+42 Earnings estimates significantly higher than street expectations - What to do? 15 3y
+20 Starting a career at Hedge Fund vs. BB Investment Bank 4 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+54 How do non-competes work when you want to quit? 34 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 3y
+14 Equity Research - analyse a stock 1 3y
+5 Econometric knowledge in fundamentals? 1 3y
0 ICONIQ Capital - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 3y
+16 Best IB Groups for a L/S fund 7 3y
+12 A career in fundamental research (L/S strategy) 1 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+21 How long to find a long idea for interviews? 1 3y
+30 Structured Credit Hedge Fund Post Banking 12 3y
+6 Global macro traders, how does economics in academia differ from economics in hedge funds? 2 3y
+6 Good vs. Mediocre Alpha (long equities) 2 3y
+9 How to Follow High-Conviction Hedge Fund Buys 1 3y
+6 Cutler Group 1 3y
+40 Best/Most Realistic Route into Hedge Fund 17 3y
+6 HF in NYC & LND Open Applications for 2021 2 3y
+3 Great Funds 1 3y
+6 Do PTF's sometimes take directional bets like HF's? 1 3y
+22 Average/Median IQ in Hedge Funds? 8 3y
+8 Hedge Fund Career (Fundamental Equities) 1 3y
+92 Is the Multi Manager HF Experience Worth It? 30 3y
+17 Path to Distressed 6 3y
+20 Quants at a hedgefund vs prop/market maker? 5 3y
+26 Discrepancy between salaries reported here and on Glassdoor 12 3y
+15 Assessment of M&A from shareholder perspective and shareholder Value Creation - Advice and Books? 3 3y
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+17 Forward vs Trailing Multiples 10 3y
+10 Investing In Special Situations 2 3y
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+3 How much is AI used in the Investing world?? 2 3y
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+25 How to Think About Insider Selling 8 3y
+44 Single vs. multi-managers 11 3y
+96 Tech vs Hedge Funds 63 3y
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+9 Point72 London SA 2021 13 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Review - Equities Data 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Salary & Bonus - Equities Data 3y
0 SAIL Capital - Interview - Investment Research Data 3y
+13 What's the impact of Coronavirus on Structured Credit Investing (ABS, CLOs)? 4 3y
0 Millennium Management - Review - Corporate Finance Data 3y
0 Millennium Management - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 3y
0 Citadel Securities - Review - Investment Research Data 3y
0 Citadel Securities - Salary & Bonus - Investment Research Data 3y
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+12 Outsource CFO Services 1 3y
0 Golden Beneficial - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
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+10 Seeking words of advice from people more knowledgeable than myself. 1 3y
+3 Bridgewater vs. Citadel GFI vs. DE Shaw for Internship 2 3y
0 Bridgewater Associates LP - Salary & Bonus - Global Markets Data 3y
+12 Greenlight Capital 8 3y
+3 If you had 1 Million dollars today, where would you invest it? Alternatively, If you had to choose a single company, which? 1 3y
+6 Dodge and Cox 2021 SA 2 3y
+39 Math PhD hedge fund role 26 3y
+33 Distressed HF for M&A bankers? 29 3y
+12 Good comp/terms for a data scientist on fundamental team 2 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Investment Research Data 3y
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+12 HK IBD exit ops... help 3 3y
+17 Alternatives to Bloomberg Terminal? 16 3y
+15 Merger/Takeover Research Project Help! 1 3y
+14 Do I join Global capital markets, S&T or IB, if my goal is to end up in a hedge fund 6 3y
+5 Life at an activist HF 4 3y
+6 Which Hedge Funds in NYC and London Are Still Recruiting for SA 21'? 1 3y
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+24 Who is making money at MM in 2020 18 3y
+9 Dinakar Singh: Problem with hedge funds is shrinking risk tolerance 2 3y
+29 Is it an upgrade: from Big4 consulting to Hedge fund 14 3y
+44 How to convert sell-side models to your own models faster? 9 3y
+13 Elite SM HF Comp 11 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+36 Prop vs MM PM terms 37 3y
+18 Best Quant Recruiting Firms? 6 3y
0 Al Johnsson Hands - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+12 Robin Judson Partners 1 3y
+43 Q&A: I worked as a CTO at prop-shop doing high frequency trading (HFT) 28 3y
+27 Thoughts on Bracebridge Capital? 9 3y
0 Point72 - Interview - Research Data 3y
+12 Trading Assistant interview preparation 10 3y
+15 Pershing Square Capital Management Compensation 8 3y
0 Ellington Management Group - Review - NA Data 3y
0 Ellington Management Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+15 HF Analyst Interview 1 3y
0 Magnetar Capital - Review - Fixed Income Data 3y
0 Patriot Capital Advisors - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 Real Estate hedge funds 3 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+18 HF's that don't care about your undergrad GPA for experienced hires? 2 3y
0 D.E. Shaw - Interview - Quantitative Research Data 3y
+16 How Important is Reading Comprehension? 5 3y
+51 Headhunter with top funds out of nowhere 17 3y

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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Professional Growth Opportunities

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