ~$300M Hedgefund 2 1y
+74 Leaving for another fund - How to deal with current employer? 34 1y
0 SS&C - Review - Operations Data 1y
0 SS&C - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 1y
+10 HF Recruiting Lately 13 1y
+16 Torn between tech (SWE / data science) and finance (quantamental / investment data analyst / data scientist) 3 1y
+16 Full time recruiting as a May 2027 grad 5 1y
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+21 Learning from a Failed Interview (Hotchkiss and Wiley) 1 1y
+21 FT Recruiting vs Internship Grind 3 1y
0 Del 1 1y
+40 Millennium seeding external mangers 43 1y
+92 Warren Buffet style investing 31 1y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Public Finance Data 1y
+8 How have you been using AI (Chat GPT or others) in investing activities? 1 1y
+29 Middle Office vs. Front Office 19 1y
+8 Biotech MMHF offer 14 1y
+15 How much about being an investor requires being super quick in xls? 14 1y
+1 Recruiting FT for PE / IB Opps with a HF Junior Internship 1 1y
+38 Point72 Penny Pinchers 18 1y
+64 Help. My former boss is offering my old job back 24 1y
0 Compensation differential between C/M and P/B? 4 1y
+24 Big 4 MM vs. Other Pods Comp Difference 8 1y
0 Galaxy Digital - Review - Trading Data 1y
0 Galaxy Digital - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 1y
+6 Point72 2026 UK Summer Academy 8 1y
+27 Advice for mid/senior job search 9 1y
+9 PMs - Techniques for managing stresses from PNL swings 1 1y
0 Modelling test for event driven HF 1 1y
+8 What is the best performing L/S HF right now? 8 1y
+9 Hedge Funds in Australia - Career Advice 3 1y
+11 Comp for Mid Career Embedded Data Scientist in HF 6 1y
+28 What is the best city to pursue quant trading or trading at HF's ? 14 1y
+8 FT HF recruiting reliant on networking like IB? 3 1y
+89 Should I make the jump from PE to HF? 53 1y
0 What percent of HFs logos have Blue? 1 1y
+23 Top Industrials PMs 17 1y
+9 HF Possibility With 'Atypical' Background? 1 1y
+16 advice - interview at other funds while accepting offer 10 1y
+14 How long for an offer after final stage 10 1y
+18 Best practices for management meetings & dinners? 11 1y
0 Point72 2026 Summer Academy Superday 0 1y
0 Asking Seniors for Reference Letters? 1 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - NA Data 1y
+3 Contrarian and highbridge 2 1y
+6 Salary for first-years in Quant Risk in BB? 1 1y
+16 SearchLight Capital Partners 23 1y
+142 What's left in public equities ex-pods? 41 1y
+43 best industrials pods 30 1y
+7 Non-traditional to HF - advice 3 1y
+6 Distressed debt? More like depressing debt 1 1y
+9 Best Data Sources / Research Firms for Country Analysis (Ex. Bonds, Currency, Equity Index) 1 1y
0 Stats question for Junior Interview 1 1y
0 Best Energy/Utilities PMs? 1 1y
+19 LO return offer advice 16 1y
+23 How to Break Into a Global Macro Hedge Fund – From a French Target School 5 1y
+5 Applying to FT roles -- during MMHF internship 12 1y
+13 Feedback on my unorthodox method to try and get into quant (19 years old) 2 1y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 1y
+5 How often does your PM reject your pitch? 3 1y
+9 Software issue 5 1y
+3 How to get past screening at DE/C/M 6 1y
+6 Pod-like SMs 2 1y
+1 . 14 1y
+23 chatGPT use cases 10 1y
+12 MM L/S Internship -> Macro Fund/Pod 5 1y
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0 Are STEM majors more inclined to success in finance/business 1 1y
+9 AQR HackerRank Test 2 1y
0 How much do pitch comps matter? 2 1y
+12 Thoughts on Holocene? 30 1y
0 HF/Buyside prep for those wanting to do public equities long term 1 1y
+43 Litigation finance 23 1y
0 SWE at FAANG+ pivoting to finance 1 1y
+27 Incoming intern at a fixed income hedge fund. Ideas on what to expect/how to prep? 9 1y
+3 Opinions on Sessa Capital 5 1y
0 Which HF recruit out of undergrad 2 1y
+5 pods SA/FT --> SM 1 1y
+142 Striking out on recruiting, feeling hopeless 69 1y
0 Matrix Capital spinoff? 1 1y
+26 PnL distribution between pods at the MMs? 36 1y
0 Point72 - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1y
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+25 Foreign Opportunities in the HF space 6 1y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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