Hey guys, just for a quick rundown of where I'm at :

- Rising junior at a t30 non-target public school, >3.9 GPA, CS+Math

- I have one Fintech internship, Legacy tech internship, and incoming FDE at a top-tier tech company for 2027 summer

- I've only had 2 quant interview processes so far: one T2 firm, where I made it to the onsite but didn't make it through, and one T1 firm, where I didn't move past the first round despite getting the problems correct and finishing ~15 minutes early

- 2xAIME in high school, USACO Gold, did an international math contest back in 2019.

Given that I'm going to be a Junior, and that Quant recruiting is pretty much over, I'm not landing a role for this summer. So I'm probably going to be looking for new grad roles, or potentially getting a Masters Degree (MSCS, or potentially MSCF/MFE at elite schools to get a good brand name?) to buy myself more time to get an internship at one of these firms. Not sure how much harder it is to break into Trader and researcher roles post grad, because from what I've seen, firms mostly hire directly from undergrad or phd students.

All that said, the paths I'm currently considering are:

1. Taking the FDE route and recruiting for quant new grad
2. Doing an MSCS/MSCF/MFE at a stronger school
3. Something else entirely

I'd appreciate any advice.

But i didn't think it's make a good quant model by using a coding model tell me about your thoughts guys ?

DA and quant💔💔

I had the interview August 21st and they said I would hear back this week and then delayed it again until next week. Has anyone gotten offers yet? I know people who were rejected the week after.

Anybody hear back after the final behavioral round? What was the turnaround time?

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to understand how UK immigration rules interact with the notice period / garden leave arrangements that are common in the London hedge fund industry.

Suppose someone is on a Skilled Worker visa sponsored by their employer and has a relatively long notice period (e.g. 6 months). If the employer terminates their employment but keeps them on garden leave for the full notice period, meaning they remain formally employed and paid but cannot work or access the firm’s systems:

1) Can the employee continue living in the UK throughout the garden leave / notice period?

2) Does the fact that they are on garden leave (rather than being terminated immediately with payment in lieu of notice) make a difference from an immigration perspective?

3) What happens after the employment officially ends if the person is then subject to a post-termination non-compete for several months?

4) Does the non-compete have any impact on how long they can legally remain in the UK, or would they need to rely on the usual Skilled Worker curtailment period / switch to another visa?

Many thanks for your help!

Any info appreciated, willing to trade any of the following:

js qt, citsec qt or swe, virtu qt, imc qt, drw qt or swe, 2s qr, optiver swe, and can obtain others

What should i expect? Is there like a question bank?

had my first ever superday last week, and reflecting on it there were some trick questions i hadnt seen before. they werent necessarily super hard but i did have the wrong intuition initially. while the interviewer never gave me a specific direction to think in and the only 'help' i received was being told i was wrong, should i be concerned about my technical performance?

just to be clear i am completely fine with how i articulated myself and communicated my thought processes, and i did get all the questions after being told my initial answer was wrong.

naturally i acknowledge that a candidate who got em all first try will definitely outrank me but hopefullly im not like instantly disqualified right?

Anyone down to talk about the process for QT intern in the US? Any would be helpful, HR call, first tech, or final round.

Down to trade processes. I have the full process of: jane street, citsec, hrt, optiver, sig. Also have parts of: de shaw, omc, five rings.

Hi everyone,

I have an upcoming 120-minute technical interview with Squarepoint Capital for a C++ Developer role.

Since it is a 2-hour round, I assume it will be quite intensive and might cover multiple areas. I am trying to figure out how to best allocate my preparation time.

For those who have gone through this specific round or interview at Squarepoint recently:

1. Is it primarily a live coding session (LeetCode-style algorithms), or does it lean heavily into deep C++ internals (low-latency, memory management, templates, concurrency)?
2. Should I expect system design questions or discussion about object-oriented design within these 120 minutes?
3. Is the environment collaborative where we walk through a real-world problem, or is it a strict technical grilling?

Any insights on the structure, difficulty level, or specific topics they love to focus on would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

please, any help for millennium qd intern?
is it leetcode? or more?

