+83 15 6d
+45 24 2h
+35 17 2d
+12 If you know HF is your end goal, is IB + PE actually worth it? 6 43s
0 Tutorial Cara Membatalkan Pinjaman Uku 0 11s
+7 Pitching a short when they're long? 15 3h
+32 Balyasny Catalyst 30 9h
+16 Network via BBG Chat? 11 16h
+10 Anyone interviewing at Lykos Global? 10 18h
+9 PhD student with questions regarding long term HF planning 2 14h
+32 Prep for Hedge Fund Interviews 10 19h
+8 Feedback on Vic pitch 6 19h
+62 15+ Rounds of interviews, including several final rounds. Advice on how to stay healthy, motivated and positive in HF recruiting? 24 18h
+20 Best Research Platform? 21 21h
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Trading Data 1d
+8 HF reached out shortly after I started at large LO 5 1d
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Trading Data 1d
+3 Liquid Credit at LO vs. Multi-Strat HF 1 1d
+3 Thoughts on a few HF 5 1d
+35 No transparency to book and P&L - is this normal? 17 2d
+27 Undergrad Hedge Fund Programs 20 2d
0 Data costs at platforms 0 2d
+9 Typical Pod Shop Interview? 8 2d
+18 Best Way to Prepare for a Fundamental L/S Internship? 8 2d
0 Term Time HF 3 2d
+20 Anyone ever submit fraud shorts to SEC whistleblower program? 22 3d
0 MMHF Undergrad Return Offer Rates? 0 3d
0 Does Point72 Still Do the Winternship 1 3d
+28 HF to IB 19 3d
+13 Amount of time to invest in pitch for recruiting / networking 6 3d
+27 London Equity HF scene (ako, lighthouse, gladstone) 50 4d
+16 Merger Arb Funds - How to Recruit? 9 4d
0 New role: Senior Associate, Management Reporting Jobs 4d
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Senior Manager Jobs 4d
0 New role: Financial Analysis & Reporting Associate Jobs 4d
0 New role: Management Reporting and Compensation Associate Jobs 4d
+12 L/S Equity Associate Interviews 4 4d
0 Share HF recruiting resources 2 4d
0 Prep for MMHF 2 4d
+142 HF 2025 Bonus Thread 166 5d
0 Quant Macro to Commods (power/Oil) 1 4d
+3 PM role at a centralized platform vs a pod shop 2 5d
+61 How is AQR Doing? What are the long-term career prospects? 36 5d
+83 How much of success in this career is just luck 15 6d
+5 How to Learn Programming? 4 6d
+5 dele 5 6d
+30 At what point is it no longer luck 25 6d
+8 hbs vs gsb 5 6d
+226 Do you regret going into public markets investing? 110 6d
+16 Arena Investors 23 6d
+9 LO vs. HF 5 1w
+12 Apollo Credit Strategies Fund 11 1w
+6 Citadel EQR 2 1w
+135 Work at a Start-up Hedge Fund? (Generally) A Bad Idea 54 1w
+58 Upper Tier Base Salaries 26 1w
+10 Brain fog and feeling overwhelmed in HF land 7 1w
+6 Event-Driven / Merger Arb to Fundamental L/S 7 1w
+5 Chicago/NYC mid-sized SM Event-driven 9 1w
+9 Strategy @ Private Bank -> Major IB/AM -> Research at Macro HF 1 1w
+25 Elliott in London? 41 1w
0 Farallon capital 1 1w
+15 Kinetic Partners? 6 1w
+14 MF to Smallish HF? 6 1w
0 Point72 - Review - Equity Research Data 1w
+6 P72 Hycalibre Model 3 1w
+3 Quant Researcher (5 YOE) in Systematic Index Derivatives & HFT | AMA 1 1w
+63 Thoughts on Diameter, Farallon? 58 1w
+1 Debating offers: front office in Chicago vs back office in NYC 3 1w
+20 Fundamental Edge, Analyst Academy 28 1w
0 Marshall Wace Quant Associate program 2027 applications open? 0 1w
0 Schonfeld - Review - Investor Relations Data 1w
0 Qube Research and Technologies - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 1w
+17 Thoughts on D1 Cap hiring preferences 30 1w
+56 Citadel 4hr case study - updated view? 15 1w
+10 Headhunters for SF HFs 2 1w
+20 Best Non RX Sell Side seat for Opportunistic exits? 13 1w
+15 FIG Mid-tier BB --> HF 12 1w
+61 HF Start-up salary expectation 33 1w
+103 Q&A: Distressed / Special Sits Credit Analyst 88 1w
+7 MMHF case studies 7 1w
+69 Any insight into Situational Awareness? 110 1w
+13 IB -> HF 4 1w
0 Internship in a Quant fund in china as an international undergrad 1 1w
+19 Post HBS hedge fund opportunities 4 1w
+28 Would you work at this distressed fund? 7 1w
0 EB -> HF recruiting 1 1w
+10 How would you transition a long-only book into L/S? 1 1w
+26 Sending example pitches to funds & recruiters 14 1w
+9 Biotech Long-Only Funds 4 1w
+3 Citadel Interview FIG L/S Help 5 1w
+15 Thoughts on Diameter Capital 12 1w
0 VIC Submission 0 1w
+3 Point 72 Experienced Academy 2026 5 2w
0 Rokos 1 2w
+5 What happened to Scopia? 4 2w
+9 Atlantic Wolf Capital Closing? 15 2w
+11 Best NYC non-tiger cub SM HFs and LOs 12 2w
+5 FT IB or ER for HF exit 8 2w
+8 How to pivot into HF, L/S 3 2w
+11 Do you think the industry gets more and more specialized over time across both MM and SM space? 10 2w
+22 How hard is it to go from a large L/O to a Hedge Fund (Either L/O or L/S) 9 2w

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Hedge Fund

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Hedge Fund

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Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Hedge Fund

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  • Analysts (234) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (29) $145
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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