<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ArthurDentQuoteOriginally posted by: quantfishWhat I am afraid of is, if I don't find a burger in due time, I am starved to death.Finance is filled with career changers. NY is also filled with unemployed people. Better to join the first group than the second.Being in NY...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: quantfish1. accept the offer and move to west coast, and look for quant positions in a year or even earlier. But I will be far away from NYC then. Is that gonna be an issue? Will this work experience make me better positioned for a quan...

QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesQuoteOriginally posted by: twofishSomething is better than nothing. Technical job experience is good. be careful about taking advice from 2Fish unless you want to become like he is. what exactly?

What I am afraid of is, if I don't find a burger in due time, I am starved to death.

<t>Hi guys,some updates. I got an offer from an engineering firm on west coast. The position itself needs a lot of c++ and mathematical skills. In this case, I have two options:1. accept the offer and move to west coast, and look for quant positions in a year or even earlier. But I will be far away ...

<t>a quant position. I didn't really have many quant onsite experience, shouldI go to Canada for the onsite interview to gain some onsite interview experience?I still plan to work in US however. I am not US citizen, so I need a visa to enter Canada, wonder if it is worth the trouble. Any opinions on...

i am just curious, but have most of the fresh phds found a job or haven't they?any opinions?

I assume you would have to be a student of NYU or columbia to get those interviews?

<t>thank you guys for the replies. Doing more preparation is definitely always necessary, which I will certainly do. maybe I am still not good enough in those interviews, at leastnot good enough in this tough market. I am thinking that maybe I can also try some more developer type positions instead ...

<t>This is my situation. I am a EE Phd from a mid-ranking school and have been lookingfor almost six months. I had >10 phone interviews (mostly IBs) for quant positions, most of them I answered the questions pretty well. But I had only one onsite with amajor IB and didn't get the offer. Since my OPT...

my own experience:I posted my resume on p&d and also sent to pd,but never got any reply or call from recruiter.

I have a upcoming interview with them, the quant researcher position.Any suggestions or comments will be great.Thanks a lot

How did u apply? Their career website says no openings currently....

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DominicConnorAs of last week we are recruiting for BB, though not for the roles they do through the web site, so I can't easily judge why quantfish didn't get through.I will say that BB seems to hire for pretty much every type of work, from quants through physical secur...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: louist1013WH Trading was at a job fair I attended along with lots of top Chicago-area prop shops. Given they were there competing against DRW, CTC, SIG, Peak6, and some others, I assume they are legit. They also seemed legit when I spoke with them, and I actually got a ...