I have applied multiple times online for internship positions at D.E. Shaw and never even made it through the resumé screening. I’m not whining, just geniunely curious if it’s that hard to get an interview there? I have gotten interviews at other quant shops. Is D.E. Shaw insanely selective or am I just unlucky/not right resumé/no referral/an idiot?
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It’s hard in India and maybe Europe, easy peasy lemon squeezy in US.
Are you kidding me? They reach out all the time.
We tend to be pretty selective and getting an interview involves a bit of luck IMO. If you really want to work at DESCO, best advice is to keep at it and be patient. I must have applied 4-5x over a 2-3 year span before I got an interview.
Dyou go through recruiter? Got reached out by Linkedin recruiter to fill out tech info sheet. Idk what type of pay cut they take though. Also how hard is it to move from dev to more quantitative role?
I went through a third party recruiter. I’m not exactly sure what you mean by pay cut - recruiters typically charge a fee of 1/3 of your salary. The company hiring you would pay this fee though, not you. As for the difficulty of transitioning, quant roles are highly competitive to begin with so it might be pretty hard to get in from dev. Not saying it can’t be done though.
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Hey, I don't know about D.E. Shaw, but I recently applied to Jane Street (with Google on my resume) and got rejected from screening. Maybe the pool of applicants at hedge funds is very high so that they also reject competent applicants? Also, are you studying on a top school?
I study in Europe. Not sure whether University here carries as much weight as US. In my country you don’t have elite universities. That being said I did get a Jane Street interview. Not sure how they select, I might have just gotten lucky.
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