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Questions tagged [quants]

For questions about being a quant, akin to questions on programmers.SE vs. SO. Includes soft questions, career-related questions, questions about best practices, etc.

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What is a Quant

In the interest of having "canonical questions" on this site ... What is a Quant?
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Quantitative Finance Interview: Brainteaser Question/Birthday Problem

I'm reading an interview book called A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interview by Xinfeng Zhou and I cannot make sense of the solution provided by the book, so I really appreciate your advice. Question: Birthday Problem from Chapter…
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Financial Products Markup Language

I am asked to map financial products into XML. It can be in any format. I know there is an open specification FPML. Is that worth to adopt FPML rather than my own standards? Also, how common FPML is in the industry?
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Are questions in Joshi's book really asked at Quant interviews?

I am reading some questions in Joshi's book on Quant Job Interview Questions, and am perplexed at some of the questions in the book. Some of them are extremely easy (like, "explain the Black Scholes equation" or "write C++ code to compute Fibonacci…
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Recommendations on Quant Study Path

Hello, I'm looking for suggestions and tweaks to my study plan. I'm planning to go down the list, and I hope to finish all of this in 2-3 years. For Starters Some general college level statistics and probability textbook John Hull's Options,…
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Adjusting company financials for acquisitions/divestitures

is there a market standard that people refer to for accounting for changes to financial period comparisons (e.g. year-over-year revenue metrics) when the company makes acquisitions or divestitures? This by nature seems like a manual, painstaking…
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Getting Into Quant Field without Phd or Masters

I was wondering it is possible to get into a quant role without a masters or a PhD. And if so, what are the steps to do so? The only resources I've really been able to find speaking to this on quantstart.com. Just a little bit about me I am a…
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Newbie Quant: Bulding price feeder to securities master db

First of all, warm hello to all. I am newbie and i admit it, but with at least 15+ years of exp in C++. Working in IB - derivatives mainly, but unfortunately on the business side not trading at all. Got interested in Quant trading very…
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Work hours as a quantitative finance worker

How long does a quantitative finance worker work per day? Does he/she need to work over time? I've heard it depends on the field. Maybe no over work in big companies?
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Is being a quant as easy to look for high paid jobs as before

I've heard quants are not as popular as before, due to regulations etc, there's less things to do in terms of maths and algorithms. I wonder if it's true?
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