+3 Citadel Financial Concepts Assessment Test (FCAT) 4 4mo
+10 Special Situations Group Salary & Bonus 3 4mo
+7 Point72 Testing - What to expect 2 4mo
0 Marshall Wace Accounting Test? 1 hour / 30 multiple Q 4 4w
+1 HF introduction = Interview? 3 4mo
+6 Recruiting season 3 4mo
+26 Are macro product markets less efficient than equities? 10 1mo
+8 Compare Spread On A fixed Bond Vs A Loan/FRN? 3 4mo
0 HF quant roles 1 4mo
+4 Delete 4 4mo
+18 Wild Card Advice 14 4mo
+10 L/S SaaS Economics and Modeling Question 4 1mo
0 SIG final round 2 4mo
+1 Moore L/S 7 4mo
+21 To continue the pod debate... 2 4mo
+10 GS front office quant to Hedge fund 2 4mo
0 Quants 4 4mo
0 Broker selection-Insurance and high commission 1 4mo
+15 Relationship policies for significant other in same group at different firm 7 4mo
0 Quant salary 1 4mo
+11 Weiss Asset Management Summer 25 5 2mo
+4 Multi-Strat HF or MMPE/UMMPE that do off cycle internships? 11 3mo
+5 Citadel Recruitment Process (London) 2 4mo
+7 Large event driven funds US 9 4mo
+17 What do the most technically / quantitatively adept quant hf / prop shop analysts do to stay sharp? 6 4mo
0 WECO Bloomberg 0 4mo
0 DESCO - Trader/Analyst Intern London 0 4mo
+6 In person case study HF 1 4mo
+57 What keeps you in it? 23 3mo
+9 Corp Dev to HF Possible? 7 4mo
+14 Sophomore SA BB (Global Markets) To Junior SA BB (IBD) 9 4mo
+22 Equity analyst at a trading firm to MM HF L/S equities?? 3 4mo
0 Best modeling course for HF/public equities 2 4mo
0 How did you know you were ready for MMHF 2 4mo
+4 Activist Investing 3 4mo
+5 Hedge Funds Dumping Cryptocurrency - What's Behind the Trend? 7 1mo
+8 Declining offer before signing but after long negotiation 2 4mo
+9 AQR portfolio implementation and trading team 1 4mo
+25 Analyst variation within pod 11 4mo
+8 Point 72 Future of Finance Accelerator Megathreat 56 3mo
+10 MM BD reached back out after I was cut from process 2 4mo
+7 Investment Process 1 4mo
+1 Quant Educational Requirements 1 4mo
+11 Walleye Capital 7 4mo
+9 Junto Capital 11 4mo
0 Interview Stock Pitches 1 4mo
+6 Credit vs Equity pods at MMs 2 3mo
0 Magnetar Capital - Salary & Bonus - Alternative Investments Data 4mo
+14 Distressed Sov Debt Pitch 11 4mo
+21 Shortest Pod Shop Stay 32 4mo
+26 CS Major at Ivy with older sibling at HF hoping to break in 6 4mo
0 Activist Equity Technical Interview - Topics 2 4mo
+25 How do you know you're ready to move to HF? 17 4mo
0 Sigtech/GPT 0 4mo
+25 Breaking into HF/VC 8 4mo
+3 Pre-close calls 2 4mo
+14 choosing between freshman summer internship? 4 4mo
+7 Squarepoint Capital Fundamental arm? 5 4mo
+10 Serious question: what is stopping you from investing in Turkish Bonds? (28% yield) 17 4mo
+9 Stupid to get an MD specifically for biotech investing? 3 4mo
+49 Why even bother disclosing PA if you can confirm your employer won't ever find out? 42 4mo
0 Convertible Arbitrage Case Study 2 4mo
+7 Getting started in FX 4 4mo
+3 Thoma / Vista/ TPG / GA Hedge Fund Exits 1 4mo
+22 HF recruiting at Booth MBA with no work exp but incredible technical skills/knowledge? 10 4mo
0 Exoduspoint - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 4mo
0 Exoduspoint - Review - Quantitative Research Data 4mo
+7 L/S Equity Prop Shops? 7 4mo
+22 Secondaries to HF? 7 4mo
+20 Would a Hedge Fund ETF be Possible? 11 4mo
+24 Where to recruit SA 2025 6 4mo
+86 Are Single Managers More Profitable/Pay Higher? 65 1mo
0 Recruiters 3 4mo
+13 Verition Fund Management Reputation 13 4mo
+11 Channel Checks 5 4mo
+40 What was your biggest bonus of your career? lowest bonus? 24 4mo
0 Tegus Transcripts (Plz) 0 4mo
+25 Can you move from Pods to SM's? 13 4mo
+39 Dodge & Cox Compensation 19 4mo
+6 Analyst / PM Exit Opps 1 4mo
+29 Tiger Global's Scott Schliefer Out 5 2mo
0 Nanananan 1 4mo
+18 Life Science Hedgefund List 25 2mo
+3 OneIM 5 2mo
0 Reorg Fundamentals 1 4mo
+11 Hedge funders 5 4mo
+4 What is the best major for a l/s equity career? 8 4mo
+31 Rejected From Investment Club 16 4mo
0 Lykos Global 4 4mo
+9 Expanding coverage universe at generalist SM 3 4mo
+13 Best Sector at MM funds? 10 4mo
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 5mo
+64 Best Multi Manager? 61 4mo
0 How to start your own pod at SM hedge fund? 8 4mo
0 Two Sigma Equity Options Trader Compensation? 1 5mo
+4 Citadel Fundamental Analyst Intern Superday 3 1mo
+20 Steadfast Financial 14 1mo
0 Do you think trading with prop firms could be an alternative way to break into HF? 3 5mo
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+3 Best PostGrad programs for Global Macro 2 5mo

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