Does prestige matter for High Frequency Trading jobs

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Is it really important for a student to be in top 10 schools to land a job at Hudson, DE Shaw or Tier 2/Tier 3 firms? I am applying for grad school and want to work at HFT , I am applying for grad school and want to know the reality&nbsp;

Gf842nbyvtcC · Accepted Answer

I think skills matter more than prestige. At HRT we value hardcore programming skills and/or math skills over any particular experience or knowledge of finance or your school. I've heard that other firms prefer a blend but thats expected.

I've heard that people with more traditional finance backgrounds to prefer other firms. If you can, look up who the top managers in the firm you're interested in are and what their backgrounds are. Check out their schools and previous experiences and try to find the ones that match your situation.

ASDF · Answer

At least from my experience. Your school matters for your first job and that's it. After that your work experience dominates your resume.

greenah · Answer

Prestige matters, but skillset for sure matters more, which is why not even most Harvard or Cornell or MIT students are getting these opportunities. But it does still matter because if you look up the make up of these companies those same schools are for sure a majority representation

1200baud · Answer

Asdf speaks solid, prestige will matter when you don't have the experience, once you do the experience matters.

refer61614 · Answer

Prestige is always going to help. If you don't have enough of that alone, you'll need other things to help instead (skill, results, experience, etc)

Does prestige matter for High Frequency Trading jobs

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