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0 Offer Advice - S&T vs HF vs AM 0 7h
0 MM Reputation and Culture 0 17h
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0 Thoughts on Elliott, Baupost, Third Point and etc 4 6h
0 Any funds (larger than 200MM AUM) play in Both CRE and another Asset class? 2 9h
0 What kind of modeling do you do in a fundamental L/S role? 3 6h
0 How much value do HFs give to company guidance when forecasting? 2 3h
+1 HF recruiters? 0 1d
+2 MM Risk Factor Constraints 8 22h
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+2 Did I bomb my 2 hour case study interview? 0 1d
0 Sellside quant dev at large well-known hedge fund vs buyside quant dev at small hedge fund 2 3d
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0 Alkeon Capital Management 0 4d
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0 HF green card sponsorship 0 5d
+5 Most important skills to succeed in market neutral L/S Equity 7 1d
0 What's the path from analyst to PM at MM? 4 3d
0 Distressed Investment Pitch 0 5d
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0 Distressed Debt Funds 0 6d
+1 Credit Hedge Funds 3 4d
+3 Can you move Akuna junior trader to Hedge Fund Analyst? 3 4d
0 Execution Quant -> Alpha Research Quant, how to make the transition? 0 6d
+1 Top Recruiters for Quant Roles (and SWE) at HFs 0 6d
+9 How many hours do you work? 35 3d
+2 Millennium Info 16 2h
+12 Performance of the best PM’s at MM’s? 39 3d
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0 How many pitches prior to L/S HF interviews? 1 4d
+2 Gap year vs business school? 1 6d
+6 Credit/Special-situation HF performance this year? 18 6h
0 How would you forecast a company like Microsoft’s KPIs? 3 5h
+1 Multi-Manager HF 30-Minute Modeling Test 0 1w
0 At MM platforms, who is paying analysts' base salary? 6 3d
+1 Reputation of Capital Four Management? (Input on switch to buyside) 1 6d
0 MM lifestyle in Asia 8 1d
+1 As an individual do you invest in index/mutual funds or do you trade/make large positions? 0 1w
+1 MM Owner/Manager Split 6 5d
+7 LO vs HF - risk adjusted career returns 36 9h
0 BAML HY Index vs Bloomberg Data for Bond Yields, Prices, OAS 0 1w
0 P72 vs Surveyor 4 1w
0 Talking to sell-side analysts 6 1w
+2 Want a Quant Finance job, but I don’t like my math major. What do I do? 5 1w
0 Proprietary research roles at HFs - what do you think? 2 1w
+3 Point72 Academy Experienced Associate Program 1 1w
+2 How do you value cash-flowing assets? 2 1w
+3 When did you feel ready to make the transition from analyst to PM? 10 2d
+1 Interning during the school year 5 1w
0 I think I love my job? 7 1w
0 1st year BB analyst, how soon can I leave for SM HF 17 6d
+3 What have successful single managers been doing? 5 1w
+1 What is citadel capital markets? 1 1w
+3 CFA for MM Out of Undergrad 4 1w
0 Best resource to learn Python? 9 1w
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0 Book to learn about hedge funds? 0 1w
0 Any interesting L/S hot takes? 0 1w
0 Buyside Modeling / Pro Formas 0 1w
+1 Wonderlic Test Retry 1 1w
0 Quant vs SWE 5 1w
0 Scopia Capital Management 2 1w
0 Best Financial Statement Analysis Books/Courses 5 1w
+1 MM Pod Shops 0 1w
0 GoldenTree 27 4d
+1 Learning about Activist Investing 3 1w
0 One guy's story about hedge fund politics 2 1w
+1 is the HF industry really dying? 10 1w
0 Hedge fund interview preparation 0 2w
+4 Careers Post-HF? 27 1h
0 Trading vs Research for Macro HF 11 1w
0 what's going on at CQS 3 1w
0 From a MAM account to a Hedge Fund, possible ? 0 2w
+1 best Economics book for HF professional? 0 2w
0 Non target, industry vet, mid 30’s, Looking for a gig trading 0 2w
0 What are common technical questions that might be asked in a credit investment analyst interview? 0 2w
+8 If you could restart your career, would you still want to work at a HF? 29 5d
+2 Why has this forum become so pro-MM and anti-SM? 33 1w
+1 Bridgewater Internship structure/learning opportunity 2 2w
+1 How do fundamental researchers come up with 12 month TP? 0 2w
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0 How do you stay up to date with the markets? 1 2w
0 What's going on at Bridgewater? 5 2w
0 Firms That Give Analyst P&L / Carve-Outs 19 1w
+3 Just failed an interview 3 2w
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