<t>What is the best (simplest) interest rate model that can be used to implement a mean-reverting, stochastic volatility binomial tree?I'm looking for something simple to implement so that I can plug in the forward rates and forward vols to create the tree. Also, I'm not pricing bonds or derivatives...

<t>A related question:Why is it so difficult to get a phone number for an investment bank's careers office or human resources?I've been searching Morgan Stanley's and there doesn't seem to be a specific e-mail or phone number. Do they really hate people calling them, or do they just expect you call ...

<t>What are some of your favorite books in quantitative finance (besides Hull)?Specifically I'm looking for a good book that teaches financial engineering and C++ together (not an intro to C++, but also doesn't assume you're an advanced programmer in C++),I'm also a book with common quant interview ...

<t>I have an upcoming interview at a ratings agency dealing with credit policy.I just graduated with an MFE and know the basics of quant work, but what specifically does a job at a ratings agency require and what skills are used? I suspect that I should be brushing up on stats? Time-series? Credit d...

I want to know more about these secret recruiters that are hard to find. Can somebody tell me how to find them?They are really really secret.

I get emails from recruiters all the time, but they don't seem to be part of the top tier of quant recruiters. Do quants have to reach out to them to be considered.

<t>Sending out resumes is easy. It's the cover letters that get me.And don't sneer at an interview with DE Shaw. They always lure me in with some sort of "Liberal arts major worked his way up from our mail room to the front office" nonsense, and then they ask me to fill out a form that has a box to ...

When you meet with recruiters do you have to dress up, or can I just wear jeans and a t-shirt?I have a meeting with one Monday and I don't want to go to the cleaners if I don't have to, especially if the jobs are fake.

What is the purpose of second phone interviews if I'm in the same city as the job is? Does this mean that I am going to be interviewed by someone else?

Anybody know of any good recruiters then?

Yes!, just in time for me to graduate in Spring 2010.White American Male 1Rest of Ya'll 0

<t>I just received admission and a sizable fellowship to an MSFE that's not one of the top schools (i.e. Berkeley, CMU, NYU).I was wondering if most Masters programs offer fellowships to their students and approximately what percentage of the admitted students receive them.Has anybody here received ...

Well, it's a telephone interview, if that means anything.

Hi,I have an admissions interview to a MSFE program next week. Is this just going to be a chat or do these usually have math questions? It's only 20 minutes long and I don't believe that the person conducting the interview is a professor.

Finally, a reason to use weather derivatives.