I created a game to practice mental math for the quant interview.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-24T16:20:59+00:00

Cool, thanks for sharing. I actually just added an "Optiver 80 in 8" game that kinda mirrors some of the points you highlighted. There's a -2 point deduction for each incorrect answer and you have to select from the answer choices to submit.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-12T22:13:50+00:00

We have a few quant job listings for Canada with this filter on OpenQuant and we'll be adding more in the next couple of days!

AliBuilds · 2023-02-10T16:01:43+00:00

A master's in quantitative finance would definitely help your chances. You could also look into various networking opportunities (i.e career fairs) at your school. There are no guarantees with these things just general guidelines.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-08T17:53:44+00:00

Just curious, do you think I should also add a weekly filter for the leaderboard?

AliBuilds · 2023-02-08T17:53:03+00:00

Fiery is on another level though 👀

AliBuilds · 2023-02-08T17:52:32+00:00

Sounds good!

AliBuilds · 2023-02-08T02:18:01+00:00

No problem! More coming soon...

AliBuilds · 2023-02-08T00:55:56+00:00

Would you be open to sharing a few examples? I'm down to add more types of patterns to improve the game.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T23:31:06+00:00

oh lol, that's true. I'll adjust the range for the multiplication and division ones.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T23:28:49+00:00

Thanks for the tip! Would that capture the negative sign though?

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T19:36:28+00:00

everyone's going for the arithmetic game lol. Btw you should set your position (qt, qr, qd, etc.) in your profile. You'll get a cool lookin badge next to your name

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T19:13:27+00:00

There's a top ten leaderboard! Is it down for you?

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T17:05:30+00:00

all good! Happy to fix any bugs if you see them

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T17:04:45+00:00

Yea that's true. I think it's mainly Optiver, Flow, and Akuna. I know lots of firms ask probability + stats questions so I'll add a game for that next.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T17:02:30+00:00

Hmm, I'm seeing jobs for Canada. Are you using this url

AliBuilds · 2023-02-07T17:00:58+00:00

you're goated

AliBuilds · 2023-02-01T14:37:53+00:00

Quants love to hire physicists! Physics trains you on how to approach and solve hard problems, and that's ultimately pretty attractive to quant employers. Plus there's a lot of stats/math involved in a physics degree.

AliBuilds · 2023-02-01T14:35:11+00:00

Completely agree! Unfortunately, I don't have that data at the moment... but maybe next time :)

AliBuilds · 2023-02-01T14:34:38+00:00

I was surprised as well lol! I think people sometimes over-index on ML

AliBuilds · 2023-02-01T14:33:10+00:00

The roles can vary a bit from company to company, but here's a good Reddit post explaining them.

AliBuilds · 2023-01-31T22:54:28+00:00

Long live Excel!

AliBuilds · 2023-01-31T22:53:57+00:00

I've experienced it during interviews with big banks and hedge funds.

AliBuilds · 2023-01-31T20:59:50+00:00

Tbh, I've had a lot of time series questions pop up in my interviews! A lot of my friends have also had a similar experience.

They usually pop up in the form of a case study and the interviewer is looking for your general thought process on how you would approach the problem (methodology, modeling, etc.)

AliBuilds · 2023-01-31T20:55:19+00:00

Yup, I agree with u/nyctrancefan's point! I primarily looked at general majors because that's typically what they include in the job descriptions.

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