Quantitative Finance Collector is a blog on Quantitative finance analysis, methods in mathematical finance focusing on derivative pricing, quantitative trading and quantitative risk management.

This short article is a book review for “A Practical Guide To Quantitative Finance Interviews”, which is a paperback, and was written by Xinfeng Zhou.

So, you will be soon graduating, and looking for your first position in quantitative finance. At this time, you are a little nervous since you have never interviewed for such good paying jobs previously, and you are wondering if your interviewing skills are up to par?

First, all new graduates feel exactly the same way as you do presently, regardless of the field they are seeking employment in. Second, you should be more than just a little scared, because more than likely your interviewing skills are not just bad, they are terrible.

If for no other reason than the above two statements, you should strongly considering obtaining “A Practical Guide To Quantitative Finance Interviews”. Maybe it will not turn you into the best interviewee ever overnight, but it will provide you a head start.

This is a book review for “Demystifying the Job Search Process in Quantitative Finance”, which was published by the Kindle Edition, and written by James Lin.

This book was written specifically for the “disadvantaged candidate” who is seeking a job in quantitative finance. If you are planning on graduating from a top university such as Harvard, Princeton, or Stanford, you should not have too hard of a time finding an excellent position in this field; and the book will be of little benefit.

However, if you meet any or all of the criteria mention below, you should certainly acquire this book and put it to good use.

1) Your university is not considered one of the most prestigious in the world at producing quantitative finance graduates.
2) English is not your native language, or you have little or no experience at interviewing for high level positions.
3) You presently reside in a location other than New York, London, or a major financial hub.
4) Very few if any recruiters visit your university looking to hire students in this industry.
5) You need a special visa, or a work permit to be legally employed in the country you are seeking work.
6) You have less than two years of work experience in this industry.

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Most recent job offers from Quant jobs board:

Scientific programmersCBCS in Cambridge MA  
Senior Quantitative Analyst-Modeling at RiskMetrics in London            
Trader Exotic Options at ING  in Brussels            
Equity Quantitative Research Analyst at JPMorgan in NewYork            
PHD Internships at Bank of England in London            
Associate Program at Partners Group AG in London            
Quantitative Research Analysts at State Street in London            

Ten days ago we set up a quant jobs board and introduced at the previous post Publish / Apply Quant Jobs, so far with the help of submitters there are over 10 jobs listed,

Market Risk Associate at Goldman Sachs in NewYork    ;
Quantitative Analyst (Market Risk) at Credit Suisse in London    
Senior Quantative Analyst at ICBC in BeiJing    
Summer Internship Opportunities 2010 at Macquarie in London    
Trainee - Capital Markets at Calyon in HongKong    
Hedge Fund Associate at Apex Capital Management in HongKong    
Barclays Capital Summer Internships at Barclays Capital in London    
Long-Term Internships at BNP Paribas, Anywhere    
J.P. Morgan summer internship programme - London at JP Morgan in London    
Global Modelling and Analytics Group - Quantitative Summer Institute (QSI) 10 week internship progra at Credit Suisse  in London    
Assistant Fixed Income and CDS Trader at AXA in Paris    


Apply for interested positions free and help us expand the board by posting your jobs, thanks.

We added a new section into our site: Quant Jobs, which is a portal to publish and collect entry / junior level full time, temporary, contract, outsourcing jobs for quant analyst, quant trader and quant developer.

Why choose this board?
Quantitative finance collector is one of the few blogs dedicated to the field of quantitative finance, financial engineering from the right beginning of inception. All of its visitors are quant wannabe or already quants (analyst, trader or developer, including the bloggers), therefore a quant job listed here is able to attract the exact types of jobseekers, or put another way, to maximize the recruiters' utility under the constraint of resources spent in posting.

Traffic and Growth
Below is a snapshot of traffic this site received in Oct, 2009.
Among them, nearly 40% is from United States and Canada, 30% is from United Kindom and other European countries (mainly France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy), 10% is from China (HongKong), Singapore and Japan. And we will be actively increasing the exposure of this quant job board.

Cost
Jobseekers and recruiters from the hiring financial institutions are free to use & publish opportunies, while we charge 20 US dollar or 12 GBP pounds per job posted by recruiters from headhunter agency. As we try seriously to benefit all parties involved, we will NEVER delete any job published as long as the link keeps alive, which means you can leave your company profile, URL link at this job board forever. (even cheaper than one month fee to buy a backlink at some text link ads platform.)

How to publish a job?
Simply click post a new job at the right up side, fill in the necessary information such as job requirement, link to the job, contact info, etc. and finish. You have to pay if you are an agent, otherwise we have the right to delete your post.

How to apply for a job?
If a recruiter chooses "Allow Online Applications", applicants are able  to apply directly by clicking "Apply Online" at the lower side of page and sending their CVs to the recruiter's email box,
otherwise by visiting the company's website with URL below the job title


If you have any questions then please don't hesitate to contact us.