I have nothing lined up for summer (offer rescinded from local MM bank) and my plan is to cold-email funds around my area for unpaid internships. The problem is, the internship will most likely have to be virtual in this current situation. So my question is: What would you think if someone reaches out and asks for an unpaid virtual internship at your firm? Do you think it's too risky/troublesome to have an unpaid intern work remotely? What are the types of HF (e.g. L/S Equity), if any, where it is more feasible to delegate tasks to an intern remotely?

Not sure how much traction you'd get for virtual internships, but I'd imagine that if anywhere it would probably be a fundamental shop where they can tell you to look into whatever area they're exploring and fetch numbers for them/other ad hoc intern tasks.

Apr 14, 2020

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I have nothing lined up for summer (offer rescinded from local MM bank) and my plan is to cold-email funds around my area for unpaid internships. The problem is, the internship will most likely have to be virtual in this current situation.

So my question is:

What would you think if someone reaches out and asks for an unpaid virtual internship at your firm? Do you think it's too risky/troublesome to have an unpaid intern work remotely?
What are the types of HF (e.g. L/S Equity), if any, where it is more feasible to delegate tasks to an intern remotely? I wanted to target quant-focused hedge funds because of my major in Math and Physics, but I don't know if it is even possible for them to delegate any tasks remotely.
I have been spending time on this algo-trading research platform called Quantopian. The platform allows you to research possible alpha-factors (e.g. fundamentals, sentiment), write an algorithm based on them, back-test them. I haven't found anything good yet - and probably won't anytime soon. Do you think I should mention it on my resume or is it too cringy?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

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