+15 PM question: what are you trying to express? 1 4y
0 Do I need a referral to win a full-time position at a hedge fund? 1 4y
+60 Year End Performance Numbers? 80 4y
0 Man Group - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Generalist Data 4y
+12 HF career for a cross asset solution sales 2 4y
0 PEAD 2 4y
+16 BlueCrest -- best HF?? 15 4y
+19 Index Inclusions & How to predict them. 27 4y
+68 HF Bonus expectations 43 4y
+6 Special Situations Credit Interview 1 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+74 Drop out of MSF for $200M HF internship 48 4y
+63 Experienced PM Looking for Analyst 44 4y
+9 Free Macro Handbook 3 4y
+41 S&T and Global Macro 17 4y
0 Marshall Wace - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 4y
0 Point72 - Review - Generalist Data 4y
0 Point72 - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 How to "watch" the market more efficiently? 1 4y
+9 EU ad-hoc announcements/8-K filings in other countries 1 4y
+1 Which headhunter does Canyon Partners use? 7 4y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 4y
+57 Where will I learn more? Single PM or larger firm? 25 4y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Investment Banking Data 4y
0 What's the worst role you've had? Reality Check? 1 4y
+11 How to evaluate day trading / RV trading risk-adjusted return? 2 4y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+19 Communicating with your PM 10 4y
+3 Biotech HF interview question 2 4y
+4 How to model 2 yr growth stack 1 4y
0 [deleted] 2 4y
+6 Hedge Fund Credit Risk Management Exit Ops 1 4y
+37 Ridiculous SWE Pay at HF/Trading? 48 4y
+5 Very young funds? 2 4y
+3 Is this hiring ad on CFA Institute a spam? 2 4y
+20 Geopolitical/Espionage Focused Funds 6 4y
+8 Short term oriented funds 2 4y
+64 Citadel Equities analyst terms 45 4y
+17 Satellite IB to London HF 17 4y
+26 Crossroads 10 4y
+8 Two Random Questions 6 4y
0 Citadel Investment Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 4y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 4y
+3 [deleted] 1 4y
+7 Sources for understanding market neutral MM L/S 4 4y
+3 Crossover funds in Europe 1 4y
+16 Experienced Quant Looking For Advice 10 4y
+26 Are there any other funds that ''mandate vaccines'' without really doing it ? 19 4y
0 Exoduspoint - Review - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 Exoduspoint - Salary & Bonus - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+13 Reneging on offers 7 4y
+14 Middle East SWF --> M7 MBA --> HF? 4 4y
0 top performing hedge funds list? 2 4y
+20 What makes a good business? 7 4y
+12 Moving to BS after only 8 months 3 4y
0 Coatue Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 4y
0 Moving from special sits / distressed -> L/S 1 4y
+13 Where to find friends to talk about infrastructure and application software public tech companies? 11 4y
+37 Remote Work Policies at HFs 11 4y
+2 Investing in equities vs underlying commodities 5 4y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Review - Information Technology (IT) Data 4y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 4y
+11 Interview with Citadel (Ashler) 11 4y
+2 Prop Trading to HF 4 4y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Macro Data 4y
0 Maverick Capital, Ltd - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Event Driven Data 4y
0 Coatue setting offices in Europe? 1 4y
+6 Public-Private (Crossover) Compliance 1 4y
+8 CLO Fees? 3 4y
0 Squarepoint Capital - Review - NA Data 4y
+21 How to let boss know about far too low bonus in HF? 2nd Year analyst at a small HF 15 4y
0 Citadel Securities Fundamental Analyst 1 4y
+18 Silver Point FT Recruitment 10 4y
+23 Viking Global - Credit 17 4y
+40 Good credit funds? 48 4y
+26 Managing own money under HF name 28 4y
+29 HF Analyst 1- Need perspective 10 4y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4y
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Interview - Equity Hedge Data 4y
+24 Pershing Square ? 31 4y
0 Crestline Investors, Inc. - Review - Credit Data 4y
0 Crestline Investors, Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 4y
+2 Looking to break in w ER background: Bite the bullet in IB? 4 4y
0 Citadel Securities Options Market-Making Fundamental Analyst 3 4y
+2 Does Florida have a growing hedge fund seen? 8 4y
0 Only 3 Hedge Funds outperformed the S&P500 in 2021. Thoughts on the future of the industry? 17 4y
+260 2020 bonuses 265 4y
0 AllianceBernstein - Interview - Equity Research Data 4y
+4 Marshall Wace total compensation in London 11 4y
+2 D.E. Shaw vs HRT vs Citadel Securities 3 4y
0 Millennium - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 4y
+12 Best recruiting approach for my non-traditional background? 4 4y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 4y
+14 Fixed income quant funds? 10 4y
+22 How to break into Macro HF in London? 12 4y
+6 London HF - Elliott v Farallon 11 4y
+3 Bridgewater Comp in 2021/22? 1 4y

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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