+6 HF Phone Screen 4 3y
+3 Special Situations (MM) Draw Down Funds? 1 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+7 Formulaic Compensation for Senior Analyst 8 3y
+9 Any more strategy/BD role at hedge funds in HK/SG? 1 3y
0 Harris Williams & Co. - Review - NA Data 3y
+15 How to make it clear to someone at work that I want to join their team? 2 3y
+4 Aperture Investors? Weird fee model 1 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 3y
+15 Which hedge funds are TRULY capital structure agnostic? 4 3y
+10 Hedge Fund Application/Interview/Offer Timeline 5 3y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Review - Generalist Data 3y
+9 ALM vs Fund Manager Research Exit Opps 1 3y
+9 Why do hedge fund stocks exist? 12 3y
+20 Noob question about this year's rankings 1 3y
+11 Xxx 12 3y
+16 Very Keen, Help Requested: HF Prep Sources 18 3y
+9 From a Bachelor degree in Physics to an internship in a HF 1 3y
+13 Delete 2 3y
+13 How to avoid signing non-competes and tips on managing through timing of multiple offers 12 3y
+11 What desk in energy markets is best to start your career in? 5 3y
+3 How to study a company 4 3y
+15 Trying to make a great impression. Coffee chat with smaller hedge fund. 4 3y
+19 SS ER -> HF Advice/Questions 7 3y
+6 Platforms in London: churn, comp, culture 6 3y
+6 Citadel Securities Interview 3 3y
+25 Career earnings McKinsey vs $2-5bn SM 14 3y
+1 Info on Polar Asset Management? 1 3y
0 Two Sigma Investments - Salary & Bonus - Technology Data 3y
+38 Good tiger cub economics vs PE partner track 16 3y
+9 Overpaying analysts 3 3y
+9 Family office interview 5 3y
+3 Small Value HFs 3 3y
+11 Investment process 3 3y
+4 Elliot Management 2022 in NYC/ London? 19 3y
0 Aurelius 2021 Update 2 3y
+16 How does a market-neutral investing strategy generate returns? 10 3y
+10 Looking to go into banking from HF - would appreciate any mentorship. 4 3y
+5 Schonfeld lagging 2 3y
0 AQR Capital Management - Review - Quantitative Research Data 3y
0 AQR Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+3 How does the timeframe for L/S fundamental equity differ from LO equity investing? 1 3y
+3 PIMCO to Tiger HF 13 3y
+14 PIMCO Alternative Investments / Distressed Comp, Culture, Strategy, Etc. 19 3y
+3 HK early career buyside 1 3y
+3 Global Macro Book Recs 6 3y
+15 Feeling lost in front of the extent of the knowledge necessary to be a good Equity Analyst 4 3y
+1 Headhunters in Boston 1 3y
+32 Why aren't more people getting into fixed income investing over equities? 13 3y
+3 BX in Toronto 4 3y
+46 Is Tiger Global in mass liquidation right now? 40 3y
+6 How to calculate dilution from SBC? 1 3y
+24 Working in publics when you don’t like it 9 3y
+3 Searching for commodity HF to buy physical copper and/or crude oil 1 3y
+6 Marshall Wace - Application Process, Preparing for Interviews, What to Expect, Vibe, And QUESTIONS being asked ? 1 3y
+9 SA Back Office HF - 1 3y
+6 Do retirement system employees get bonuses? 1 3y
+4 Any HFs that would take an off-cycle intern? 2 3y
+10 Two internships - One HF and one IB 4 3y
+24 Non Compete 19 3y
+9 Can Writing for Seeking Alpha Help Get an Analyst Role? 2 3y
+6 Regular value investing is a quant strategy? 4 3y
+13 Flexible Mandate 16 3y
+6 Do high water marks in HFs apply to later investors? 2 3y
+9 Best Bloomberg Functions to Know 20 3y
+3 What technology do PMs and Analysts use to help inform investment decisions? 1 3y
+6 Model drivers for e-commerce business models / GMV model? 3 3y
+8 Law practices for special situations 5 3y
+15 MM L/S investing - single stock alpha vs sector bets 1 3y
+10 Investment case on Financials 3 3y
+36 Plausibility of Replicating/Improving upon a Buffett-Icahn / Schwarzman-Rubenstein enterprise 20 3y
0 Abdiel Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+12 What's a hedge fund structure worth? 7 3y
+17 Programming languages in finance 11 3y
+3 What's your favourite asset class? 1 3y
0 DL to Credit HF 1 3y
+13 DCF Disparity between methodologies...Help 6 3y
+12 Anyone have access to this article about Whale Rock? Can you please paste here? 21 3y
+25 How Does Citadel HF Make $28bn Revenue with $55bn AUM? Multi Manager Economics 20 3y
+21 CFA vs Alternatives for HF 13 3y
+3 Trouble finding HF internship opportunities for summer of '23 or '24 2 3y
+3 Resource to find a summary bull / bear thesis on a stock? 1 3y
+47 Starting own shop vs working for someone else 23 3y
+6 These "Magical Terms": Data Science, Machine Learning, AI... in HF 3 3y
+3 Why would a company Issue and Repurchase Shares at the same time? 1 3y
+9 A CXO company with ~50% of EV as Cash on Hand 1 3y
+3 Ways to hustle on the job? 1 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - NA Data 3y
+3 BAM Partners 1 3y
+23 2023 29 3y
+10 Maverick or Equity Research? 10 3y
+185 8 figures for late 20s/early 30s HF employees 95 3y
+37 21 years old - how to invest 60k? 38 3y
+49 Citadels returns seem too high 39 3y
+43 Life Sucks 16 3y
+44 Stock picking for short term oriented funds 7 3y
+3 Citadel be ballin' 1 3y
+17 Pershing Square Capital Management 29 3y
+10 Millennium (L/S Equity Research Analyst) base salary 23 3y

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
  • 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
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (277) $95
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