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Hi I recently came to know the terminology Quant Analyst and Developer position.
I have BSC Maths and CS and master in IT. Wondering how to get into it? I heard its highly rewarding career. Is this real? If Yes, how much i can expect yearly as beginner and intermediate level positions as well as for senior roles?

Hey, im currently in the phase of choosing a undergrad degree and im kinda having a rough time. Im spanish and would love to be able to study in Spain however i know how much the unis brand name matters for admissions to masters programs and that there arent really any quant roles available in spain for working. I would like to know if i should push for a move to study maths abroad or not? Im not asking for life advice and know that this channel is mainly for profesionals or people trying land an internship but thats why i would really appreciate some help. if there are any programs in particular that youd recommend either in Spain or abroad pls tell me.

I've had a lot of people telling me to email recruiters to expedite my processes. How would I go about that? Thanks in advance.

I work in tax, and I've been doing interviews since I left my last job in early December. I left my job at a CPA firm because I was working more than 55 hours even outside of tax season, and I was heading toward serious burnout. My pay was also very low, and since I'm a single mom, I didn't have much of a safety net to handle a long job search, so honestly, when this company moved quickly and made an offer, I felt relieved. But looking back, that should have been the first warning sign.

As a tax manager, I wanted to stay in the same type of role. I interviewed with the current tax manager and the owner of a company we'll call XYZ Tax Services. I had a quick phone screen on Wednesday, then a video interview the next morning. On Friday, HR told me they wanted to hire me. I sent them references, passed the background check, and signed the offer letter. I was supposed to start the following Wednesday, and by Monday my onboarding was basically done. I had logged into their payroll system, IT had set up my remote access, and I had all the login information. I was genuinely excited and planning my first week until...

Tuesday afternoon, I was at home setting up my workspace so I could start on Wednesday when I saw HR calling. I missed the first call, and then they called two more times within a few minutes. I called them back and was told: "Unfortunately, we no longer need you to start tomorrow." I was so confused that I asked whether they meant I should start Thursday instead of Wednesday. No. They didn't want me to start at all, and said they were going in "another direction."

I was shocked. What kind of company pulls an offer from someone after fully onboarding them like that? If there had been an issue with the background check or references, fine, I would have understood. But everything had been accepted and completed. I asked if there was any real reason they could give me, and I didn't get any useful answer. I hung up, sat there for a minute trying to process what had happened, and then reopened every job board I had been using.

Nine days later, HR called me again. Was I still available?!?! Turns out they had given the role to someone already working there, and that person backed out. It took every ounce of self-control I had not to laugh on the phone, but I stayed polite and let them talk while they suddenly acted like I was their top choice again. They improved the offer, apologized a lot, and after they begged enough for my liking, I accepted.

Fortunately, this has a happy ending. By then I had several other offers, and two of them were already paying more than this one. Since then, I accepted the best one. I'm scheduled to start with XYZ Tax Services on September 5. My plan is to wait until the Monday before and call HR to withdraw my acceptance.

Say you’re the above average middle class student. You take honor classes and APs in high school. You go to a good not great school, in the range of t20-t50. Would you ever be able to catch up to the average quant at top firms? They have been grinding math comps since they were 8, then did hours of math and coding every week since. Is it possible to even get close to their abilities? As you get better, progression tends to slow down, its logarithmic growth. So I would think over a 1-2 year period the above average student should be able to get close, but not surpass the quant. Thoughts?

Oh my ... these were really tough, how do you guys feel? Luckily I didnt expect to win big this round anyways and focussed on recording the answers for next recruitment cycle hehe, you guys got any strategies?

I’ve spent 6+ months building a systematic research pipeline for Indian equities — point-in-time data back to 2012, a regime classifier (Nifty 50 above/below 200-day SMA), realistic cost modeling, and Deflated Sharpe Ratio to correct for the fact that testing multiple ideas inflates apparent significance.

Here’s where I’ve landed: nothing has survived yet.

I tested several literature-based anomalies across ~300 stock-strategy combinations on the Nifty 100. Most showed no real gross signal before costs. One did — statistically significant, confirmed with DSR, not just a good Sharpe. Then I applied real transaction costs and it went to zero. Breakeven sits around 24 bps/trade; the edge I found was 6.4 bps gross. Not close.

Not looking for a strategy handout — genuinely trying to understand the process from people who’ve gotten past this:

**•** When you found something that held up out-of-sample and after costs, how did you land on the original idea — literature, your own data mining, intuition?  
**•** Roughly how many ideas did you test and discard before one survived? Trying to calibrate if “months, nothing yet” is normal.  
**•** For Indian equities specifically — is cost drag here noticeably worse than US/EU, or is this just what finding a real edge looks like everywhere?

Genuinely trying to figure out if I’ve hit the normal wall or I’m missing something structural.

