<t>Thanks for the replies!RiskCapital, this will be my first job, I'm going to finish my PhD this year.Elio, thanks a lot for the comments. Risk Management is my first choice at the moment. Some insiders described this job as "labour work, same thing repeated everyday". I am in doubt, because the ba...

<t>I have recently been to an assessment centre at a major bank for IBD. It was nice experience although I have been unsuccessful. I have some feedbacks from them:Strong analytical and quantitative skills, good judgement and decision makingLack of industry focus and business awareness.In addition, s...

Any Investment bank or Hedge fund in Manchester, UK?

DCFC, may I ask? If you were here at my position, how would you "adjust" your PhD to be more useful as a quant?

Many thanks Spice, you really encouraged me to move forward!

<t>I am at the University of Manchester.C++ will be included in my research work very shortly in the future. As my ultimate aim is to develop a commercial predictive software, Fortran/C++ mixed programming must be used.I am studying the Wilmott's book "paul wilmott introduces quantitative finance", ...

Thank you very much for the advice. Do you mean that I should do an MFE after PhD, and deposit enough maths and finance knowledge before getting into quant desk? Is that possible to get an intern chance during my current PhD program?

<t>I am a civil engineering PhD (UK, not top universities), now in my 2nd year. I am recently considering moving into I-Banks as a quant after graduation. My general situations:1, My PhD project is mainly about mathematical modeling, I use PDE and finite difference method in the models. 2, I use FOR...