Dimensional Fund Advisors - experiences? General questions inside.
Hi guys. I'm a 1Y MBA and I recently got an offer to intern at dimensional in FAS. Wanted to see if anybody here has worked at DFA. Comments on glassdoor seem to hit both ends of the spectrum. I'm leaning towards accepting this offer, but want to hear feedback from you guys.
Some of the things I've heard is that the office is very political. Is this true? Is internship pay here negotiable?
If you've worked at DFA and left, how were your exit opportunities?
Thanks!
You should take what people say with a grain of salt since they're usually either really positive or negative if they voice their opinion, but I will tell you what I know from a former colleague of mine who used to work there before joining my former IB. He said it was extremely political in terms of promotions and that the work got to be fairly mundane after a while (what job doesn't lose some of its luster after a while?).
Definitely taking a lot of what I'm reading with a grain of salt. Trying to filter through it all and find whatever truths may exist. As far as the work getting mundane, I can imagine that. Like you said though, I can also imagine that happening just about everywhere.
Can you elaborate at all on the politics in terms of promotions? Do they only try to promote Booth grads or something?
I couldn't tell you what he said with respect to specifics around promotions, only that there were some internal political issues that hindered the ability to get promoted. I can't speak for the Booth grads comment. I honestly think his move away had more to do with his interests and desire to get into PE after IB than with the culture within the firm and work performed.
I interviewed recently at DFA for the PM opportunity, do we know each other?
Drop me a message, i'll share what I've heard so far
Dimensional Fund Advisors Exit Opportunities (Originally Posted: 11/14/2017)
So I have an offer at DFA, and I was curious what the experience here is like. What are the exit opportunities like at dimensional? It is possible to move to a traditional active asset manager like a long-only or a hedge fund later down the line?
It's possible! My super day was at the austin office recently. I will pm you
careerswitch86, hey, look at the bright side, at least you didn't get a ton of monkey shit thrown at you...here is my best guess on threads that might be helpful:
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I can just say after doing several interviews with Dimensional that the people can be a bit awkward. I will also say that the Chicago sales boss at PNC loves the company, so maybe that works in its favor.
Dimensional Fund input (Originally Posted: 11/27/2017)
was looking to switch out of the sell side and came across a passive fund DFA in charlotte. wanted to know if anyone in recent has had any experience working here that may be able to shed some light? How was the interview process, culture, work life balance and all that good stuff? im currently at BAML in CLT so DFA being so close by seems pretty appealing.
careerswitch86, pure crickets, that's where I come in. Any of these useful?
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DFA Funds (Originally Posted: 03/16/2010)
Anyone here work there or dealt with them before? You hardly hear anything about them. What schools do they recruit from? Are most of their analyst/PM positions in Austin or Santa Barbara? What's the pay like?
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