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Looking for a mate to train with for quantitative trading interviews
I am looking for a person to train with for quantitative trading interviews. I think that It would be funny and profitable preparing interviews with someone, by zoom/call! If any of you are interested, please reply below Let me know, Thanks
Deciding between Credit vs Macro (rates, FX) quant roles
Hi all, I a PhD student with a Math/Machine Learning background. I have 2 potential offers (one is yet to be formally received), from 2 different BB Investment Banks, and I would appreciate any help when deciding between the two. 1) Flow and Structured Credit quant role at Citigroup 2) A quant desk...
Advice on becoming a quant/ Is this realistic?
For some background, I’m 23, graduated with a BEng Mechanical Engineering in May (GPA 3.38/4.2, (2.1)). And am due to begin a one-year MSc in Financial Economics at the beginning of February. My goal is to start my first “big boy,” job as a quant in January 2023 (hopefully finding a job before...
How much does Middle Office Analyst - FX pay at HRT?
HRT stands for Hudson River Trading. Here is the job description on linkedin (I can't post links). The Middle Office team at HRT is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of HRT’s post-trade platform. Our global trading platform supports trading across many asset classes and geographies....
Really Just Want to Learn and Have Work Experience
I go to the big 4 CS school (MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley) and the biggest issue is I am a freshman. While I know its nearly impossible for freshman to get internships, the biggest issue I am facing is trying to get an interview. While I have cold emailed and actually some of the people I emailed...
Quant Fund Resources
Hi All, About to change job over coming months (MBB to PE) - As I have quite some free time I would like to spend some of it learning more about "Quant Fund Strategies". I have a background in mathematical engineering and ML so have the basics somewhat covered - However whenever I went looking...
Citi-Flow Credit Quant Position
Hey all, I had some promising interviews with a credit quant team at Citi, and was implied that I will be getting an offer I am still a grad student (in a quantitative field), so whilst I always had an interest in Finance doesn't know too much about the possible opportunities, and I want to make...
Citi-Flow Credit Quant Position
Hey all, I had some promising interviews with a credit quant team at Citi, and was implied that I will be getting an offer I am still a grad student (in a quantitative field), so whilst I always had an interest in Finance doesn't know too much about the possible opportunities, and I want to make...
Hedge fund vs. Big Bank offer for quantitative finance internship
Hello - I am facing a decision for where I would like to accept a Summer internship (summer before senior year), and am not sure what is best for me in terms of a career development perspective. I am a Computer Science major looking towards quant finance, and am deciding between Balyasny Asset...
What major/minor/certificates to pursue for finance related role?
Hello all. I am a first-year student majoring in Industrial Engineering (Concentration in Economic and Financial Systems) at a non-target school, which happens to be ranked very highly in IE. I am trying to figure out a solid degree plan for when I will be applying to finance jobs in the future. The...
Application question
Im currently in process of major switch from non-technical to technical, I just have one more pre-req which I am taking next semester. But Im just wondering should I put my intended major or current. I feel with current, I won't get any interviews vs new.
Susquehanna International Group Buy-Side Research Process
I've poked around this forum and have found very little related to the buy-side research role at SIG. It appears to be a blend of traditional ER and some more quantitative techniques as well as the strategies are meant to be short term, and related to their options market making. Does anyone have...
Higher Comp: Tiger Global or Janestreet?
Between top fundamental HF's (like Tiger Global, Lone Pine, Coatue, Viking, etc), vs top Quant HF like Jane Street, DE Shaw, Citadel, where is comp higher? What about after 5 years? Where is there more upside?
Pursuing Finance - what to major in?
Hey everyone, I'm a second-year student going to school in Chicago, and I'm trying to figure out what might be best to major in to give me skills salient to the financial industry. I don't want to waste my time at our business school (which sucks) and I want to develop my mathematical/quantitative...
Fundamentals v. Quant? All Perspectives Welcome
Hey everyone ✌🏿 Jumping straight to it --currently at a target school studying Data Analytics + taking an IBM Data Analysis cert this semester. My school's program is focused heavily on R, Excel, SQL, and Tableau, and the IBM cert has 70 hours worth of Excel, Python, IBM Cloud computing, and...
Business Student looking at Quantitative Finance, is there a chance?
Hey guys, I am currently in my second year of a master in management degree with a finance major and starting two consecutive IB internships soon. However, I am working on a portfolio theory topic for my thesis and growing an interest for Quant Finance topics in general. So here I need your opinion:...
Which school should I use my ED Bullet for?
HS Senior looking to eventually work in IB/PE/Quant. Want to know which school I should use my Early Decision (binding application) option for. Top choices for Early Decision are Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Northwestern, Penn (Wharton or CAS), or Columbia. Right now, I am heavily considering Cornell...
