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How to handle Frustration and short-fuse at work
Hi all,I graduated last year and started work as at a HF in London.As the title implies, I have a v. short fuse at work and am quite impatient. Things are going well, and the team I work with are quite happy with my performance. However, I feel like I could be doing so so so much more, and it feels...
Hedge Fund Internship/Junior Associate Guidance
Dear fellow WSO Members, I am writing today regarding a summer internship position at a value-oriented hedge fund in Midtown NYC . I have an interview next week and it is for a full-time internship over the summer, as well as part-time during the school year. I have several years of experience,...
Incoming MS IED Summer Analyst -> Long term Long Short Equity HF/maybe PE
I'm a junior at a target school (non-business major) and have a Summer Analyst position at MS in their Institutional Equities Division (two rotations). If I want to go buy-side eventually or do HF recruiting from undergrad (Available at my school), what should I be doing in terms of placing...
*CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM PLZ*...non-target junior looking for PE, IB, or L/S HF internships this summer
My GPA is a little on the low side, but I think some of my experiences and extra-curricular activities will do me justice. As noted by some monkeys before, my resume read like a third grader's "What I did for summer" paper. I have revised it, but I doubt it is perfect yet.
Junior non-target resume
Hi, I am applying to a few banks and hedge funds and am seeking some help building my resume. Thanks, Nick
Lobbyist internship... worth it?
I was hoping to find a spring internship with a hedge fund but it doesn't seem too likely at this point. I got an offer from a state-level lobbyist firm, though. The work is moderately interesting and it would be a neat experience, but it will take up a lot of time. How might such an internship look...
How to prepare for upcoming hedge fund interview?
I have an interview next week with the fixed income business of a well-known, $20B+ hedge fund. I will be gunning for a trading intern position during summer 2015. What kind of questions should I expect and how should I prepare for this ordeal? I'm currently reading Options, Futures and Other...
Hedge Funds Paris
I am looking for Paris-based hedgefunds that would be open to recruit non-french speaking professionals. Background: previous internships at PE-firm, boutique hedge fund, and 1 year as BB trader. Anyone with some insight into the French industry with thoughts on the possibilities?
Is it worth switching to a hedge fund software job given my situation?
Greetings people, So I'm a software developer in NYC , been employed around 5 years now. Income level is around $130k/yr (before tax). Last couple of years, I have allocated around $50-60k into my retail trading account, have written up my own back-testing framework in C# and have built some basic...
After I-Banking and Consulting...Thinking Outside of the Box.
Many of the investment banking and consulting analysts on WSO will try this path: IB analyst/Consulting associate --> junior position at private equity/hedge fund --> D'oh. This. Is. Not-quite-what-I-thought-it-would-be. --> something else/Business School --> Ah, now I have a better idea. --> Launch...
Best New hedge funds?
I have 4.5 years under my belt at two larger long/short hedge funds - looking to jump to smaller shop with more upside potential. Any thoughts on the best new hedge funds that I should try aim for in my job hunt? I have mostly cover event/driven and special situations, although I've had some success...
Career Switch (consulting -> buy side)
Say you're a 28 year old management consultant (non MBB) with a CFA® charter (weird combo, right?) and looking at full time MBA programs (class of 2015). You're interested in moving into a buy side role post MBA , and you're a solid candidate on paper for top 10 MBA programs. Questions: 1) What...
Question about Hedge Fund career dream
Let us suppose, you are an ordinary middle class guy. However, you have known through your best friend in college for six years a woman from a very wealthy family, who is superior to you in every way (socially, leadership, brains), etc. She is the daughter of a B list New York Finance family (200MM...
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