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I've seen a few sample interview questions around the place which ask you to make a market on some expected outcome. For example: "I make a stack of quarters which stretches to the height of the empire state building. If I took those coins and put them in this office, make me a market in what...

what does it mean if somebody at an equity derivatives market maker "trades cash"?

Yeah, I tried the banks back in October during their usual recruitment cycle but they pretty much all took their 2009 intake from their 2008 interns, and weren't doing any additional recruitment (thanks to the current climate).

Can anyone give me some names of firms in London which pay a salary for graduates? I've found a few (Tibra, Mako, Liquid, Wolverine, Jane Street), but struggling to find any more. Thanks! Not interested in the salary/no-salary debate - I'm finishing off a degree and can't afford to go 6 months...