<t>Hi, I am trying to find out what people think of the Fixed Income division (credit risk quants in particular) of Bank of America. How does it compare with similar divisions in other banks? I have been told in some quarters that there are very good people there (Andersen, Andreasen) and know that ...

<t>Hi all,I am looking to find out how much working hours in investment banks vary according to the department you are in. What and where are the longest/shortest hours. Am I correct in assuming that if the department is more research-oriented that the hours will be less and that there will be fewer...

Hi all,I was wondering if anybody knows of a good book with common interview questions for quant analyst positions. I know of "Heard On The Street..." but would like to find out if there are other (possibly better) books out there.Thanks,E

Hi all,I would be grateful if someone could let me know the name of a good dictionary/glossary of financial terms, preferably one that can be found on-line as well.Many thanks,E

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<t>Hi all,I was wondering if anybody here has interviewed for quant/trader roles at the D.E. Shaw group and, if so, do they have any pointers they would like to give to prospective interviewees? Also, I would be interested in getting people's views on this firm's standing etc. Any comments welcome.T...

<t>Hi all,I am trying to find out when the best time to apply for quant roles might be -- "best" presumably meaning when such roles are at their most numerous. I was under the impression that the numbers peak around this time of the year (possibly because of the end of the academic year?). Any comme...

<t>Hi all,As the title says I am looking for MATLAB code for bivariate normal cumulative distribution function, i.e. given x,y and a correlation rho I want to find Bnorm(x,y,rho). I was hoping someone might have this or know were to point me to find it. Any help greatly appreciated.Kind regards,E </t>