I would also interested in thisI will start in february, so I will have to sort out the rent, and it's bloody expensive in the docklandswhat do the majority of people in the wharf do??

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: OdusseusHmmm... Prime brokerage is quite different from Equity sales if you are marketing the bank's platform!well this is part of the equity sales team, dedicated to big institutionals and hedge funds, so part of the bigger dep that is called prime brokerage there, may...

<t>I have an offer from a bb bank, it is sales for a primebrokerage departement, mainly sales for pure cash equities, but was told that it is possible to move to equity derivaties sales afterwards.can any of you share of any experience of a switch between difeerent products, be it sales or anything ...

what are the possibilities of moving the other "way", say one is a strategist/trader in a "big" fund, what are the opportunities to move to a FO desk, or a prop desk, I guess prop is feasible, but what about the rest

<t>just a question.I have an Msc in QF, and thinking of starting to look for a job soon.The thing is I'm not very interested by pricing or risk (validation...), but more by strategy and modelling in hedge fund/ prop desks environement, but all I can see in the job ads is the experience being an impo...

<t>guys I'm doing an MSc in finmath in a top 10 uni, but the problem with it is they're bloody stingy, no brochures for example, some cheap-lecturers that can hardly speak english (but good at maths) and no c++ (a bit if eviews and matlab)but to top up the matter, there's not even the slightest effo...

does the knowledge of people inthe industry help when it comes to entry level positions??I've got some contacts of a VP (not a CEO though) but he knows someone I know, so I was thinking of a way to get in touch and eventually in the near future ask for help??any advice on that

<t>well the first round was more intelligence focused, got less than a question about my CV and then straight to problems. I got a LOT of them, more than you can expect in 45 minutes, but as twofish said the quicker you are the more you get, and maybe waisting a bit of time thinking isn't a bad idea...

any views on what comes next?? I heard GS do 3 phone interviews and then they move to on siteI had my second one a while ago and was thinking of preparing to the next round (if I've gone through that is).Olegs, thanks you've got it right 2nd round is 80% about QF.cheers

anyone??

olegs: 2d round ~20% about QF so what was the other 80% about??and how many other rouns should I expect?cheers

anyone could shed some light on what would the second interview be emphasinzing on??that's for a strategy group, and I haven't got a PhD (maybe that would soften them )cheers

anyone heard from the MS analyst program, consolidated equities that is???I know people that got the rejection mail a while ago, but I'm still waiting, and no news yet, anyone??cheers

How is working as a futures broker like?? a typical day, pay, intellectual challenge......Can anyone shed some light on that?thanks

is ABN still considered that BAD, or is it viewed better after its restructuring??