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by Gortak
October 1st, 2010, 9:38 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: quant interview questions
Replies: 35
Views: 33671

quant interview questions

<t>I just bought Mark Joshis Quant Job interview questions.Going thru the questions, I find them really hard to solve. I am able to solve 25% without my books and maybe another 33% with my books and a lot of time. And there are some questions, where I do not understand the solutions!I have nerver ha...
by Gortak
July 10th, 2010, 8:23 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: envelope question
Replies: 17
Views: 39347

envelope question

I have 2 envelopes. One contains an amount X, the other contains 2X.I give you an envelope at random. You open it, and find 10.Do you want to keep it, or swap it for the other envelope ?
by Gortak
July 3rd, 2009, 11:58 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: What happened to the "character poll" fro wilmott.com?
Replies: 2
Views: 37560

What happened to the "character poll" fro wilmott.com?

I think it was a kind of the Coursey test and I would be interested in the outcome. I was 100% N and 88% T-classical Nerd without any social skills.Where can I find it? I was supposed to be published on wilmott.com
by Gortak
June 15th, 2009, 6:08 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?
Replies: 12
Views: 40404

help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?

@trackstarwhat should I expect from these conferences? network? skills? Most are much too expensive for me and I doubt that my employer will pay for it.
by Gortak
June 12th, 2009, 1:05 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?
Replies: 12
Views: 40404

help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?

<t>@Papercut, havent tried the "full frontal assault" yet. Hope my chances will be better after I can put all these letters(CFA,CQF) into my resumee and I plan to stay in my current job until I finished the CQF. I am just scared that even 20K Euros and 2,5 Years studying will not help me to get any ...
by Gortak
June 10th, 2009, 12:38 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?
Replies: 12
Views: 40404

help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?

<t>I took all quantitative courses that were available for economists. Time series analysis, Regression analysis and all basic maths. But that was years ago.And to keep my brain alive, I worked thru some books about quant finance(wilmott on quant finance,Hull,... tried shireav, but that was quite di...
by Gortak
June 10th, 2009, 10:45 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?
Replies: 12
Views: 40404

help me to get out of this hell...or is it too late?

<t>My desperate cry for help:I am stuck in a underpaid job, am massively overskilled and every day the thumb tasks are killing my brain.To give you a short overview over my CV:2001-2002 OTC Broker (leading London based broker)2002-2003 Futures Trader at unknown small bank2003-2006 consultant for com...
by Gortak
April 18th, 2009, 7:48 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: *deleted*
Replies: 0
Views: 39802

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by Gortak
December 14th, 2008, 3:21 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: math primer books for the cqf
Replies: 2
Views: 46915

math primer books for the cqf

thanks,I know about the math primer but I am sitting for the Level3 CFA exam in June, so there will be very small time to do the math primer.I would prefer to do some math now, while the pressure from the cfa exam is still low.
by Gortak
December 14th, 2008, 11:41 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: math primer books for the cqf
Replies: 2
Views: 46915

math primer books for the cqf

<t>hi,I am planning to do the cqf in june 09. Could anyone recommend a good book to refresh my math skills?I studied economics and put as many math courses as possible, but I am not sure what level of math is required to start the cqf.I already read a primer for financial engineering from stefanica ...