<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: INFIDELFor model validation, would I be expected to be so proficient in the theory and practice that I could essentially reproduce the model?Ideally you would but reality is alsways quite different from ideal QuoteWhat computer languages and software packages are most c...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: mj in other words they just hired vladimir and jon gregoryHaving met both I'd go work with the first one but not the second unless you like to be a slave Though EQTY derivatives should be someone else...They might be good but not very selective - they also hired a trade...

BTW, if your interview is in Chicago do you really want to go from the airport by cab?It may be not the fastest way...

I came to their office in Chicago by car. Received a check two months later (~$50 for parking&fuel)

I met almost all people in their NY group during my interviwing process with them. PM me if you want to know something particular.

<t>From "junior quant salaries" thread it follows that there should be at least one physicist (with no finance experience originally) who's got starting salary £80k. There are two other physics PhDs that I know personally who became quants with starting salaries £50k and £60k. Could be interesting t...

Thanks for reply, Richard.If they put an actual salary in advertisement, some UK PhDs may reply And would "Assistant Vice President" (without "to") look better on CV? (I hope I won't need to change job soon but everything can happen...)Ezhik.

<t>About relocation possibilities:From my experience companies in US will pay for your trip (inside US) if they like you during phone interviews,but to get an interview in London I had to come to London myself. Only after banks decided that they would most probably hire me,they have started to pay f...

<t>Just a quick overview of the situation: some years ago physics PhD could find a job in finance without any knowledge in this field. Now it is much harder and you are expected at least to read Hull book. You should take into account that you will compete with a lot of other PhDs (mostly math and p...

<t>Could anyone advise me on how imortant is a title for a first job? I have to choose between Quantitative Financial Analyst/Assistant Vice President and Graduate Trainee positions taking into account that the starting salary is exactly the same and both jobs are quite interesting. My first concern...

<t>Quote integrals in expectations. E(X) = integral of X times f(X), they just gave me a complicated one. You mean f(x) was such that you need some tricks to take an integral?Quotepuzzle question ... well, they asked "if I have 2 kids, one of them is a boy, what is the probablity that the other kid ...

<t>I have a PhD though not in CF. I don't know what they expect me to do - they invited me for interview in NY after one phone talk, where they asked some simple programming/probability questions. I was surprised since I thought I did very bad - thinking too long about elementary questions etc. The ...

Thanks a lot myTT!!! By integrals do you mean stochastic or deterministic?And algorithms - did you have to write them on paper, or could you use computer?Any "puzzle"-kind problems?

<t>I also think market is picking up. I sent my CVs to HHs last winter/spring with practically no reply. And now they've started to call me myTT, thanks for information, I expected something like this. How hard were questions, can you give some examples?Was it specified in which group this intern po...

There is not too much information about Blackrock on this forum How is their financial modeling group?What do they ask on interview?Anyone is going to interview with them this month?