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Want to Ace Your Interview? First You Have to Crack the Code...
Hedge funds are one of the most exclusive industries in finance. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
Not only does it promise huge salaries and bonuses (even more than investment banking and in some cases, private equity), but it’s also a culture where you eat what you kill... for talented traders and researchers, it's the promised land where top applicants go to build a lucrative career.
But getting in the door is much harder than you think...
... because the HF industry can pick the best of the best and the secrets to getting in are guarded like Fort Knox.
Getting a Hedge Fund job is not about acquiring the skills to DO the job... It’s about acquiring the skills to GET the job.
And these are NOT the same thing.
Because what most buyside professionals will never tell you is that everything you’ve learned so far is practically useless when it comes to interviewing...
- Technical knowledge you learned in your IB or PE interviews alone won’t cut it...
- Great deal experience on your resume and a high GPA isn’t enough...
- Great connections won’t get you the job you want...
- And even many of those in highly respected IB groups or PE funds across the street still don’t make the cut...
Your interviewer’s job isn’t only to find the best candidates... It’s to weed out the worst. They’ll stress test you, confuse you and will do everything they can to quickly crack you so they can move onto the next eager professional in line.
- They’ll evaluate your ability to pitch your own investment idea...
- Throw tough cases at you with almost impossible time limits...
- Hit you with complex brain teasers designed to trick you...
- Test your knowledge of the industry and their fund...
- And they’ll tax your ability to function under pressure and think on your feet...
They’ll probe everything about you:
- Your body language and voice tone...
- Assess your character...
- Judge your presentation skills and ability to sell an investment ...
- Your ability to both lead and follow...
- And they’ll decide if you’re high status enough to make it at their fund...
Quite simply, hedge fund interviews are very tough if you don’t know how to navigate them.
The Only Way to Crack This Code is to Learn It from Those Who Have Walked Your Path Before.
The best way to learn anything is to simply follow in the footsteps of those who have done it successfully. And not just a few people, but thousands of interviewers, analysts and hedge fund veterans who have successfully navigated this process and have gone on to lucrative careers across the top hedge funds.
Only then will you know all of the little tricks, secrets and shortcuts to acing your interview and beating your competition: the tens of thousands of other finance “rock stars” who are competing for your job.
And once you have this knowledge, what seemed like a gauntlet will be a walk in the park.
Where others are confused and intimidated, you’ll be calm, cool and collected.
When others are cramming at the last minute, you’ll be totally prepared for anything they can throw at you.
And when others are working in the middle office or stuck working 90 hour weeks in IB, you’ll be climbing the ladder at a hedge fund, getting closer to earning big carry bonuses.
But first, a word of warning...
FACT: Less Than 1% of Applicants Get a HF Job...
... Only Those with an EDGE Get In.
That’s right. Out of every 1,000 applicants, less than 10 will get the job. The other 99% will wash out and never be heard from again.
That’s 6x lower than the acceptance rate at Harvard. You do the math.
Think it can’t be you? Think again. These hedge funds have access to thousands of motivated investment bankers, PE professionals, top consultants, technical geniuses and finance “rock stars”, all just like you... all beating down their door.
Most never get in.
Instead they end up left out in the cold, wandering the finance wilderness...
Dreaming of the buyside...
Thinking maybe they should start their own business... or jump to a corporate finance gig to escape, even if it means less pay...
And yes, still living with roommates until their late 20s to save money.
I’ve seen it more times than I can count.
And it’s all because they’re unprepared.
- Many relied on their technical abilities but didn’t have the network or the behavioral skills to make it through...
- Others had great pedigrees and connections but couldn’t solve the tricky brainteasers and stressful investment pitches that come up in every interview...
- Some even were top bucket analysts from the most prestigious investment banks in the country but found themselves forever looking in from the outside.
Perfect Example: One of my best friends was a top ranked analyst at a prestigious bulge bracket, with a 3.9 from a target school. But he failed the HF interview process.
Even with a top MBA several years later, he still couldn't break in... Now he works in a corp fin group making half what the HF track would have landed him. He’ll never be a hedge fund professional, and he’ll live with the pain of regret for the rest of his life, wondering what if...
The Bottom Line is This:
To Land at a Hedge Fund, You Must Know Everything...
... And That Means Going to the One Place That Has Everything.
