+63 Thoughts on Diameter, Farallon? 58 3mo
+1 Debating offers: front office in Chicago vs back office in NYC 3 3mo
0 Marshall Wace Quant Associate program 2027 applications open? 0 3mo
0 Schonfeld - Review - Investor Relations Data 3mo
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3mo
+17 Thoughts on D1 Cap hiring preferences 30 3mo
+57 Citadel 4hr case study - updated view? 15 3mo
+11 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 3mo
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 3mo
+15 FIG Mid-tier BB --> HF 12 3mo
+61 HF Start-up salary expectation 33 3mo
+103 Q&A: Distressed / Special Sits Credit Analyst 88 3mo
+69 Any insight into Situational Awareness? 110 3mo
+13 IB -> HF 4 3mo
0 Internship in a Quant fund in china as an international undergrad 1 3mo
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 3mo
+28 Would you work at this distressed fund? 7 3mo
0 EB -> HF recruiting 1 3mo
+10 How would you transition a long-only book into L/S? 1 3mo
+26 Sending example pitches to funds & recruiters 14 3mo
+9 Biotech Long-Only Funds 4 3mo
+3 Citadel Interview FIG L/S Help 5 3mo
+15 Thoughts on Diameter Capital 12 3mo
0 VIC Submission 0 3mo
0 Rokos 1 3mo
+5 What happened to Scopia? 4 3mo
+9 Atlantic Wolf Capital Closing? 15 3mo
+11 Best NYC non-tiger cub SM HFs and LOs 12 3mo
+5 FT IB or ER for HF exit 8 3mo
+8 How to pivot into HF, L/S 3 3mo
+11 Do you think the industry gets more and more specialized over time across both MM and SM space? 10 3mo
+18 Citadel FCAT test 25 3mo
+8 How to Learn Programming? 4 3mo
0 reached out to MM HF as A1 IB analyst 1 3mo
+7 Thoughts on situational awareness 3 3mo
+1 Hedge Fund from undergrad? 3 3mo
+34 Diameter Departures 35 3mo
+25 Choosing a Seat in an AI World 18 3mo
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 3mo
+17 Does Apollo have a hedge fund? 24 3mo
+4 DELLLLLLLL 13 3mo
+7 How is this Career Progression Possible? 11 3mo
+12 Hedge Fund Sector Advice 5 3mo
+10 State of Consumer at Pods 5 3mo
+10 Data science at SM 5 3mo
+179 Global macro recruiting - a primer 51 3mo
0 BX 2027 FT 0 3mo
0 does biotech special situations exist at pod shops? 3 3mo
+7 Covering less deployed sector 2 3mo
+12 Point72 market Intelligence canvas 9 3mo
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 2 3mo
0 P72/M grad program 3 3mo
0 Macro Analyst vs Quant Interviews 1 3mo
+13 Interview at Macro HF , what should I expect? 3 3mo
+27 Nut tree, antara, lion point 37 3mo
+15 Feeling unqualified for new job 5 3mo
+10 Analyst / PM Divide & Trade Book 4 3mo
+257 Hedge funds with best names? 100 3mo
+23 From BCG to HF in UAE 13 3mo
+9 MMHF undergrad intern working banking hours? 3 3mo
0 I want to hear from you 1 3mo
+22 Am I missing something here – semicap trade? 16 3mo
0 EQR vs QST 1 3mo
+29 Translating long-term pitch to short-term one 5 3mo
+3 Millennium interview process? 8 3mo
+38 HF Age Limit 25 3mo
+25 Treasury basis trade 9 3mo
+3 Balyasny Bridger Program or P72 Academy Info 3 3mo
+6 Info on Bluespruce Investments? 4 3mo
+34 Molecular Bio Researcher Interested in "research" at a hedge fund 14 3mo
+7 Channel checks: the five steps, and the one everyone skips 2 3mo
+63 Do Quantamental roles really exist? 35 3mo
0 Argentum Capital? 1 3mo
+6 Walleye 2027 Roles 0 3mo
+21 How much capital is required to launch fund in US? 23 3mo
+9 Fundamental HF case study: what is the model actually testing? 1 3mo
+21 Columbia VIP Chances 12 3mo
+37 Cut from Bridgewater first year class 22 3mo
+7 base salary market rate for 1yoe analyst? 12 3mo
+77 How much modeling do experienced HF analysts/PMs actually do? 30 3mo
+3 You do not have to trade on MNPI to get sanctioned for it 4 3mo
+12 P72 Academy FT Process 2027 24 3mo
+39 Ssjdhxgsg 24 3mo
+40 PE-> Strategic Finance -> HF. Story Problem. 7 3mo
+3 Access to biotech research/reports without a Bloomberg terminal? 2 3mo
+3 slate path capital? 4 3mo
0 Capital IQ, Excel Plug-In: Pulling 400k cells 1 3mo
+18 Value Investors Club R2 Application Feedback 20 3mo
+21 Commodities PE to commodity HF/Pod? 7 3mo
+39 L/S London Hedge Fund Comp 34 3mo
0 Balyasny Multi Asset Arb group 0 3mo
+21 Recruiting from Low-Quality Fund 2 3mo
+3 Ross Garon Leaving MLP 0 3mo
+25 % of pods making 9 figures consistently? 31 3mo
+30 New Job. Crazy PM. Feeling Lost. 14 3mo
0 Claude Usage 0 3mo
0 Dress Code for Investor Conference and Meeting LPs 4 3mo
+14 Silver Point 5 3mo
+3 Agents and research quality 1 3mo
+10 Landing HF Summer Analyst Interviews 6 3mo

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

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
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  • 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
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (277) $95
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