<t>due to the xmas period, they were very slow with sending the contracts, and told me until I sign the contracts, I can still drop out.However, I have signed everything last week and am happy the job search is finally over.Either way, I'm sure I'll learn a lot, and it's a great starting point - AVP...

to katastrofa:they didn't specify exactly - all interview questions were on C++, but one guy said he just used VBA, and others said: "You can use C++, if you want to."I simply don't understand whether this is an actual quant role, or not. Although all employees are PhDs.

<t>Thanks, and just to be clearer, the bank is a european tier 1 investment bank in London (doesn't leave too many choices!) and the salary is in the higher end of the 60-70k range.Just to be clear, from what I understand, this particularly role involves validating capital requirement models, althou...

<t>Hi,I have recently been made an attractive offer for a risk validating role from a Tier 1 investment bank,and the position is essentially model validation, but they said it's model validation for anything that thebank is doing but not derivatives pricing.Is this an attractive role? Too far displa...

<t>Hi,I have recently been applying for quant jobs in London, and have found it difficult.1)Even if you make it through several rounds for FO jobs, I almost always get told:"We need someone with 1-3 years experience." and if they don't say that, they still hire someone like that.There also seem to b...

<t>The interview style is less technical, that's for sure, but still a variety of questions on maths, options and basic C++.Re Gamal:I already have a PhD but not in math finance, and have pretty much no experience, just did reading myself.I have been struggling with getting FO or MV jobs, always fal...

thanks, Gamal.I should have been more precise:I'm entry level, and they i've heard the range is 50-70 starting base.Would that be right? Also, do these companies pay bonuses?

<t>Thanks, everyone.So one of the positions is to be a 'consultant', supposedly sitting between the hard dev/quant people and the sales people/clients.Is that any good for learning about derivatives and coding? Or would you hinder your future career as a quant?The companies make it sound like you wo...

<t>Hi,I have seen job postings for the like of SunGuard, FINCAD and Super Derivatives.Does anyone know about these and what it's like to work for one of those as comparedwith investment banks?Is it generally less demanding and less rewarding. I heard their analytics are not as advanced, youwon't lea...

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HiI'm looking to start a career in algo trading in HK, does anyone know any headhunters there?Thanks!

thanks, but what is VIE? sorry for my ignorance.

HiI'm looking to start a career in algo trading in HK, does anyone know any headhunters there?Thanks!

sorry, punkfanatic3000, I saw your post was empty, could you resend it?I assume you have the location of the other thread?thanks!

sorry, I couldn't find the other thread using the title, could someone help? I'm also quite interested in the area.