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Q&A and Yet Another Post On How To Break Into The Buy-side
I want to give back to the WSO community and talk about my journey to buy-side. I currently work on the buy-side after years in sell-side equity research at a bank. I want to first thank user @Subutai Baghatur (abbreviated as “SB”) and highlight the article Breaking Into Buy-Side Equity Research...
Quant Analyst at HF vs Alternatives at AM
Hi Monkeys, I got lucky and have just got 2 SA offers for 2020 after looking for months. I have to choose between two offers for this coming summer. The first is a Quant Analyst gig at a boutique HF . The second is Alternatives at the Asset Management arm of an insurance company. Which one is better...
First internship hunt at small PE firm - need advice
Hello everyone, first some basic info: I am a second-year undergrad at italian target, wanting to break into IB . Since I have pretty much zero work experience, this summer I wanted to intern at a small PE shop in Milan. My plan is to cold email every firm I can possibly find. My question is, how do...
[Undergrad] NYU Stern vs Rutgers Honors College for Quant/Data Sci Career
What I Want to do Currently a STEM savvy senior here deciding between the two schools. As a career, I think I want to be a quant at a hedge fund or data scientist at a big tech company (obviously that's the ideal situation). Will likely major & minor in some variation of Comp Sci/ Physics/ Math/...
Going from a non-target with low GPA to landing a hedge fund Internship
Hello all, I'm writing this post because of others that have written some similar. Throughout my time applying to internships, I'd always come across articles that motivated me to keep pushing because the right opportunity will come. Well, I can thankfully say the opportunity has come for me and I...
Capital Structure Arbitrage Hedge Fund Opportunity
For background, I'm a junior corporate credit analyst at a large traditional long only asset manager. I've been in the seat for ~2.5 years and joined my current team right out of undergrad. I work with 5 senior analyst covering various corporate and financial sectors across investment grade and...
Toronto Sophomore Summer Internship Advice
Hello all, happy New Year. I go to a top 2 LAC and would love to intern in Toronto next summer but am having trouble finding opportunities. Being from a LAC, our alumni network is not super strong in Toronto and I have little to no connections to people in the area. Does anyone know of any...
DE Shaw Generalist Intern Interview
I have 1st round phone interview coming up for a generalist intern position at DE Shaw. Has anyone interviewed or worked in this position before? Any insights would be much appreciated. I've gone through past threads but haven't found much information for this particular position. Thanks in advance!
Sophomore internship search advice
Hello all, I'm a sophomore at a top 3 LAC w/ solid GPA hoping to get an IB internship junior year, but am having trouble finding an internship this coming summer. Is it too late to still find a solid internship in VC , PE , WM, or really any finance-related job that will help boost my resume and...
Should I take the GMAT
Hey everyone, I'm a freshman that goes to a very non-target, i.e. a large state school with a very high acceptance rate. I realize that breaking into IB is an uphill battle for me, coming from a school that garners little espect in business, so I'm trying to think of ways (aside from networking and...
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