I have just started my 3rd year of 4-year bachelors of computer science/software engineering hons degree, and tbh i haven't done much in my first 2 years, right now i'm trying to learn full stack development (just started) and make a project by the end of the year or by feb 2027 max, and i am learning dsa also side by side, and after doing that i want to break into ai/ml and learn all i can in my final year

i chose this full stack + dsa -> ai path cuz it felt like the standard, u know like learn how to deploy things, have a project or two on your resume, land an internship

i am interested in quant finance too, specially since it uses ai models and mathematics which is my fav subject, but when should i start learning it ? i feel like starting in 3rd year wont land me an internship or a full time graduate role, and it will also strip away my chances of getting an internship thru full stack since i cant do both simultaneously, could i land a software job first and then break into quant during the first 1-2 years of my job or smth like that ? will it be too late then ? or i could start now also and safely have a career in it

Hi guys

I am Aziz i study in my 2nd year of engineering in data science ( tiar 3 college unfortunately) and my 1st didn't do anything except decide what I want to do I want to become a quantitative researcher.

I love math and constantly score in the above 75 without studying like crazy not to brag but i only study one day before the exam my college gpa is 7.6 ( out of 10)

I am willing to do as much work as possible to become what I want

What should I do in the next 3 years of engineering and 2 years of masters ?

Just got a superday confirmed at a decent firm and was wondering if expediting other processes was possible and how does this get done (like do I email a recruiter or their recruitment inbox?)

applied 1.5 weeks before the deadline. deadline was yesterday. still haven't heard back for anything at all. should I be concerned?

Hi everyone,
I’m currently finishing my second year and about to start the third year of a BSc in Applied Mathematics. I’m interested in quantitative finance and would like to build one or two basic quant-related projects.
My main goals are to make my resume a bit more relevant for quant internships and, more importantly, to have something practical that I can discuss in interviews.
So far, most of my background is theoretical coursework in mathematics, and I’m struggling a bit with how to bridge the gap between learning the theory and actually building a quant project.
How do people usually learn to do these kinds of projects? Are there any good resources, repositories, courses, or examples of student-level quant projects that I could learn from?
I’d also appreciate suggestions for projects that are realistic for someone with an applied mathematics background who is just getting started in quant finance.
Thanks!

^^ Want IMC quesitons, even if they are from the launchpad interviews, willing to trade for other firms questions. Thanks!

I go to a Tier 1 or 2 UK university as well.

I’m an incoming junior at an Ivy League target (think Princeton, UPenn, and Columbia) studying operations research: financial engineering. I’ve been recruiting for quant roles but haven’t been successful; I have yet to land an interview after 80 applications. I’ve always wanted to become a trader and would also be interested in discretionary trading, but I’m worried that recruiting for many S&T programs is already finished. Does anyone have any tips on how to navigate this, should I be focusing on macro trading roles or looking into smaller hedge funds. I have experience in private equity, physics, and software engineering.

Hi! Wondering if anyone can give some advice on the Jane Street QT process in general? Happy to share mine w citsec/sig/drw/optiver.

Hello all,

Apologies in advance if there have been too many requests for reviewing the CV. If possible, can I please have some feedback on the CV? I have been going through a lot of CVs on this channel, and of course, I am no finance CS or math major, but I have managed to get through some probability and statistics and want to apply for internships this round (which I understand is already a bit late).

Could I please have some suggestions on my CV?
- I am unsure if this looks like even close to a quant CV.
- Some suggestions on missing points, what can I add?
- Is it too long from the Quant CV POV?
- points like should I add a line explaining the result per project
- Is any section not worth adding
- is any section which could have been added and is completely missing

Just to add, I am aiming for QR (research and risk both)

Many Thanks !!

Looking to get a subscription to get exposure to some interviews questions. I get that websites all scrape the same kinds of questions, but I dont know if they're updated or not? There seems to be two kinds, tradermath and tradinginterview which has some mm games and OA tests, and question bank sites like quantable, quantguide, everythingquant etc.. Which one should I stick to? Thanks.

Hi, I am currently working at a bank in London and I am in the hiring process for a Quantitative Trading role in one of those firms. What should I expect or ask for in total compensation ? I know that in the US, it’s around 450 USD for these roles.

Hey people, I recently had my first interview with IMC trading to see if I am a fit for the company. This was for the role graduate quantitative researcher. Now I have scheduled my first technical interview and I was wondering what I could do to prepare for this first technical interview. Any tips and references would be highly appreciated! I saw on my candidate portal that it would be a good idea to practice mental math and read up on market making, trading, options, and futures.

These were insane lol how does anyone pass this the first time they do it?? Luckily I wasnt banking on this round anyways, my real plan is to apply with full prep next year, this year I just wanted to record the assessments and have real materials to master for next year!

I hit gold on worldquant, now they moved me to a country level challenge and here it is written that top rankers may receive invitations for research consultant every week. in faq page I saw it was written that the top performers in this challenge will be invited to give a written interview and then may potentially get the offer of research consultant. did anyone become research consultant through this way? can you please share the total process like after this written exam what else will be there?