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The Insider’s Guide on How to Land the Most Prestigious Jobs on Wall Street...
Here’s Just Some of What You’ll Get in version 2.0:
Our customers have landed positions at all of the top hedge funds, including:
don’t let one missed question cost you $250,000 ... get the course that will prepare you better than anything else.
The WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Course 2.0 takes you way beyond anything else. While others claim to give you everything you need, the truth is they only cover a handful of the most common questions and have basic pitch samples from one type of fund. Even worse, they’re usually written by one guy who’s been out of hedge funds for years…
Hardly what we’d call “comprehensive”...
And there’s an even BIGGER problem with this approach:
It’s totally outdated.
Hedge fund recruiting is constantly changing. What worked even last year is no longer effective. Your interviewers are smart… and they’re constantly changing their questions and tactics for one reason: to put you under stress and see what you’re made of.
That’s why the WSO course is crowdsourced from thousands of currently practicing hedge fund professionals… people who live and breathe this industry - day in and day out… who can tell you what’s changing firsthand… and will keep you up-to-date on everything you need to ace the interview process and land that job.
And what you really need is this:
How do I know this?
Because I’ve been down this path before...
My name is Patrick Curtis, and I’m the founder of Wall Street Oasis. Not that long ago, I was in your position. I had a stellar GPA from a prestigious school, was a top ranked analyst at an investment bank and had great deal experience on my resume. I was confident, flying high and ready to ace my buyside interviews…
Except I didn’t.
During one of my first interview for a hedge fund analyst job, I found out the harsh truth… I was blindsided by a series of tough questions that broke apart my investment thesis on a stock pitch. I did ok, but it got even worse when I tried to pitch my short idea.
I could see that the interviewers weren't impressed.
I knew I was screwed… and I knew that my chance was gone....but I still had to sit there, sweating through my suit, red-faced while he dragged me through the ringer, quizzing me on every little detail of my pitch.
This same scenario repeated again and again... And this doesn’t include the hundreds of times I got hung up on, blown off by recruiters or outright rejected.
While the top analysts in my class were landing great hedge fund gigs with huge bonus upside, I was one step away from having a bunch of sad options:
1) do another back-breaking year in IB as a 3rd year analyst 2) jump to some boring corporate finance gig or 3) move in with my parents to reassess what I wanted to do with my life.
After months of failure, I finally decided to suck it up and take a hard look in the mirror. I realized I was totally out of my element and needed help. I went back and analyzed each one of my failures and reconstructed everything I’d done wrong.
And then I got a mentor… An analyst to take me under his wing and show me the ropes (he had made the successful jump from an investment bank to a top hedge fund).
Finally, with his help, and after 70 hours of additional work over the following 3 weeks, I had two opportunities left…one at a prestigious distressed credit fund and one for a traditional long/short fund.
The work paid off. I landed BOTH analyst spots out of hundreds of applicants for these hedge fund positions.
Within two weeks, I had these two hedge fund offers and one private equity offer. I ultimately decided to jump to the private equity fund, but it was a tough decision because I knew how amazing the upside bonuses can be at the right hedge fund.
This comprehensive course is the result of my tough hedge fund interview experiences. With the help of our 500,000+ members and top hedge fund analysts, we’ve created the only crowdsourced Hedge Fund Interview Prep Course on the market. I know firsthand how hard it is to break into the hedge fund industry… and I also know what happens if you miss your window.
And with the help of our members - and of the thousands of industry veterans, associates and interviewers who have contributed to this guide - it’s my hope that you can avoid the pitfalls I experienced, land the job you want and catapult yourself to the lucrative career that’s waiting for you.
So…
here’s what you’re going to get:
Module 1 The WSO Hedge Fund Recruiting Guide
Knowing the recruiting tactics as well as acing the technical and fit questions in the HF interview process are all a critical part of giving yourself the best odds… You WILL be quizzed on these questions – and your interviewers expect detailed and accurate responses. This 165 page PDF is easily the most comprehensive guide on the market… We’ve got every base covered, so you’ll be prepared no matter what your interviewers throw at you or what type of fund you are interviewing at.
