+56 21 1d
+41 14 4d
+32 13 1d
+4 Any insight into Situational Awareness? 19 1h
0 Life in West Palm Beach 1 6h
+6 Do you think the industry gets more and more specialized over time across both MM and SM space? 2 8h
+3 P72 Academy FT Process 2027 11 10h
+6 Starting HF career at a New / Small Fund 8 12h
+5 Thoughts on Castleknight? 7 13h
+31 p72 2025 experienced academy 178 16h
+3 Andrew Left convicted of stock manipulation, does this affect activists/short sellers going forward? 1 16h
+28 Prep for Hedge Fund Interviews 24 22h
+5 Why are there fewer and fewer credit HFs in the market? 1 22h
+1 P72/CAP UG Program Pay Scaling 2 23h
+20 Question on senior HF comp structure 6 1d
+17 Citadel Best Teams? 25 1d
+32 How to break into Merger Arbitrage London 13 1d
+6 Davidson Kempner FT 2027 4 1d
+5 Citadel CAP FT Process 2027 40 1d
+56 Reality for Undergrads and Juniors 21 1d
+6 Citadel - Case Study 1 1d
+40 Florida hedge fund guide 29 1d
+9 Getting to a Share Price (for HF cases) 6 1d
+35 MM Pod Analysts - How Much Do You Tip Your PM 13 1d
+54 15+ Rounds of interviews, including several final rounds. Advice on how to stay healthy, motivated and positive in HF recruiting? 19 2d
+17 What does comp look like for top HFs? 17 2d
+46 What's bridgewater like now that Ray left? 15 2d
0 What is comp at credit hedge funds >$5bn? 5 2d
+15 LO Economics - How good is this 13 2d
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Review - Macro Data 2d
0 Balyasny Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Macro Data 2d
+12 Balyasny - post-2018 6 3d
0 Alkeon recruiting 1 3d
+4 Non-traditional path to buyside seat — does it still happen? 5 3d
+3 Crossover fund or Traditional L/S 3 4d
+41 drawdown management at MM pod 14 4d
+7 Hedge fund lingo 3 4d
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Quantitative Trading Data 4d
+11 Strategist (Sell-Side) vs Execution Trader (AM) 3 4d
+6 Citadel FCAT benchmark for passing 10 4d
+9 Citadel FCAT 6 4d
+25 advice on raising capital for hedge fund 9 4d
0 Hycalibre - cases or model tests? 2 4d
+12 Due Diligence on boutique European brokerages for prop desk setup 1 5d
+7 Thoughts on Palestra 5 5d
+20 Citadel Strategic Equity Investments (Nabeel Bhanji) 8 5d
0 Squarepoint Capital - Interview - Hedge Fund Data 5d
+15 Anyone work at or have thoughts on Quant Funds' Fundamental Equities divisions, especially recent launches? 3 5d
0 need to learn to model asap lol 4 5d
+6 In person HF Case Study 7 5d
+11 Is it possible to move from VC to HF? 19 6d
+9 D.E. Shaw Strategic Intelligence 1 6d
0 Share HF recruiting resources 1 6d
0 ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT - Review - NA Data 6d
0 ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6d
0 Prep for MMHF 1 6d
+3 Claude Skills 3 6d
0 Regents Gate Capital 1 6d
0 Best industries to cover to become DoR/ pm 1 1w
+11 HEC Paris × École Polytechnique Data & Finance with U.S. Green Card: worth it for U.S. hedge funds? 1 1w
+9 Exiting FoF 1 1w
+11 Non-equities HF Pay 6 1w
+68 How have you developed wisdom? 14 1w
+7 How Do HFs Figure Out Delta In Earnings 8 1w
0 Bridgewater Associates - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 1w
+11 Meetings with management 2 1w
+6 Verition Culture and Reputation? 2 1w
+11 Not Interested in my IB coverage, Can i still break into tech or HC hedge fund groups? 4 1w
+34 Tell Me I'm Crazy: I Want to Start My Own Financial Advisory Firm 9 1w
+1 UIUC 48k a year vs Georgia Tech 3k a year 2 1w
+34 No Freshman Summer Internship 16 1w
+2 Biotech HF Materials 3 1w
+24 New Mentor Q&A 2 1w
0 Man Group - Salary & Bonus - Research and Development Data 1w
+1 What is the comp for credit hedge fund analysts at >$5bn funds? 4 1w
+7 QR at Pod 6 1w
+17 Darsana 25 1w
0 Millennium - Salary & Bonus - Treasury Data 1w
+13 Credit HF Questions - Curious Student 6 1w
+16 Super Pods Question (Throughline, Longaeva) 9 1w
+1 Hedge fund layoffs and movement thread 6 1w
+18 NY to APAC Pivot 9 1w
+14 What valuation method are you supposed to do in hedge fund pitches and case studies? What's the general structure of the model? 11 1w
0 what % of pod PMs/SM founders would crush in their PA? 2 1w
+32 Thoughts on Harvey Capital Partners and Lane42? 18 1w
+16 Have I missed my chance to pivot to a MM or SM? 10 1w
+56 Upper Tier Base Salaries 25 1w
+6 How do you guys use AI in your research process? 4 1w
+11 Thoughts on Longaeva? 21 1w
+30 Deciding between BB IB and T1 LO 11 1w
0 JPM AM Alternatives – Hedge Fund Group Career Path? 4 1w
+4 Sourcing 15%+ private opportunistic credit deals 4 1w
+7 Verition 11 2w
+15 PE fund vs join SM LO Fund 15 2w
0 UG going to pod P72/CAP 2 2w
+79 How To Be A GREAT Analyst 24 2w
+11 Can we pls fix 3 2w
+10 HSW Dream - Lone Pine vs. Viking vs Elliott vs. Capital 9 2w
+10 Compensation at Lone Pine? 15 2w
+12 Tips on Reading an S-1? 1 2w
+25 Renege on BB IB for MMHF? 16 2w

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June 2026 Hedge Fund

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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Blackstone Group 96.1%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Analysts (240) $181
  • Intern/Summer Associate (28) $146
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
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