London is nice. I like London.But I am not based there at present.Should I still apply to places in London?

<t>I am an Indian citizen, who did his PhD in the US. I am looking to go back to India, and I am wondering which firms employ quants in India?I looked up Wilmott and found a thread that was in 2003.Many people there had said, the market was very fragmented, with a few jobs scattered here and there, ...

<r>I am on a similar boat. I know what you are going through.I am thinking Singapore and Hong Kong might be worth a try.Also, see this thread.<URL url="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid=93911"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm? ... adid=93911">http://...

So, how does this work, if I am not physically present in London?Is the US office going to do a face to face interview?Because if I apply for an US position, presumably it is for a job in a team within the US.So,even if I get a job, they will simply have to reject me because of the visa.

<t>Thanks. Thats good to hear.I think visa wise UK will work better for me, than the US right now.But to obtain a job in the UK sitting in US is going to be a challenge, unless its a bank with operations in UK and US, which can send me to its UK office. Convincing them would be the tough part, as I ...

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Thanks. I understand. Its a vicious cycle. Well, I can only try my best.

<t>I am in a tricky situation right now. I am doing a postdoc in Engg. in an US univ, and in OPT. I am looking to get a job in Quant finance, and am in an immigration mess now, in addition to a job search mess.If I can't get a H1B in the time window when the visa cap is reached this year (which shou...

Do they take non-CS PhDs as software engineers?Quantitative PhD+ couple of years as quant, is that a CV that google will consider?