Spring into Quantitative Finance Review

by G-Research

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Business Insight
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • Breakfast, ice breakers, a quant challenge, talks on G-Research and time for networking. Lots of free time, three insight sessions on programming, machine learning and finance.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Extended my knowledge and finance and machine learning. Practiced code golf.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
  • 5/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
  • Very insightful. Quant Finance is somewhat of an opaque industry, and talking to actual leaders and researchers from the field was immensely valuable.


  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the structure of the insight
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very warm and informal - really smart people working ambitiously on something big.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • The most enjoyable weak of the year at that time. Springtime in Nice was very pleasant.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at G-Research
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend G-Research to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to G-Research
  • Know basic probability theory, machine learning is a nice bonus. Have a strong academic background.


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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Science

London

July 2023


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