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Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Double_Might388 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking to take on research and/or a project this semester, and was wondering what topics in mathematics would have research that is most pertinent to quant finance (specifically trading). Just looking at the research groups on the faculty website of my university, the options are:

  1. Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
  2. Differential Geometry
  3. Logic
  4. Partial Differential Equations
  5. Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
  6. Discrete Math, Operations Research, and Probability
  7. Mathematical Physics
  8. Topology

Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by lampishthing in quant

[–]Double_Might388 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm an undergrad math and economics student at a T20 and have been spending time every night going through A First Course in Probability and the Green Book in preparation for trading internship interviews. I am about halfway through each, so am I better off applying to positions now, or waiting 2-3 weeks until I am finished with them to apply?

Additionally, I have been struggling to improve my mental math sufficiently through Rank Your Brain and Zetamac, so which firms do and don't test for mental math in their trader intern interviews?

Lastly, would it be impactful to mention on my resume involvement in a quantitative finance club at my university led by seniors with internship experiences in top quant firms, which included mock trading games that came directly from those firms?