<t>I have a similar experience with interviewers: they claim to be looking for smart people with good problem skills and so on, but when you start actually showing your potential (eg by solving the silly brainteasers they usually ask) they almost seem to feel pain and if you pass that obstacle, you ...

<t>Well, based on my own job hunting experience, it seems to be picking up a little (the job market that is, I can't comment on the Dow). I've had only an interview a month on average for the last several months, and now all of a sudden, three in a single week. Of course, it could be a coincidence. ...

i met some of them briefly and wasn't impressed. the 'hotshot' type. might be good after all, though.

<t>I know that if you want to be a master of the universe, but have unexpectedly failed once, you need to wait for a while to be able to try again (something like 6 months or so). Of course, you should be the best person to tell if it is a good idea to try again, since you know why it didn't work th...

<t>>>Why are manhole covers round? And, no, the anwer is not so that they can be rolled.I believe you have to be mentally challenged to ask a question like that. I would never ask/answer this. Anyway, I don't understand what the idea is with this interviewing technique of asking someone to solve pro...

there's no formula, or at least it depends on the pool of people taking the test every year. there are tables at the gmat website giving you the conversion table (i believe www.gmat.com)

It's entirely up to you. Michigan is a good enough school for you to get an interview. The rest is up to how you perform.

Why not just use CGI with a db lib that you can get from the web for free (eg cgic)--you get to use your skills in C++ that you already have.

<t>J: You are right on the money! Although my friend is strong in Math, he has been focusing on Stochastic finance lately. The questions he got asked were more in pure math (not advanced). He said he did ok on those and excellent on all finance/stochastics-related questions. He is still waiting to h...

-- Vincent, I think I agree with fc more: quant interviews are not very much about your personality. A friend of mine had an interview at one of the big ibanks and spent an entire day solving problems...-- cekpet-Thanks, this book looks like what I had in mind

<t>Hi all,I have an interview coming up and came to this forum to look for questions asked at quant interviews. I was unable to find much.How about people who have had an interview recently sharing the questions they were asked on the forum? I think this will be useful to many people. We can have a ...

<t>1)--since you don't have any experience you would naturally need to apply to analyst positions; you can of course try as associate, but will likely be disappointed. you are actually very likely to be disappointed in the first case either. I just feel you should realize how difficult it is to get ...

<t>It is idealistic to think that you'll get a job in a hedge fund or similar through the business school. While not entirely impossible, these kinds of jobs don't usually make it to the business school and if they do, you are not permitted to 'bid' for an interview, which means you will not get one...