How to Find a Quant Job in a Recession

Описание: We're in a recession! No matter how many times the media tells you that the government has prevented a recession, it hasn't! It is prolonging the recession we are in. Banks have been laying off since 2021. Tech has been laying off in 2023. Inflation is still rising, interest rates continue to rise as the Fed raises their target rate, and the money supply is still many times larger since 2020 than it has ever been.

Quants have been feeling the squeeze as the job market dries up!

If you are a student looking for work during this recession I would do the following.

1) Spend more time looking for jobs on the sell side as there are more quant jobs than the buy side.

2) Spend your extra time looking on the buy side. Remember the sell side hires more people though.

3) Practice interviewing with friends, career services, family, or anyone who will listen to you.

4) Be prepared to discuss what to do during model development when assumptions fail. I don't hire people who google how to use code to fit a line to dots. I hire bright people who can put ideas together when the world isn't perfect...and it is only perfect in academia.

5) Write a good resume (see video linked below):
   • Writing a Student Resume  



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