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by esthesm
August 30th, 2011, 9:32 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: What to tell a head hunter
Replies: 4
Views: 19370

What to tell a head hunter

<t>I think that if the recruiter wants to work with you, you need to give him/her which places you applied for or interviewed with. My experience has been that most recruiters needed the information to work with me and did help. But some from big name recruiting firms just snatched the info about wh...
by esthesm
August 30th, 2011, 2:59 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Need advice on strategic moves
Replies: 0
Views: 18348

Need advice on strategic moves

by esthesm
August 12th, 2011, 9:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What's the funniest ever episode of Seinfeld?
Replies: 28
Views: 82485

What's the funniest ever episode of Seinfeld?

It is hard to say which is the funniest. One episode that comes to my mind immediately is"The little kicks" in which Elaine shows some dance skills, George acts like a bad boy to keep a girl interested and Jerry gets involved in bootlegging due to a friend of Kramer's.
by esthesm
July 31st, 2011, 5:47 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: quantitative risk management vs. derivative pricing
Replies: 1
Views: 19373

quantitative risk management vs. derivative pricing

<t>Hello guys,I would like to get some information regarding differences in the two types of work.Two questions that come to mind immediately are,1) Is quantitative risk management work similar to model validation? 2) How difficult would it be to move from quant risk management to derivative pricing...
by esthesm
July 27th, 2011, 3:48 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Conditional Expectation Problem
Replies: 15
Views: 40963

Conditional Expectation Problem

<t>I think you need to first find a conditional probability for Xand compute the expectationThis will give the expectation as a function of x, then find the bounds ofthat function?The problem on pp.40 of Zhou's book is solved for x=0 case with a smallmistake which was addressed by him on the book's ...
by esthesm
July 26th, 2011, 12:08 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Direct approach to hiring managers
Replies: 5
Views: 19470

Direct approach to hiring managers

Thanks Dominic and bearish for insights.
by esthesm
July 25th, 2011, 7:29 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Direct approach to hiring managers
Replies: 5
Views: 19470

Direct approach to hiring managers

<t>Hello guys,I am wondering whether or not approaching hiring managers directly is a viable method for quant job search. For example, one could try to contact a head of quant group directly (and politely) in linkedin. I guess I am curious to know how this behavior would be seen by those on the hiri...