Poker playing experience in buy-side interview
Im a college senior with final rounds for FT buy-side analyst roles coming up and am wondering if I should attempt to discuss my poker playing experience in the interviews. Some background: Im a college athlete, finance major, and have payed my way through school with my athletic scholsrship and by playing poker during winter/summer breaks. It is much more than a hobby and I estimate my experience is in the millions of hands. My sport went through the summer so i have no internships but have somehow managed to land some final rounds anyway. I know buy-side jobs tend to be a little more interested in uniquie experiences like this, and a lot of my analytical skills have been developed and honed through poker. There are easily drawn parallels between poker and investing so I think I would have an easy enough time making it sound good. I am also teaching a class through the math department at my school called "probabilistic thinking and analystics in Poker". Does anybody have an opinion on whether this is a good experience to bring up or if it is a red flag/topic to be avoided in a final round/superday setting? My main concern is that people may see it as gambling (which it isnt, its a pure skill game with variance), but I also know that its a topic I am an expert in with strong parallels to investing and it has taught me a great deal about managing risk and uncertainty. Any advice from people who have gone through the buy-side interview process is welcome.
If you say you’re big into poker, I heard they ask questions like “What’s the probability of 4 Kings in a five card draw”
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Thank you for this. I can absolute explain the concepts in a coherent and thorough way. I just don't want to get in to that conversation with someone who has written off everything I say before I even start. I think I'm going to have to make a judgement call based on my assessment of the interviewer and have a backup topic in place. It's clear from your comment you have played a little bit. Here's to hoping online makes a return in America.
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do it - a friend of mine is a big poker guy and he discussed this during a HF internship interview back in college and they hired him (not strictly due to that obviously, but it does show you’re analytical)
If you do it make sure you know stats well. I had a friend bring it up in an interview and the interviewer proceeded to absolutely drill him on stat questions, probably to make sure he actually knew what he was talking about and wasn't just some kid that liked gambling.
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I completely agree with you, very often people perceive poker not as a game that is worth thinking about a lot, but as ordinary gambling. Although poker is a game worth thinking and analyzing a lot.
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