![]() ![]() I have been pushing for a longer first round phone/zoom screening with candidates. Candidates are able to convince me better to give them a shot at a full time offer if everything else being equal and you sound more confident about your choices. A well thought out narrative of why you are doing the master's degree is good regardless of whether you have a target career trajectory. If you are switching from another field into quant, then I would brush up on just the very basic finance/econ concepts.Ĭ. You are graded on the process in addition to the solution, so it's good to get into the groove of thinking out loud.ī. Career counselors have good resources in term of the fundamentals (probability/stats/maths/programming/etc at an advanced undergrad level) that you'd need to know so I'd make sure to get that list and be prepared. SĪ few points that the more successful candidates have mentioned to me:Ī. Also most undergrad applicants have had the role on their radar for a while so they've been preparing for the application (research/project experiences, getting get from their career counselors etc) well ahead of the summer. Since most master's students barely start their programs they could be caught off guard by the aggressive timeline. For us (and probably to some extent with other competitors based on looking at their intern recruitment page), undergrads and masters (not just MFEs but that's where we get most of the master's applicant pool form) are in the same pool and we start interviewing in October. ![]() Out of all the classes, I ended up taking 4 pure/applied math classes, 5 financial math and 4 other classes in CS/stats/ML (I took 1 more class than required to graduate)Ģ. ![]() It was a program that where I could place out of 2 required courses with my prior coursework so that I could take more electives. I personally would like to see more well prepared MFE graduates in our ranks, and I’d like to use this platform to both help students who are interested in that career path and collect some data points for my information.ġ. As far as the process goes at our company, the chips are highly stacked against MFE students (because of how early the process starts). Why Am I doing this: I’ve been involved in our recruitment process of the last few years at all levels (undergrad all the way to experienced). I'm on US Eastern time, and have a full time job so please understand if I don't answer immediately. At the end of the day, I hope that what I'm saying is not totally idiosyncratic. Also, everything that I say is of my own personal opinion and there might be people with same title/responsibilities as me that have differing views. I'm not going to endorse any particular schools/programs. Ground rule: as long as there’s no question that can be used to identify me or my company, I’m ok to answer. Would like to open a forum in an anonymous manner to give some perspective. Why Am I doing this (edited): thing can be a bit opaque from the other side, and I've enjoyed interacting with members both in this thread and in DM's. Our incoming researcher pool are heavily drawn from previous year’s interns. For anonymity reasons, this is not my main account.Ībout My Company: we are a billion$+ quantitative hedge fund dealing with all asset classes at various horizons. I did not pursue an MFE, but I did a related master’s degree and my choice for the school was informed by the rankings here. ![]() I have been lurking on Quantnet for a few years. I’m what some might call a “full-stack” quant leading a team on the entire pipeline from data exploration to generating the trades that we want to do (not the actual execution though). Who Am I: I’m a senior quantitative researcher working in systematic equities. As the title says, as prospective students should be making their decisions, I would like to use this platform to interact with students who might be interested in the career path. ![]()
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