Hi Everyone,
Wanted to know what is the best way to position myself for breaking into an HF post MBA. A brief background on myself - I am currently a 1st-year student at M7 school but not H/S/W and before my MBA worked in Sales & Trading. Currently interning at a small long/short fund between 200MM to 500MM AUM during the school year. Would appreciate getting thoughts from people who are in the industry and/or managed to successfully transition in.
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I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
What did you do in S+T before MBA?
I did FX & Rates Sales. I presume that would be most helpful for a macro fund.
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Honestly just get in front of people. You have a good background and that box is checked. Reaching out to BusDev people at MMs and PMs at SMs would be key. Alum network would be a great start!
Appreciate it. I will start reaching out to the Alum network. Do you think it is useful to include a stock pitch when initially reaching out or hold off until I have a phone conversation with them?
While it is a great idea, I wouldn't recommend sending it with the very first e-mail. Just get them on the phone first and if its a PM, try to talk stocks and follow up with a pitch - make it more of a conversation where you are also adding value to him rather than just getting a favor to get a job. Don't bother with a pitch if you are talking to a MM BusDev person but have one or two prepared in case they're intense and treat the call as a first round from the get go.
Really do appreciate it. Apologies for asking more follow-up questions on this.
You got great optionality, crush it at your internship and make a strong impression with every single person at the fund (founder, the senior analysts, the juniors if there are any, the CFO, and the IR) because once you are in the hedge fund world everyone is somewhat connected and you never know which of those ppl can make an intro that leads to a job.
Like everyone here said, just knock on doors and sell the passion and the competence for the public market. DM me if you have specific questions.
[dickthesellsider] Thanks for the advice. Really trying to crush out the internship and make as good of an impression as I can. I Will DM you - I as do have some specific questions.
One suggestion -- don't worry about having "ideas ready". What really matters to PMs and hiring managers is that a person is thoughtful and can explain their decision-making process in clear term. If you do a good job of demonstrating that, I think you'll find the opportunities will come to you.
Just thought I posted back here and was able to secure a full-time offer at a multiple billion-dollar HF (post-MBA). Thanks for all the advice. Took some time but grinding through the recruiting process paid off.
Did you end up at a MM or SM? How did you find the role?
SM role (don't want to go into specifics here) - feel free to PM me. Found the role by cold emailing analyst/senior analysts at different Funds that fits my investment strategy. Interview process was 2 interviews (one with a senior analyst and the next was with a senior PM).
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