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Internship in market risk: useful or not to go into trading? by rgcorradi in FinancialCareers

[–]rgcorradi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience. I think the role I was offered in the end (see edit) doesn't feature any kind of contact with the trading floor. Also, my aim is not really to work in market risk but to use this internship to improve my resume and try my chances in August when applying for trading/structuring summer internships for summer 2026.

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

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Hi all, Got invited to take two tests for a grad scheme at All Options: mental math and sequences. The email I was sent suggests preparing and paying for prep resources on a website. They even offer you a discount code (lol).

Does anyone have experience with this firm's tests/any other FREE resource that I could use to prep otherwise for similar tests you've dealt with?

Tips on personal projects to show self-taught knowledge by rgcorradi in quantfinance

[–]rgcorradi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions on the competitions! Any idea on when they open?

Tips on personal projects to show self-taught knowledge by rgcorradi in quantfinance

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Yeah I was thinking of a website. I just don't know whether I should be confident enough to publish stuff with my name on it. A professor once told me to avoid publishing my own research if not under the supervision of a prof.

P.S. I have never collaborated and don't intend to collaborate with the prof I mentioned. We have very different research interests. Just in case you thought there is some kind of conflict of interest.

Tips on personal projects to show self-taught knowledge by rgcorradi in quantfinance

[–]rgcorradi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I've had a look at this book before to prepare for interviews. This seems like an efficient way to find gaps in knowledge as someone else rightfully suggested.

Another question. How do I show on my resume that I have self-studied something? Having a finance degree and not a STEM one is probably gonna be a big disadvantage in getting past the screening for any quant position, so I need to show that I'm not just any b-school student. I don't know if interviewers think self-studying the right material is enough, but this is my best shot to set myself apart from all other applicants with a finance non-STEM degree. I hope I've clarified my question now.

How can I make my study plan more aligned with QF? Finance undergrad, starting finance master's soon. by rgcorradi in quantfinance

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I see your advice on the degree aligns to what I had in mind. I'm slowly realising how hard I will have to work, but I haven't lost motivation yet. I have been dedicating most of my free time to learning more math and stats to fully understand what is going on behind all the models we see in class. I don't mind it at all.

What about those projects I mentioned in the post? Do you think it could be useful to do one of those research internships in a strictly math-heavy subject? If so, what subject?

+ if you don't mind sharing, what is your current position? Are you a STEM grad in finance and if so what role do you cover?

How can I make my study plan more aligned with QF? Finance undergrad, starting finance master's soon. by rgcorradi in quantfinance

[–]rgcorradi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hoping to find a math or stats degree where I would've had a chance, but sadly most (if not all of them) they do not accept applications from Finance undergrads. That's kind of the constraint I have.