Application and interview tips for quant positions
Hi! I'm currently a financial engineering graduate student with a concentration in financial risk engineering. I started applying for full-time jobs already as many students have a job offer in hand when they graduate. I'm a little confused as to how to approach the right job position. I see many of...
Trading operations or IB or Risk Advisory
Hi, I came from a financial engineering background and somehow ended up in the middle/back office of an equities/options trading firm. This is the first full-time job I got after graduation but I feel like I really don't like to be at the operations team where it seems like that my work doesn't...
Am I good enough for quant ??
Hey there, Is A* A* A (mathematics, further mathematics, physics) all taken at least a year early, enough for quant? I never considered myself super talented at maths, never did amazing at competitions ( Junior maths challenge etc) Do you need to be a natural genius to be a quant or is being solid...
Will online degrees gain more reputability after COVID?
Looking at those online CS (and in two cases, math) degrees from otherwise reputable schools. Till now as soon as I hear "online" I think it as subpar and I feel like many older hiring managers think the same, but do you think that will change? With my background and grades the ONLY CS/Math program...
Want to Start a Master's to Move to the HF Space, but Earliest Chance is Fall of 2022; What to do Until Then?
Right now, I work in CRE, but I'm very underpaid and finding the work extremely mundane. I'd like to move to a more quantitative sector in the hedge fund space and it seems like my only option in doing that is going back to school to get a master's in finance, but the earliest I could start that...
Do quant gigs need the same level of networking as banking gigs?
Asking as a Canadian high school senior about to choose university programs. I'm still waiting on an admission from Waterloo Math/FARM, but already got into a relatively strong program for quant finance (Laurier-Waterloo DD BBA/BMath), but based in Laurier. I was just wondering if quant positions...
Quant in Hong Kong
Hi guys this is my first question at WSO so excuse me for inappropriate details. Do tier 1 quants exist in HK, like Jane Street, Point72, Two Sigma etc.. I'm an HK undergrad and right now I'm very confused about whether there are actual quants at all here because everyone is only talking about...
Non target school phd finding full time jobs in wall street with several Flag internship experience
Hi all, I am a phd student in a non-target school (one of the UC, not UCB or UCLA). I majored in applied math and my research focus on optimization and machine learning. Lucky I got 3 internship experience, 1 from Pinterest, 1 from Amazon, and 1 from Facebook, all of them focus on machine learning...
Level of CS required for quant hedge fund
I am currently a high school junior looking to study mathematics at a (hopefully top) university in the UK or the US. I want to work at a quantitative hedge fund company like Citadel, and I was wondering how much CS I would need. Is it enough just to know how to programme with languages like Python...
An 18 year old chimp(haha) extremely interested in finance
I am about to choose HKUST for a bachelor's in Quant finance, but before that, I wish to obtain some information about the financial industry. My thoughts are that studying quant finance + (a double major in comp sci) at a bachelor's would allow me to best develop my quantitative/critical thinking...
London IB internship and placement opportunities for an HK undergrad
My situation is pretty complicated. Seems like I'm gonna pursue my undergrad at the CUHK (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management). Although I do consider going into sales and trading or quant, I also want to know if this degree and my language/culture profile would let me be a competitive...
CUHK Quantitative Finance and Risk Management job prospects
Recently I got accepted to CUHK's QFRM, my first choice in HK. A set of factors didn't let me apply for a business degree, and my passion for juggling numbers is not something I want to waste, so my choice fell on this program. What are my prospects in HK's IB? WSO zoo's views on this university are...
Intro
Hi All, I'm currently a senior engineer and have been working in the semiconductor industry, albeit a very niche segment (RF and Microwave electronics), for over 10 years now. Over the past few years, my interest in finance has turned into an obsession and I've been reading a lot of mathematical...
Machine learning electives for AM - Incoming MSF seeking advice
Hello monkeys, I will soon be starting the Masters in Financial Analysis program at London Business School and I am looking for some advice to break into BB ssset management. I recently spoke to an MD at JPM Asset Management and he told me that "coding is the new English", he also mentioned that I...
I'm interested in the quant side of firms think Citadel, Two Sigma, AQR, etc.
I was just accepted to GATech for CS and I am planning to a double major in applied mathematics. I am waiting for the ivies+CMU, but if I don't get in how is the OCR at GATech.
Switching to finance or quant career from software engineering
Hey, so I've been looking for a quant career for about a year now and haven't had much luck. It's something that I would really love to do and I think I would be really good at it (I guess everyone does), but the interview questions always catch me off guard (I once got a question that was only...