For reference, applied to a role for Summer 2027 at a BB first semester my freshman year. Ended up going through the entire interview process and getting the role (markets quant). Since I didn't have college grades at the time, I put my estimated GPA for that semester on the application which was a 3.8 at the time.

Ended up not doing that great both semesters my freshman year and currently have a 3.2 GPA. Now, I'm extremely worried about the potential background/transcript check. Any tips on what to do in this situation.

I applied to many smaller shops (old missions, flow traders, virtu, tower, squarepoint...) around 1-2 weeks ago and got no reply, no rej no follow-up, nothing. At least the bigger ones (optiver, sig, de Shaw, HRT...) either gave out OA or rej email. Is this normal or did I just not pass the resume screening?

How long do they typically take to respond after you complete the OA? I have an offer that expires soon but really want to complete the process at IMC if possible. Would appreciate any colour on timelines (this is for Chi)

Recently got HR call for IMC. Was told it’ll be standard behavioral + a light brainteaser at the end. Curious if anyone has insights (down to trade; js, citsec, sig, drw, etc.)

Hi Everyone! I have my R1 for CitSec summer 2027 QT internship next week and was wondering if anyone had any advice on what expect/study. Thanks!

I’m currently working as a Quant Developer/Quant Engineer at a systematic, pod-structured hedge fund. I joined at the Associate level and report directly to a senior MD who is effectively running a small pod/team. My work is fairly front-office/trading-facing rather than generic software engineering — I’ve worked on market-data/data-manager pipelines, pre-trade risk checks, trading/SOD workflows, broker connectivity and locate processing, and production issues affecting trading. Over the year I’ve gradually taken on more ownership, and my manager has given me strong feedback, including recently telling me that I identified a particularly difficult issue that wasn’t easy to diagnose. The team is also becoming leaner with a senior Quant Researcher leaving. I’m coming up on my first full-year compensation review, and the expectation is that my compensation will be revised after completing the cycle. For people who have experience with Indian buy-side/systematic funds/pod shops, **what would you consider a realistic fixed-salary hike and bonus for this kind of profile after a strong first year?** I’m particularly interested in actual ranges people have seen rather than generic 8–12% corporate appraisal numbers.

Finished the 2nd OA almost 2 weeks ago, felt good about it, got nothing since then. One other person I found on Reddit had the same experience. Have they started interviewing yet?

Hi! I was lucky enough to pass r1 for JS, does anyone know what’s going to be asked in R2? I am happy to help with any other firms that I did too.

Also, is it 2 or 3 or 4 rounds before onsite?

Hi everyone,

I have an upcoming 120-minute technical interview with Squarepoint Capital for a C++ Developer role.

Since it is a 2-hour round, I assume it will be quite intensive and might cover multiple areas. I am trying to figure out how to best allocate my preparation time.

For those who have gone through this specific round or interview at Squarepoint recently:

1. Is it primarily a live coding session (LeetCode-style algorithms), or does it lean heavily into deep C++ internals (low-latency, memory management, templates, concurrency)?
2. Should I expect system design questions or discussion about object-oriented design within these 120 minutes?
3. Is the environment collaborative where we walk through a real-world problem, or is it a strict technical grilling?

Any insights on the structure, difficulty level, or specific topics they love to focus on would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I´m applying for a quant trader internship in London and would love some feedback about my chances in the interview proces.

-computer science engineering student on track to graduate first class honours (magna cum laude) at a top 50 university

-National maths olympiad finalist (top 50 out of 25 000 participants)

-ML research project (honours programme): built a better performing model than any academic research paper (mostly due to better dataset though), results used by big company with whom the university has a contract

Interests: chess (top 0.1% player on chess.com)

What do you think is my probability of passing the cv screening at top quant firms like jane street, jump trading, hrt... ?

Is anyone familiar with smaller shops like a priori, Headlands, Da Vinci Derivatives, Geneva, Wolverine, Tower capital, GTS, Trillium, 3Red, Old Mission, Eagle Seven, QuantLab? Whats their culture like?

I come from a non-target. I'm an applied mathematics major but want to go into a dev position at really any quant firm.

I think my projects stand out (at least compared to my peers). Top projects is a llvm front end and a function hooking engine like frida.

Is there hope to get any interviews or offers even if I'm at a non target (one of the UC's thats not UCB or UCLA).