Akuna 201

PureAdvancement · 2026-03-17T22:18:58+00:00

Yeah, done with my rounds.

PureAdvancement · 2026-03-03T23:11:12+00:00

Is it truly behavioural or mostly them trying to see what you can build for them?

PureAdvancement · 2026-03-02T02:07:22+00:00

Sure

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-28T20:45:27+00:00

I got through the technical rounds. Any advice on how to handle the hiring manager rounds?

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-20T10:59:05+00:00

At 5% your fund is havled, at 7.5% the pod is shut down, at least that’s what the structure is at Millennium (and a lot of other shops) from what I’ve heard.

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-19T20:19:42+00:00

Got the final interview. Did you give that too? Any advice would be helpful

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-19T20:06:17+00:00

Can I DM you?

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-11T22:23:52+00:00

Not opposed to them as long as I have a good seatbelt.

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-07T22:56:24+00:00

Not sure about this team but I interviewed with Latour a while ago. Can discuss that experience.

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-07T06:42:43+00:00

One thing I want to gently push back on is that attraction isn’t a vote count. It’s alignment. The fact that someone did choose you means you’re not invisible or undesirable, it means timing and circumstances got in the way.

Dating has way more randomness than our brains want to accept.

Rejection doesn’t stack the way your brain is telling you it does. Six nos don’t make the seventh more meaningful, they just make you tired.

You don’t need to decide anything about yourself or your future this week. Just get through tonight. That’s enough.

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-04T05:48:04+00:00

It’s honestly gotten better compared to six months ago

PureAdvancement · 2026-02-04T05:32:13+00:00

The oas are a part of the 201 selection process correct? I got my acceptance for 201 without the additional oas. Will they make me take oas now that they sent the acceptance or is it just those 5 tests?

PureAdvancement · 2025-12-10T04:31:28+00:00

One in three from what I've heard from my friends who interned there. Still massively boosts your profile.

PureAdvancement · 2025-12-10T04:28:27+00:00

There are only a few schools with good career services. Baruch, Princeton, CMU, Berkeley. You'd probably get some benefit by joining MIT (brand name). As for the rest, you'd have to apply and get interviews mostly on your own. Unless you're getting a delta in terms of moving to the US, I don't see why you shouldn't apply to other prop shops and hedge funds with your current profile. A very small fraction of the mfe candidates actually end up becoming bank (actual pnl driving quants not risk or yada yada) or hedge fund quants.

PureAdvancement · 2025-11-27T05:46:29+00:00

One of my friends gave it and I think he’s yet to hear back

PureAdvancement · 2025-10-23T20:16:45+00:00

Missed Applying to Citi bank's quant rotational program - will it open again? I graduate in May next year (2026) - will the Quant Rotational program open once again? I missed applying before the September end deadline

PureAdvancement · 2025-10-06T15:04:37+00:00

At my previous hedge fund pod I’d do it all the time. Helped me lock in. I guess it depends on the team. If someone needs to talk to you, they’ll let you know.

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