how about just matlab's own benchmark test:benchor bench(n) where n is a small integer (like 3 or 4) to repeat the test n times.This also tests your graphics capabilities.QuoteOriginally posted by: PlasticSaberI am feeling happy with my £400.feeling happy without your £400!

<t>I had a phone interview for Constellation last year - they were more interested on what was on your CV. In detail on your Maths and science experience... "can you go into more details for us" , "can you go into EVEN MORE details for us". Then there were some standard brainteasers and that was abo...

<r>A lot of the headhunters in London or New York also get Japanese posts, specially when the position they are trying to fill requires no Japanese language. I had an interview with Goldman Sachs Tokyo that was organised through Selby-Jennings. You can also try <URL url="http://www.gaijinpot.com/job...

excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by "efficient frontiers"?

<t>QuoteThe hard thing for me in finding a job was not technical skills, the hard thing was learning to talk to people on the phone, giving a sales pitch, trying to put myself in the mind of the customer, following up leads, trying to figure out what the heck is going on.More and more, I'm coming to...

QuoteRealistically, if you have a Msc\Phd and still aren't getting interviews\offers etc. you probably aren't up to scratch, it is a very competitive field after all.So, you're saying I should just give up, go back to Australia, and find work on a mine somewhere?

<r>QuoteWeren't there a couple of Nobel Prize winners from that place a few years ago? Seems to ring a bell.SureQuoteEducate yourself on what is out there that you would like to do, then polish your skills to focus on interviewing for those specific roles. To this end, read Mark Joshi's guide to bec...

Morgan McKinley?or search seek.com.au or monster.com.au for the types of jobs you want and look at who is doing the hiring. Then contact those firms directly.

<t>Isn't the whole purpose of brainteasers to evaluate logical thinking and problem solving. If you use problems/topics that the candidate has seen before you're also evaluating experience and memory. Ideally its best done on a problem that the candidate has never seen before. But as you say, its pr...

<t>me? University of Western Australia is where I did my PhD, and then University of Tokyo for my postdoc (but don't get me started on this whole "reputation of educational institution" thing)My PhD was in semiconductor devices (and the postdoc in quantum physics of semiconductor devices). The maths...

<t>I've seen you write that before about ignoring the cost, DCFC, but it doesn't make the situation any easier. As a % of my entire previous and current income its huge.I guess the main concern is whether there are alternate approaches that would save money and not take too long... I'm not getting a...

<t>Would I be crazy to enroll in the CQF as a way of getting into quant finance? without ever even having had a job in a finance related field? Or would this be seen as a positive and proactive approach?My main stumbling block would be the cost... might have to live like a pauper for the next year <...

QuoteOriginally posted by: qgy456However, it seems that the life expenses should be close to London and NY. Is it right?Actually no, Tokyo is generally cheaper in terms of everyday expenses, some would say much cheaper

<t>Thanks guys - At a loss for anywhere suitable to put it I've mentioned it in my 'hobbies and other interests' section where I already had 'travel'On a different note ZmeiGorynych, I was just checking out your web page and noticed "Books on Quantitative Finance Worked Through" on your 'relevant sk...