0 SS Equity Research to Top HF 4 2y
+8 Buying yen??? 6 2y
+12 SVP Case Study - London - Associate 18 2y
+3 Option Quant Team - Jr Trader 1 2y
+13 Can I jump from IB to HF without doing a PE stint? 6 2y
+25 MM PE -> HF 12 2y
0 Does citadel and other hedge funds accept final year students for summer internships? 1 2y
+9 Transition from Macro HF to Compliance at Regional Bank - Need Advice! 0 2y
0 HH coverage - activist? 2 2y
0 S&T -> HF Transition 1 2y
+24 IP protection 12 2y
+12 Merger Arbitrage Case Study 4 2y
0 Alt Data Source for Global Shipping 2 2y
+9 unit economics accuracy importance? how to deal with this 1 2y
0 Best energy L/S? 1 2y
+26 Q&A: M&A Analyst Turned HF MO Operations Manager -- Ask Me Anything 9 2y
0 Long / Short Equity Books 1 2y
+13 Quant dev offer vs current faang job 3 2y
+15 Activist pitch needed for activist interview? 4 2y
+7 Private Account Performance: Why or Why Not? 1 2y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Markets Data 2y
+69 The Best Distressed HFs in 2024 40 2y
+6 Reneging on p e offer for large SM seat 7 2y
0 Reneging on IB for HF or PE 2 2y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Review - Commodities Data 2y
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Salary & Bonus - Commodities Data 2y
+21 Interning in Macro 11 2y
+34 Can't consensus be correct? 9 2y
0 Monoceros? 1 2y
0 Dodge & Cox - Interview - Generalist Data 2y
+28 Millennium FT Program Reputation in 2024 23 2y
+18 Cevian Capital – Analyst 20 2y
+14 Am I (27) cooked? IR 3 2y
+87 Multistrat terms for PM's 55 2y
0 Citadel Interview 1 2y
0 Fair Play 1 2y
0 Quant PM platform IP ownership 1 2y
0 Thoughts on HF database 1 2y
+9 3bn+ under the radar funds with lean single-digit investment teams? 18 2y
+26 Pershing Square Valuation 11 2y
+6 How to get a robust cross correlation relationship between variables. 1 2y
+6 Citadel Credit / Career Navigation 1 2y
0 Do I cold message recruiters or portfolio managers? 1 2y
+15 Macro Pod Groups 1 2y
+9 Interested in buy-side career: Advice for rising junior in undergrad? 4 2y
+28 Coming up with trackers for input costs? 6 2y
+22 Advice Wanted: Large HF Internship from No-Name School 3 2y
+6 Balyasny Merger Arb Pod Drawdown Limits 1 2y
+24 What are the differences between different MMs? 9 2y
+6 Software Engineer -> Quant Researcher advice 2 2y
+8 How do you justify active management? 22 2y
+9 Moving from HF to Corporate Role Questions 3 2y
+9 Hedge Fund Interview Case Study Debrief - what now? 3 2y
0 Worldquant - Review - Equity Research Data 2y
+35 Pay at MMs during flat year 10 2y
+11 How much detail should I share about my trading strategy during an interview with a competitor? 6 2y
+5 PE or IB for HF route? 8 2y
0 Exits 0 2y
0 Sign on bonus of PM in hedge funds 1 2y
+3 Do hedge funds trade on IPOs? 9 2y
+12 Best Buy to Hedge Fund 10 2y
+4 Credit AM/HF headhunters UK and EU 2 2y
+17 Sign on bonus for PM positions at MMs 5 2y
+54 What are the non-negotiables that make a good fundemental l/s analyst? 14 2y
+23 help me move from PE to HF please 35 2y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 2y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 2y
+14 Reaching out to MM PMs - risky? 4 2y
+25 Joining a Startup HF out of college? 4 2y
+16 Rockefeller Fundamental Equity 13 2y
+9 Progress to Hedge Fund Management 1 2y
+9 Seed Capital / Incubator for Emerging Manager 2 2y
+14 HF Wider Reading 6 2y
0 SIG SA 2025 Trading Assessment 0 2y
+18 Can MM PMs hire whoever they want? 11 2y
+1 Non target Sophomore wanting a Hedge fund internship and recruiting tips 2 2y
0 Dubai Investment analyst 3 2y
0 Associate Portfolio Manager pay at Alliance Bernstein?? 0 2y
+3 Long/Short Credit Fund Comp Help 1 2y
0 Balyasny Toronto 2 2y
+9 Get into hedge fund in US - through MBA or ? 3 2y
+22 Not taking MM return? 10 2y
+18 "Pitch me a stock" for SA interviews 12 2y
+3 Ideation 1 2y
+22 What do you miss out on by not working at a Hedge Fund? 9 2y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 2y
+10 H1B Visa Sponsor - Hedge Funds 5 2y
0 Confused about benchmark 1 2y
+21 Laid off from hf after 1.5 years for performance reasons - what's next?? 10 2y
+35 Q&A: Tech Hedge Fund Quantitative 20 2y
+28 Pod mayhem 22 2y
0 credit @ point72? 2 2y
0 DE Shaw 2025 Summer Analyst Interview process 1 2y
0 Discovery Capital 1 2y
+34 What is biggest difference in moving from HF to LO? 16 2y
+10 MM to Big LO 11 2y
+34 How to prepare to start at a MM HF 15 2y
+13 Path to Analyst Seat 12 2y
+6 Case study for company that is about to release earnings 1 2y
0 BlackRock - Review - Asset Management Data 2y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • 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
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