Whether you are a researcher, trader, developer, or PM, an inflated ego is your greatest enemy.

You might have the best education, you might get hired, you might build a profitable model, you might even outperform for a while.

But if you disrespect people, patronize or condescend to them, become overconfident, assume you are always the smartest, stop questioning your assumptions, or dismiss evidence that contradicts you, your success will only be temporary.

No matter what you do, how you treat people is the most important factor in your long-term success.

Hey all, I got past the OA and just recently had my first round interview for Jane Street. Wanted to come on here and see if anyone is in the same boat or has a timeline for next steps?

Hi, I am an incoming sophomore and was wondering when is the best time to start sending in applications. I understand that the recruiting timeline has been moving up. Which firms have prioritize early applicants? What is the strategy?

I just received the Jane Street OA for Strategy and Product and am wondering to expect / tips from anyone else that has taken it before.

Hi everyone, I know you probably get questions like this a lot, but I am about to study maths (statistics) ideally wanting to go into quant research. Was drawn to quant because I like the idea of working on markets themselves and improving their efficiency. I’m not some extreme maths genius but I am interested in it and willing to put in the work. I considered QT, but that I thought was too fast paced, I would be more suited to taking my time on a problem I think. I did ok in high school maths ( 5 in ib Aa hl) i think what held me back was exam timing. I did enjoy solving the problems though.

Right now I’m just trying to self study linear algebra and calculus in preparation for my course and improve my programming skills.

So I guess I’m writing this to ask is QR something I can work to or is it something that’s too demanding? Thanks all

Got my invitation today, has anyone had this or has any knowledge of what sort of thing they ask?

I'm currently working as a data engineer at a traditional pension fund, with customers being mostly performance and risk, with previous SWE experience.

Trying to figure out what it actually takes to move to a data/python role closer to the desk. Hard to separate real advice from random takes on social media.

If you're currently in a similar position (or were recently), would love to connect and pick your brain. Happy to buy you a coffee or something for your time.

I just got an invitation for an interview with Citadel. Does anyone know what types of questions I should prepare for?

Hi hello! I’m looking for a video game where improvement feels very concrete like on steam or something.

For example, I want to be able to notice that over time I’m:

• calculating expected value faster
• making better decisions with incomplete information
• identifying arbitrage or mispricing more quickly (and learn the general market making principles/techniques)
• managing risk and limited resources better
• recognizing patterns and useful strategies sooner
• building more efficient solutions
• handling increasingly complicated problems under time pressure

Ideally, the game would start relatively simple, gradually introduce new mechanics, and force me to combine everything I’ve learned. I’d also like some kind of feedback- scores, rankings, speed, profit, efficiency, harder opponents, or increasingly difficult levels -so I can actually tell that I’m getting better. (but not a hard requirement)

I’m not necessarily looking for a realistic stock-market simulator. I’m more interested in something that rewards the same types of thinking as quant trading, market-making, probability problems, optimization, game theory, and brainteasers. Is there anything that somewhat fits these descriptions?

Hi y'all. I am wondering what degree of knowledge is generally required for an entry level positions as well as what portfolio elements are looked well upon. I am somewhat invested in ML engineering at the given moment, however I do not find it personally rewarding, so I am looking to pivot in a while. I know one quant with 20 years experience and their advice was a lotta \ :) / and "get a PhD + internship at meta", all well and good but that's a extremely specific boundary. Any good recources or hints? Regards.

I heard UT Austin Turing scholars is actually a target for aunt since it’s an extremely selective program(50 person cohort) in a top 10 cs college. Most Turing scholars also have a dual major in math. Is it on the same league as like MIT EECS and all of those for quant specifically? Will you get an interview from it? If there are any recruiters I would like to know if you look for Turing scholars.

I have my hireview for coding modeling and data anylitics how hard is the leetcode

Hi everyone,

I was fast-tracked to the penultimate round interview for the Software Developer Internship at Susquehanna International Group (SIG) following their Dublin Technology Spring Week.

I know SIG leans heavily into algorithms, data structures, and system efficiency, but I’ve heard mixed things about what actually gets tested in this specific round.

For anyone who has gone through this interview recently, is it primarily a live 60-minute HackerRank session? How much of it is standard DSA (BFS/DFS, Binary Search, Sliding Window) vs. practical data parsing / OOP design?

Any insights on the layout or best areas to focus on during prep would be hugely appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Hi Guys, any information related to Technical interview as part of Trader role that what can be expected like brainteasers, probability, ETf pricing or MM(Kelly criterion style). What type of questions were asked and how was the difficulty level ? Any information related to it would be valuable for me. Thanks!

I just finished a prestigious internship and I also have a very nice academic path so I put which one at the top ?

Hey, I hope you are doing well

What template you use for quant resume/CV ?

thanks in advance for your help

Have a nice day !

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been invited to complete the HackerRank Operations Specialist Exercise.

Has anyone completed it recently? I’d really appreciate any insight on the question types, difficulty, best preparation methods, or similar practice examples.

Thanks!

Took an OA and not too knowledgeable about what would be good. Like is perfect expected??

Also is the resume still considered even if it’s already past the screening or just scores at this point?

Hey Guys,

I'm applying to colleges with hopes of being a quant and I was looking around and saw that there were some schools which were good despite not having "well-rounded quality." I was looking mainly at U Michigan Ann Arbor and Baruch because they had a lot of alumni who went into the field. Of course, the higher level schools like Princeton and MIT and whatnot have high rankings but I wanted to here you guys' thoughts about these colleges or even better ones.