Module 2 10 Hedge Fund Cases and Pitches - Realistic Samples + Templates
Technical and fit questions are only half the equation... Most candidates don't focus enough on the crucial pitch tests that help your interviewers answer one critical question: “Do you have the investing chops to cut it?” But… this isn’t something can you fake. You have to demonstrate it - not just by having a clever idea, but by communicating the thesis clearly and succinctly. The only way to make sure you pull this off is to have realistic examples you can model your own pitch after. These 10 Hedge Fund Pitch Cases will help you master this challenging part of your hedge fund interviews since they all come from actual hedge fund professionals doing the hiring. They Include:
Module 3 networking mastery
Want to get the job? First you have to get in the door. But without a great network, nobody will know who you are. Even if your resume is great, it will end up lost in the pile of wannabe’s, and your chances of landing even an informational interview will be almost zero. In this 71-page guide, we’ll reveal everything we know about the fine art of networking… so you can meet the people who can get you what you want most: the job.
Don’t take our word for it
Here are just a few of the 1,000 candidates who have taken this course...
“The odds were against me for HF recruiting even though I had managed to break into a reputable MM investment bank. I had a few informational interviews but was having trouble getting "official interviews", even after talking with a bunch of recruiters. After taking this course, my hit rate increased dramatically. I landed more informational interviews. More importantly, when I finally started landing real interviews, I was able to make the most of it and landed an offer with just the third fund I met with - I really think this package helped me understand the industry better and what makes a strong case study.
Result: Analyst @ L/S Fund in New York
“This course is a comprehensive guide of hedge funds and the tough recruiting involved to break in. It makes a great foundation to make sure you understand all different types of funds and the full industry, but also helps you develop your own trade ideas by watching the cases. I felt very confident in my interviews because I knew what to expect and I knew how the interviewer was likely to approach my investment pitch. I was able to land a job at a reputable fund shortly after prepping with this course. I recommend it to all my good friends.”
Sergio S.
Result: Analyst @ Top Credit Fund in New York
"This is the best resource I've seen for hedge fund recruiting since you have the context of the industry that gave me the big picture and the example pitches that allowed me to fine tune my own thesis I was using for my HF interviews."
Result: HF Analyst @ L/S fund in CT
"The course has been super valuable. It dramatically expanded my knowledge to help me get a job at a hedge fund when I was working in corp fin and I knew very little about the industry. I'm a big fan. Thank you. I honestly feel like this course made the difference."
Result: Investor @ Credit Fund in HK
Bonus Modules:
Mock Deals, Sample Cases, Proprietary Fund Intel and More...
bonus 1: WSO Video Library - 12 Month Access
Get unlimited access to 40+ videos over 30+ hours, including mock interviews, detailed finance Q&A’s, sample deals and real-world scenarios… all from our veteran hedge fund mentors. It is the most comprehensive video library on the market, so you can out-prepare and outperform your competition...
bonus 2: WSO company database - 12 Month Access
You’ve done all the prep and studied all the questions, but how do you know which funds, which positions and what salaries you should target? If you’re using another prep guide, the answer is simple: you won’t. With the WSO Company Database, you’ll be able to find inside intel on compensation, position, employee reviews and the most common questions asked... so you’ll know which firm is right for you.
1. Salary & Bonus Detail
- Know how much you can expect to make at thousands of firms, across dozens of positions…
- Quickly scan hundreds of companies for the min, max and media avg base salary and cash bonus by position...
2. Proprietary Company Insight
- Compare companies across a variety of metrics, including overall rating, interview experience, relative compensation, diversity in recruiting, percent of interns getting offers and the top schools, majors and degrees targeted by each firm.
- View quantified, percentile rankings of each firm - by position…
3. Inside Intel on 100+ Funds
- Uncover what other candidates were asked in prior interviews at the same firm, so you’ll be totally prepared…
- Get insights about the most difficult questions, so that you’ll past even the the toughest of tests…
- Know what to expect before you walk in the door, so you’ll be ready when that offer comes...
How Much is Your Hedge Fund Future Worth?
| What You Get | Value |
Module 1: WSO Hedge Fund Recruiting Guide150+ pages, 10+ hours of video, 10 HF brainteasers, full coverage of Critical HF recruiting strategies... |
$449 |
Module 2: 10 Hedge Fund Pitch Cases10 Pitches including 15+ hours of video, so you can watch and learn fast... |
$449 |
Module 3: Networking Mastery Guide150+ copy & paste questions to ask on your interviews, 14 templates for LinkedIn, Email & Cold-Calling, 3 proven WSO Resume Templates and more... |
$349 |
Bonus 1: WSO Video Library - 12 Month Access30+ hours of HF specific videos: webinars, sample deals, 7+ PPT & Excel Templates and more... |
$249 |
Bonus 2: WSO Company Database - 12 Month Access800+ interview insights across 165 hedge funds, Coverage of over 100 firms, Exclusive data on compensation, interviews & employee reviews and more... |
$299 |
TOTAL VALUE |
$1,795 |
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Consider this your first investment in a long career...
