MS Systematic Trading & GS Equities Quant Trading

So I found out I have interviews with these two groups next week. Both are desk analyst/financial engineering roles in high frequency prop trading, so its more a support role but its fine by me. I don't have the experience nor confidence to develop my own algorithmic trading strategies yet but I'm willing to work hard to learn the business. I'm coming from a fixed-income relative value-research/programming background with three years at a BB, so no equities experience either.

Am I fucked?

What's the word on these two desks?

It's 2 o' clock on a Saturday morning (TKO time) and I'm trying to review everything I can...

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