What would this look like on a resume?
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sasquatch
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What would this look like on a resume?
When you're ready to interview, let me know and I'll see what I can do to help you out.
"To be, or not to be... ei, ei oh." - Jim Ignatowski, Taxi
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JoeC
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What would this look like on a resume?
Some people never missed class, someone people always read the books - some did both, some did neither(bad strategy).
Like any strategy or portfolio you should have some ballance in your preperation. Taking an interview as a Risk Arb quant role, without knowing anything and Risk Arb isn't a very good strategy.
Knowledge is one major factor, creditionals another, communication (written and verbal), and developing interviewing strategies as well (very hard to do with a very low n of interviews is low).
Rather than doing a huge block of studying for a single round of interviews you may consider using shortly intervals of preperation, interviewing, debriefing(if it didn't go well - or even if it did), or negotiating.
Backtesting interviews you haven't taken yet is not a real world strategy I'd suggest investing that kind of time in. That doesn't mean reading Hull, Fabozzi, the Financial Times, or whatever isn't a good use of time. At some point you need to practice game day performance as well.
Feel free to email if you want to discuss it more, but I'd suggest studying/practicing the whole hiring/selection as part of your career development strategy.
Like any strategy or portfolio you should have some ballance in your preperation. Taking an interview as a Risk Arb quant role, without knowing anything and Risk Arb isn't a very good strategy.
Knowledge is one major factor, creditionals another, communication (written and verbal), and developing interviewing strategies as well (very hard to do with a very low n of interviews is low).
Rather than doing a huge block of studying for a single round of interviews you may consider using shortly intervals of preperation, interviewing, debriefing(if it didn't go well - or even if it did), or negotiating.
Backtesting interviews you haven't taken yet is not a real world strategy I'd suggest investing that kind of time in. That doesn't mean reading Hull, Fabozzi, the Financial Times, or whatever isn't a good use of time. At some point you need to practice game day performance as well.
Feel free to email if you want to discuss it more, but I'd suggest studying/practicing the whole hiring/selection as part of your career development strategy.
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am3822
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What would this look like on a resume?
Hi,
I apologize in advance for this slight thread-hijacking, but I am roughly in the same situation as Roland, so instead of starting a new thread I'd thought I'd post here.
I, too, am a post-doc (applied math), my m.sc. and ph.d. were finite-elements/matlab and now I'm doing finite-difference/fortran. At present I'm about halfway into a one-year position.
I've started looking at Hull and Shreve's books and I would greatly appreciate any piece of advice regarding how to best make use of the time I have before starting an active job-search, find the niche in which I have the most to offer, and of course the job-search itself.
I apologize in advance for this slight thread-hijacking, but I am roughly in the same situation as Roland, so instead of starting a new thread I'd thought I'd post here.
I, too, am a post-doc (applied math), my m.sc. and ph.d. were finite-elements/matlab and now I'm doing finite-difference/fortran. At present I'm about halfway into a one-year position.
I've started looking at Hull and Shreve's books and I would greatly appreciate any piece of advice regarding how to best make use of the time I have before starting an active job-search, find the niche in which I have the most to offer, and of course the job-search itself.
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sasquatch
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What would this look like on a resume?
I suggest you use the search function as these questions have been addressed many times in the past. Then, if you have something specific, ask by starting a separate thread.
"To be, or not to be... ei, ei oh." - Jim Ignatowski, Taxi
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am3822
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What would this look like on a resume?
Thanks, I shall do so.