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On Becoming a Quant

Mark Joshi presents a helpful guide on making your way in the world of Quantitative Finance.

3/5

 
What Quants Don't Learn at College

Emanuel Derman says it is essential for the aspiring super-quant to overlay theoretical knowledge with pragmatic common sense.

3/5

 
Career.edu

Job Board for the Academic and Research Community.

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PhDs.org

The goal of the site is help students to prepare for the changing demands of today's job market and to provide a voice for early career scientists.

4/5

 
Quant Finance Book Forum

Mark Joshi's Discussion Forum for Quant Finance Books, Jobs and Courses including sections on: Interview questions, getting your first job and general technical discussion.

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10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers

Job seekers do themselves a disservice when they send out resumes with more information than they need.

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MBA Quant Experience

Helping prospective students to understand the quantitative demands of the MBA first year.

2/5

 
Mergers and Inquisitions

Mergers and Inquisitions was launched after the author realized the web lacked good, free resources on investment banking, finance jobs and career advice in general for college students and recent graduates.

3/5

 
Finding a Job in Finance (pdf)

Emanuel Derman gives careers advice to those seeking a job in today’s finance markets. You’ll have to have plenty of education, and intuition too.

5/5

 
Six Steps To Your First Hedge Fund Job

Breaking into the hedge fund industry is not easy. If you are fresh out of school or have not worked in the industry before, it usually takes some explicit networking, focused internships or past investment experience before a hedge fund employment opportunity will present itself to you. Richard Wilson offers 6 tips.

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64 Interview Questions

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Making the Career Transition From Academia to Wall Street

Emanuel Derman writes for CareerJournal.com

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CareerJournal

Executive Careers hint, tips and resources at the Wall Street Journal.

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Quant Career Guide

This is a blog style resource from the author of "Starting Your Career as a Wall Street Quant" (due out in summer 2007.

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Akash Bandyopadhyay: From Theoretical Physics to Finance

In this interview Akash Bandyopadhyay explains how he made the transition from Natural Science to Financial Economics and become a faculty member atone of the world's top business schools in a short span of only five years.

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Quantitative finance job interviews - Reading list (pdf)

Compiled by Karhan Akcoglu and hosted at Yale.

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Interview Preparation for Junior Quants (pdf)

A Short Guide from Doug Ward and Tony Ofori at Michael Page.

5/5

 
Quant Career Guide Blog

Practical, No-BS Advice on Launching a Lucrative Career in Quantitative Finance.

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How to Write a Resume

This page provides advice and tips on writing resumes. A clean, concise, easy-to-read resume can greatly increase your chances of landing a job interview.

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Sample Questions for Quantitative Finance Interviews

Compiled at MoneyScience.

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Dominic's Blog at Wilmott

Dominic's guide to getting a job in Quantitative Finance.

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Quantitative Finance: A Career Guide

This article tries to give a gentle, and somewhat idiosyncratic, introduction to finance and financial markets by looking at them from a number of different perspectives.

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So you'd like to... Become a Credit Quant

This page is designed to illustrate some of the best and most accessible books on Credit Risk at both the asset level and portfolio level.

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Banking vs. Trading: Breaking into Wall Street

Roger Ehrenberg answers some questions from readers over on his blog, Information Arbitrage.

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Careers in Corporate Finance: An Overview

From Careers-in-business.com

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Where Do I Fit In?

Thinking about a career in the investment banking industry? Wondering which divisions might be most interesting to you? Don't know where to begin? Take this Quiz at Goldman Sachs.

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How to hire a junior quant

Nowadays there are dozens of guides telling you what to expect in an interview, how to prepare, what to wear etc. In other words they are all written from an interviewee’s standpoint. Here's something from the other side of the game.

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