http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com Quantitative Finance Jobs Blog Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:08:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I am sure you are aware 2010 is proving to be extremely active and within the past month we have seen a huge hiring surge amongst almost all institutions globally. As a team we have continued to build upon our strong client base and are now key providers to ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/quants-are-in-demand-investment-houses-are-hiring-again/ What Quants Don't Learn at College Emanuel Derman Emanuel Derman says it is essential for the aspiring super-quant to overlay theoretical knowledge with pragmatic common sense. For the past few months, I've been teaching financial engineering at Columbia University, where I've been struck again by the difference between what can be taught in ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/what-quants-dont-learn-at-school/ Circa $180,000 plus bonus and benefits This highly prestigious and forward thinking Global Prop Trading Firm, have announced their search for a Hands on Senior Development manager, to take a business critical role in their Chicago Office. The firm experienced a hugely successful and profitable 2009, thus are seeking to massively ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/prop-trading-firm-seeks-hands-of-development-manager-%e2%80%93-chicago-%e2%80%93-cjavaelectronic-trading/ This truly outstanding global investment bank, with a fantastic reputation for their strong focus on technology, is seeking a motivated C++ application developer to join the development of their cutting edge electronic option trading team. The platform includes real time execution systems with a lot of new exciting risk management ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/global-investment-bank-seeks-exceptional-c-developer-for-equity-option-trading-team%e2%80%93-new-york-cunixtcpip/ I wanted to get in touch regarding a new mandate with a well known prop trading firm based in Chicago. The team have just announced their search for a senior development manager, to take a hands on team lead role in their Chicago Office, and I wanted to see if ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/prop-trading-firm-seeks-development-manager-chicago-c/ Circa $100,000 plus bonus and benefits The top US Investment Bank, without doubt one of the most profitable and prestigious of it’s kind, known for it’s excellent employee culture and benefits, is seeking to hire a junior developer, with proficiency in either C++ or java. You will work in a team ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/top-us-investment-bank-seeks-bright-and-innovative-junior-c-java-developer-%e2%80%93-new-york/ Circa $150,000 plus very competitive bonus and benefits Arguably one of the world’s most renowned and successful investment banks, is seeking to hire an exceptional and passionate C++ developer to join their growing global Automated Market Making desk in New York. The team is responsible for providing continue electronic markets for ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/market-making-team-in-global-top-tier-bank-seeks-senior-c-developer-%e2%80%93-new-york/ Brain teasers in a job interview generally show that the interviewer has a) no clue about his technical/operational subject. If an interviewer is not able to judge whether a person is qualified for the job by having a good meeting, listening to his/her previous experience and the things he/she has done ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/the-truth-about-quant-interview-brainteaser-questions/ I think we all heard terrible stories about quant interviews where people were put in different kinds of unpleasant situations. For one reason or another - be that a desire to see person's reactions under stress (that is a part of the job)  or simply interviewer's style, some employers behave ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/five-common-mistakes-employers-make-at-the-interviews/ Computer Skills C++, C#, Java, R, MATLAB, SQL, Perl, JavaScript Mathematical Knowledge Statistical regressions, quadratic/linear programming, probability theory, matrix algebra, Black-Scholes option pricing math, risk-neutral valuation, random walks/Brownian motion, interest rate/yield curve math, modern portfolio theory, Monte Carlo simulation, big-O algorithm analysis, Bayesian statistics, stochastic calculus, high-dimensional space, pattern classification/machine learning (linear discriminant ... http://www.quantitativefinancejobs.com/quantitative-skills-that-would-get-you-a-quant-job/