After all, you’ve likely already spent tens of thousands of dollars on college (and perhaps tens of thousands more on an MBA)... When you land your coveted hedge fund job,
you’ll be making well over $200,000...
...over $400,000 if you have an MBA...
And that’s just the beginning of a long and very LUCRATIVE career that could easily net you millions...especially once you get carry bonuses.
We could easily charge thousands of dollars and your ROI would still be huge…
At a fraction of that price, the ROI is even better... a few hundred in exchange for millions of dollars down the line. When you do the math, it’s an easy choice.
And that doesn’t include the time you’d have to spend figuring all of this out. Even if you used the volumes of free information inside the WSO HF forum, you’d still have to find it, organize it, vet it, test it and systematize it to get it to work.
That would take months - maybe even years… and at that point, you will have missed your window, blown your opportunity and your chances of ever getting a job in HF will be slim to none.
All while watching your friends and co-workers ride the elevators to the penthouses of hedge fund and doing the types of trades you read about in the Wall Street Journal…
The WSO Hedge Fund Interview Prep Course gives you everything you need to nail your interviews, crush your competition and land the prestigious HF job you’ve always wanted… quickly and easily.
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If you’re reading this, you’re here for a reason: because you want to be one of the very few who gets an Hedge Fund job… and because you need help doing it.
Your opportunity really is limited… you have one good shot. If you don’t land a HF job, your chances of breaking into the buyside are slim to none, because the funds will know you’re damaged goods. Don’t believe me? Talk to my friend who is stuck in a corporate finance gig after he failed his HF interviews.
Because the hard truth is that Wall Street is literally flooded with millions of people just like you and me: college hot shots, finance wizards, math geniuses and even IB analysts at top banks with great live deal experience… and most of them still end up on the outside looking in.
The hedge funds have the pick of the litter, and only those who are superbly prepared, who have mastered all the concepts and who understand the subtle nuances of interviewing will get the job.
Do that, and you’ll gain entrance to a world few people will ever glimpse.
So…
What do you want to be doing? Living in a penthouse, managing a multi-million dollar P&L and climbing the elite ladders of finance?
Or living with your parents, selling mortgages in the suburbs and watching your friends having the lucrative career that should have been yours.
The choice really is yours. And your opportunity really is limited.
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This is your last chance to land that coveted Hedge Fund job.
Less than 1% of applicants ever get accepted into hedge funds. Will you be one of them?... or will you just be another statistic who ends up working in a corporate finance or working 80+ hours per week for an investment bank until you're 30?
We’ll give everything you need so you can you land the HF position you want... how to master the recruiting nuances, ace the investment pitch tests and build a rock-solid network... Our mentors will guide you through the hedge fund interview gauntlet... and we’ll unlock the door to one of the most exclusive, secretive and lucrative professions in the world.
You’ll be getting the only Hedge Fund Interview Prep Course that’s been crowdsourced from 500,000 members, thousands of actual interviewers, associates and HF veterans and thousands of data points.
And with 800+ questions across 165 funds with 30+ hours of video instruction, it is, quite simply, the most comprehensive course you can get. Period.
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But your window of opportunity really is limited. If you fail to land a HF job, funds will know you're damaged goods and they won’t touch you with a ten-foot pole. It really is make or break time - not just for this job, but quite possibly, for your entire career and maybe even your life.
I’m not exaggerating... Landing a job and building a career at a Hedge Fund is the ultimate goal in finance everyone dreams of... a launchpad to earning millions in carry ... not to mention the excitement of working on big trades and access to a world few ever get to see.
So...
You can try to do this all yourself and then pray you get the job, or...
You can stand on the shoulders of the hedge fund veterans who have come before you, learn their secrets, shortcuts and all their tricks so you nail your interviews, crush your competition and be one of the few who gets into the ultra-exclusive door of a hedge fund.
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