Recent content by Richie_A

Haha love the jokes, Yes. IB's are involved in electricity,

Oil is quite complex to trade physically...any goon can take a punt on the futures market. What's your background?

If it's any consolation the Mako interview is good fun. Apparently the Liquid Cap process is more hardcore.

Interesting site Grenade... I read the bios of the guys who put it together and neither of them are professional traders? Not sure they should be giving advice about getting a job in trading if they haven't been through the process themselves and come out of the otherside... But anyways trader...

Factors affecting coal eh...? How'd your interview go? :) I've just had mine. Rich

Have you tried SIG? They're based in Ireland and are a similar outfit.

Stukm, I've just passed the Derivatives and Financial Regs exams and with regard to a firm making you resit - i can imagine, after a while, if you haven't joined a firm the Fin Regs knowledge will decidedly leave you as it is incredibly dry/boring... So it's in the firm's interest to make you...

I think the way it works is - You submit your CV, they automatically invite you to do an online numerical, if you get over a certain percentage (eg. 60%+) they look at your CV, they like your CV, you get an interview. So your CV is probably in a pile to be checked.

How'd did you get on dev2012? I have a telephone interview soon and am trying to nail probability theory while i've still got time. I'm going in with an open mind as, from above, the questioning seems pretty intense :) Cheers Rich

How'd it go? Rich

I'm sorry TaKiii but I completely disagree with you. The whole point of the academic barrier test is to assess whether you will be able to cope with the kind of maths/logic arbitrage traders need to deal with on a daily basis. It's a prequisite - The basic skills you need. Trades deal with...

Possibly some nostalgia for some of the older members of the forum? Making Money Hand Over Fist :) rich

Hi Mensatrader, No I'm not from the Netherlands, but I'm definitely not opposed to living there when I graduate ;). I see you've had quite a few interviews with firms I plan on applying to, have you had any luck with getting a position with any as of late?

Sorry bit of a hijack. With firms like All Options based in Amsterdam, would there be a bit of a language barrier if you didn't speak Dutch? I mean is the training conducted in Dutch? Just interested...

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