I've aggregated all of my research about quant finance careers into this thread.

Hi all,

I've been researching quant finance careers for a while. In this thread, I've aggregated many informative links that I've found during my research. These links should answer a lot of your questions about (getting into) quant finance as a career. I've grouped them into categories and added descriptions so that you can jump to whatever you need.

Overview of quant jobs

Threads about quant finance careers by professionals

Books

Note that by "books" I refer to books that are about quant interviews specifically, not about general maths/stats/coding books.

  • Quant Interview Questions and Answers by Mark Joshi.
  • Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance by Paul Wilmott.
  • Heard on The Street by Timothy Crack.
  • A Practical Guide To Quantitative Finance Interviews by Xinfeng Zhou (often called "green book").
  • 50 Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions by Frederick Mosteller (not actually about quant interviews, but has probability brainteasers that are representative of what would come up in interviews).

Informal interview guides

Online study materials

YouTube channels

  • DimitriBianco: the only channel I could find that talks about quant finance careers. I think they've left quant finance now but used to be on the sell-side.
  • atypicalquant: this channel has videos answering and explaining quant Interview questions. I've used it only a couple of times, but I think it would be particularly helpful if you're really stuck on a question and need a step-by-step explanation and implementation on how to solve it.
  • statquest: channel teaching statistics. Obviously not just for quant, but has a few fantastic videos on step-by-step examples explaining fundamental concepts. For example, as basic as it is, none of the books I read explained the difference between "probability" and "likelihood" in maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). Then I watched a video on MLE by statquest and it all became very clear.

Twitter/Substack/Quora/Discord

You can browse these for "easy" reading. I've found that they're a good way to learn about the "soft factors" of working in quant finance, beyond only the "hard factors" like degrees, grades and technical skills.

Quant job openings

Closing remarks

I've searched online about quant stuff a lot. If there are any other cool links you guys have, please DM me and I'll add it to this post. Thanks a lot.