u/RevolutionaryAd9850

3 YOE at a mid-size multistrat. most of my implementation work is LLM-assisted at this point and it's made me wonder if interviews have caught up to that or if they're still screening for the exact same stuff they were three years ago.

want to hear what people are actually running into, candidates and interviewers both. stuff I'm wondering:

1. take-homes. are they dead? proctored? still going as normal?
2. remote screens. anyone moved back to in-person, or gone the lockdown browser / share-your-whole-screen route?
3. has anyone had a round where you're supposed to use a model and they're watching how you prompt it and check its work? or is it still just banned
4. has the content shifted at all. more stats derivation and research taste, more "here's a broken model, find the bug", or is it still leetcode + brainteaser + stats like always
5. interviewers: what's failing people now that wouldn't have two years ago?
6. junior headcount. has the early-career funnel actually shrunk, or is it just skewing toward people who've already sat on a research seat somewhere?

if you can, drop your firm tier (T1 = JS/Citadel/HRT/Jump/Optiver/SIG type, T2 = large multistrat/quant shop, T3 = smaller/regional), region, and whether you're answering as a candidate or interviewer. one-line answers to any of these are fine, don't feel like you need to do all six.

3 YOE at a mid-size multistrat. most of my implementation work is LLM-assisted at this point and it's made me wonder if interviews have caught up to that or if they're still screening for the exact same stuff they were three years ago.

want to hear what people are actually running into, candidates and interviewers both. stuff I'm wondering:

1. take-homes. are they dead? proctored? still going as normal?
2. remote screens. anyone moved back to in-person, or gone the lockdown browser / share-your-whole-screen route?
3. has anyone had a round where you're supposed to use a model and they're watching how you prompt it and check its work? or is it still just banned
4. has the content shifted at all. more stats derivation and research taste, more "here's a broken model, find the bug", or is it still leetcode + brainteaser + stats like always
5. interviewers: what's failing people now that wouldn't have two years ago?
6. junior headcount. has the early-career funnel actually shrunk, or is it just skewing toward people who've already sat on a research seat somewhere?

if you can, drop your firm tier (T1 = JS/Citadel/HRT/Jump/Optiver/SIG type, T2 = large multistrat/quant shop, T3 = smaller/regional), region, and whether you're answering as a candidate or interviewer. one-line answers to any of these are fine, don't feel like you need to do all six.

i am 24F, i started full time job 2 years ago.

my current income is around £125k yearly pre-tax. i have around £80k net worth (including internship incomes). most of it is in savings account and 20k + 20k ISA (10% return over past year).

my income next year will be £180-200k yearly. and it will increase by approx 10% each year roughly (if i continue to be in the field i am in - i am a quant and it can eventually get stressful).

i live in london. each month i spend around £1500 in rent + bills. my total average spending per month is approx £3k per month including rent. i am just wondering if it's too much? and i should live below my means? i have been getting too comfortable with income and i don't think while spending a few hundred pounds. please tell me if my mentality is not optimal.

i am aware of lifestyle inflation and i do want to inflate my lifestyle more eventually (stay in a 1 bed apartment). i could also work harder and get paid more. but i think it will make my life worse due to the stress at work and also the stress of getting a higher paying job and having to prep for it all.

i think first of all i should get better at investing. but even beyond that i am wondering if i should be "bothered" about my spending? people around me who earn more than me actually live far below their means and i am not sure if it's a gender thing because they're all males... and i have quite some materialistic desires. wondering if it's worth curbing them. some reality check would be appreciated! thank you.

Edit: I actually do not care if I am ahead of 99% people my age because I worked very hard for this and I made it happen. I will be very honest. People around me earn $300-400k easily and it's the norm. Most of them stay in flatshares and spend very less on activities outside or anything else really. It makes me feel behind. $100k vs $200k when young can compound very differently after 10y+. That's what I am worried about. Whether people have any insights into this.

i am 24F, i started full time job 2 years ago.

my current income is around £125k yearly pre-tax. i have around £80k net worth (including internship incomes). most of it is in savings account and 20k + 20k ISA (10% return over past year).

my income next year will be £180-200k yearly. and it will increase by approx 10% each year roughly (if i continue to be in the field i am in - i am a quant and it can eventually get stressful).

i live in london. each month i spend around £1500 in rent + bills. my total average spending per month is approx £3k per month including rent. i am just wondering if it's too much? and i should live below my means? i have been getting too comfortable with income and i don't think while spending a few hundred pounds. please tell me if my mentality is not optimal.

i am aware of lifestyle inflation and i do want to inflate my lifestyle more eventually (stay in a 1 bed apartment). i could also work harder and get paid more. but i think it will make my life worse due to the stress at work and also the stress of getting a higher paying job and having to prep for it all.

i think first of all i should get better at investing. but even beyond that i am wondering if i should be "bothered" about my spending? people around me who earn more than me actually live far below their means and i am not sure if it's a gender thing because they're all males... and i have quite some materialistic desires. wondering if it's worth curbing them. some reality check would be appreciated! thank you.

i am 2 years into my career as a grad quant analyst and i feel like claude does almost all of my work. i guide it, but it does almost everything else. i feel like at a point it will start doing more stuff too - i just am not leveraging all the available functionality fully yet.

anyway, at this stage i feel like i am losing my brain. I don't use heavy math in my work. i feel like if someone fires me i would have no skills to present because i am forgetting what i learnt in uni and i am not learning any new difficult skills at the moment. any advice for that?

i feel like i am in a comfortable place wrt to my income and i am just enjoying my life. and one day if not claude, some other human with better skills will replace me.