“My mentoring session with Andre was extremely valuable and gave me the clarity and direction I needed at an important stage of my application journey. He was kind, approachable, and generous with his time, creating an atmosphere in which I felt comfortable sharing my experiences, asking questions, and discussing my doubts openly.
One of the most helpful aspects of our conversation was his guidance on how to organize and communicate my personal story. Andre helped me understand how to connect different experiences into a coherent narrative, identify the elements that matter most, and explain their significance more clearly. His perspective was fundamental in helping me see how to present my background with greater confidence, purpose, and authenticity.
I particularly appreciated his advice on what to avoid. He helped me recognize that including every detail does not necessarily make a story stronger, and that being selective can make a message much more effective. Our discussion gave me a clearer understanding of how to avoid unnecessary repetition, keep my narrative focused, and ensure that each part contributes something meaningful to the overall application.
Andre also provided valuable guidance on how to organize the application process itself. He helped me think more clearly about priorities, how to approach the different components, and how to make the work feel more manageable. Having a clearer structure has made a difference to my mindset: instead of seeing the applications as one overwhelming task, I now feel better equipped to approach them through specific, achievable steps.
Another important takeaway was his advice on how to use the coming days effectively. Our conversation helped me understand where to focus my energy, which tasks deserve immediate attention, and how to establish a realistic plan. I left the session with a stronger sense of direction and a better understanding of how to balance thoughtful preparation with consistent progress.
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Overall, this session was fundamental in helping me understand both what I want to communicate and how to move forward. I now have a clearer approach to telling my story, organizing my applications, avoiding common mistakes, and planning the next few days with intention.
I am very grateful for Andre’s support and for the care he brought to our conversation. His advice gave me useful tools, renewed confidence, and a more focused approach to the work ahead. I would highly recommend a session with him to anyone seeking thoughtful guidance, practical direction, and a supportive space to develop their application narrative. The session helped me turn uncertainty into a clearer plan, and I feel much more prepared to make the most of the time ahead and present my experiences in a meaningful and convincing way.”
Citadel and SAC run multiple strategies including macro, fundamental, quant, and others. This is the case with many larger funds. Not sure about Moore.
All the big hedge funds run multiple strategies. You can't run that much money on one strategy.
I-banking is NOT a good route to hedge funds. If you want to work in a hedge fund, you should work in strategy or research (within a major IB or asset manager), S&T, or the portfolio management group at a major money manager.
I heard somewhere that Citadel receives around 500 resumes from students at the top 7 business schools and usually gives 1 or 2 offers.
Brotherbear disagree-banking may be a more natural fit for PE but I know a lot of former bankers working at various fundamental/distressed/event-driven style funds.
Citadel has a lot of employees so I think that both the 500 applications and the 1 or 2 offers are low. Citadel also recruits from undergrad, unlike most hedge funds.
I've seen banking analysts get into SAC + other top HFs... It's not impossible.
Banking analysts are a very small minority at "trading-oriented" funds but quite common at ones requiring you to know a balance sheet.
I have a side question...
How much would a Principal at SAC make? I'm not entirely sure how they're set up over there so I'm not sure where a Principal would fall in relation to the Partners...but a guy I knows is good friends with the a who is the son of a Principal there. Needless to say they are exceptionally wealthy, but he wanted to know how much his dad probably makes. Any ideas or educated guesses??
Sorry to hi-jack the thread, but the question isn't important enough to be it's own topic but I figured the members interested in this thread might have some knowledge.
Regards
Bankers do better than traders at placing into HF's. I had multiple interviews with the top HF's and many from my group turned down offers from the likes of SAC to go to TPG/KKR/etc.
Can we IP ban him? At first he just wrote annoying posts but now he is actually trying to sound serious which could mislead others
I think megafundguy is right to an extent.
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