How do I get a HRT, Jane Street, Optiver, Jump Trading, etc software engineering internship in my freshman summer at college? What are the useful resources and exact steps required? Assume you're someone who did math olympiad extensively in high school and was roughly at MOP-level, almost made the cut to the IMO (non-US), but wants to do software engineering instead of quantitative trading, recently graduated high school and is taking a gap year (i.e. matriculating into college in Aug 2023).
You’d have a much easier time getting a QT internship as a freshman given your background.
Olympiad achievements go a long way apply and shoot your shot you def have a chance