Internships as a Quantitative Analyst

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A 3rd semester Physics student is exploring career options between theoretical physics and quantitative finance, seeking internship opportunities for the upcoming spring holidays. The student expresses uncertainty about the nature of quant roles compared to academic research and is looking for advice on potential companies or institutes that offer internships. Responses suggest starting with career services and networking with finance students or professors. It is noted that quant internships are highly competitive, often available only at small proprietary trading firms, and typically limited to summer programs. Specific firms like Jane Street and Hudson Trading are mentioned as potential sources for internships, emphasizing the need for a strong academic background, often at the PhD level, for these positions.
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Hello,

I'm currently a 3rd semester Physics Student. I am not really sure in whit direction I want to go, I am tending towards theoretical physics rather than experimental, but I am also interested in ecomonics, so maybe becoming a "quants guy" might be a good idea, but compared with the research work at universities, I know hardly anything about how this job is like, so I would like to do in internship in this field the upcoming spring holidays for about 4 - 8 weeks.
Does anyone of you have any suggestions or advice, like what companies or institutes take interns or what to search for? When looking at the websites of the usual suspects, I can only find short internship programs for MBA students or things like that.

Thank you in advance,

Johannes
 
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Johannes said:
Hello,

I'm currently a 3rd semester Physics Student. I am not really sure in whit direction I want to go, I am tending towards theoretical physics rather than experimental, but I am also interested in ecomonics, so maybe becoming a "quants guy" might be a good idea, but compared with the research work at universities, I know hardly anything about how this job is like, so I would like to do in internship in this field the upcoming spring holidays for about 4 - 8 weeks.
Does anyone of you have any suggestions or advice, like what companies or institutes take interns or what to search for? When looking at the websites of the usual suspects, I can only find short internship programs for MBA students or things like that.

Thank you in advance,

Johannes

The best place to start would be your career services office and finance students or professors. The only places hiring quant interns will probably be small proprietary trading firms. See, for example:

http://www.janestreet.com/workplace/internships.php
http://www.hudson-trading.com/careers.php

These internships are extremely competitive and most quantitative trading firms/desks will not offer internships and only hire PhDs. Usually only summer internships are offered anywhere.
 
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