Marshall Wace quant
Hi all, does anyone have some insights on working at Marshall Wace, particularly their quant teams (regarding TC/work-life balance)? Thanks
Sophomore @ UPenn (CS) -- Want to break into quant
I'm studying CS at UPenn (sophomore) and I want to break into quant. I have national math olympiad experience and a >3.9 GPA, but I can't get interviews. What can I do to improve my application for next year?
Lost Graduate trying to find his way into a Quant Shop
Hey guys, care to help a fresh graduate? I've just finished an undergrad in Applied Physics with a 2:1 at a non target and i want to make a plan that will eventually land me a role as a quant. Since i don't have a stellar CV (no top 5 uni, no work experience, no math olympiad etc), and a masters...
Quant Strat Roles in IB
Hey guys, I would love to be able to reach out to someone who is holding or who has held a position as a quantitative strat role in a bank. I've recently managed to get an internship role in a bank as a strat and would appreciate to get some insights and discuss a few things.
CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance)
Hi everyone. I recently stumbled on the Fitch's CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance). Basically it is a six months long program on quantitative finance, and upon completion you get a "CFQ" qualification (similarly to the CFA). The topics covered by the program actually seem very interesting,...
D.E. Shaw VS Two Sigma for a Quant
Hello everyone, I was fortunate enough to land a quant internship in many good hedge funds and prop shops. I need your help and feedback to decide which one to go for. I'm currently mainly hesitating between D.E. Shaw and Two Sigma (although I'm also considering Tower Research). My ideal scenario is...
What should I expect from a master's in qunatitiative finance?
Hi guys, to those of you who have taken courses in quantitative finance, I have heard they are considered heavy math. If I am currently taking Cal 1, and I will be taking Cal 2 and 3, should I expect heavier math than these courses? If I am doing well in these courses, should I be doing well in a...
MBA vs MS Financial Engineering
Hi all, I was let go due to restructuring at the beginning of the year. I'm trying to decide between an MBA and MS Financial Engineering. Looking to hopefully make the move to the buy-side in a trading/investment role and the job market has not been too kind lately. Some background about myself. -...
Profile evaluation for MSc Finance
Hi guys, I'm an average undergrad student(20 yo) from an average uni in Bangalore, India. GPA - 7.5, 2 internships in wealth management ( not well-known firms), 1 on-going internship in quantitative finance( not a well-known frim). I'll be writing CFA L1, feb 2021. yet to take the GMAT, I'll...
Quantamental Investing - what are the trends?
Quantamental seems to be a growing sector in the money mgmt business. I've been paying very careful attention to it recently. I've seen cases from adding "fundamental" data with "quantitative" data to run some financial economics models. I've also seen variety of machine learning methodologies. I've...
Sophomore Summer Internship: HF vs PE?
Choosing between an HF and PE internship for this summer. I understand that PE is closer to the type of work in IB so would taking the HF internship hinder my chances at all for IB compared to if I had worked in PE? I like the optionality that HF work gives me in case I decide to pursue quantitative...
Q&A - Quant with 2 yrs exp in Europe both buy/sell side
Hi guys, My background: I have a MSc in Quantitative Finance obtained in Italy and have been a Quant Researcher for approx 1 year in the Netherlands for a buy-side boutique. Now I am in Quant Risk modelling in a sell-side major investment bank in Zürich, Switzerland. Ask me anything: I am happy to...
Probability Theory vs Machine Learning for aspiring HF quant
I am a Master's student in Statistics at UC Berkeley and as an elective, I have the choice of taking either a graduate probability theory class (oof) or an undergraduate machine learning class (which is highly regarded in the data science world and gives lots of project experience over theory). I'm...
Best financial engineering/ quant finance programs in Europe
The only good programmes I know are Risk & Finance at Lse, Oxford MFE (the best finance programme in Europe imho) and probably the imperial one (risk management & financial engineering, even though all the people I ve seen who studied there have a quite weak profile (660-80ish gmat,not so good gpa,...
Best financial engineering/ quant finance programmes in Europe
The only good programmes I know are Risk & Finance at Lse, Oxford MFE (the best finance programme in Europe imho) and probably the imperial one (risk management & financial engineering, even though all the people I ve seen who studied there have a quite weak profile (660-80ish gmat,not so good gpa,...
UVA McIntire Undergrad Business - Quantitative Finance
Does somebody here that concentrated on this area - Quantitative Finance. What are the opportunities? Our son is applying for regular and has good numbers to get in. He is more of a math guy but not really interested in Eng. . hence, am thinking Quantitative Finance would be a natural fit for him....
Data Science undergraduate student looking for inroads towards a quantitative finance career.
Hi, I am a penultimate year undergrad and have significant experience in machine learning and AI. I have published a machine learning research paper recently, and am currently working on several projects that involve time series forecasting using sophisticated learning models eg. HMM, various deep...
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