Quant roles, tracked live.
Quantitative trading, research and development programmes — internships and new-grad roles at trading firms and funds, synced daily.
26 open now · 0 opening soon · 28 tracked · synced 25 Aug 2026 · statuses recomputed from deadlines on every view
Quant recruiting is a separate market from the rest of finance, with its own firms, its own interview format and its own timeline. Proprietary trading firms and quantitative funds — Jane Street, Citadel Securities, Optiver, IMC, SIG, Jump, DRW and their peers — hire from mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering backgrounds, and screen almost entirely on quantitative ability rather than finance knowledge.
The three role families are distinct and candidates should target one. Quantitative trader interviews centre on mental arithmetic under time pressure, probability, expected value and market-making games. Quantitative researcher interviews go deeper into statistics, stochastic processes and machine learning, and usually require a PhD or equivalent research background. Quantitative developer interviews are software engineering interviews with a low-latency systems emphasis, typically in C++ or Python.
Timelines are earlier and faster than banking. The largest firms open applications in the summer for the following year and can move from online assessment to offer in two to three weeks, because the screening is objective and does not need committee alignment. Almost every process begins with a timed online test — mental maths, probability, or a coding assessment — that eliminates the large majority of applicants before any human involvement.
Open now (26)
Quantitative Trader Graduate · Quant · New York, NY · Graduate · closes 2026-08-31
Spring Week, Quant Trading · Quant · London · Internship · closes 2026-12-31
Spring Insight Days · Quant · London · Internship · closes 2026-11-30
Graduate Quantitative Researcher (BS/MS) · Quant · Chicago, United States · Graduate
Graduate Quantitative Researcher (PhD) · Quant · Chicago, United States · Graduate
Graduate Quantitative Trader · Quant · Chicago, United States · Graduate
Graduate Quant Researcher - Digital Assets · Quant · Zug, Switzerland · Graduate
Quantitative Research Intern 2027 · Quant · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Internship
Quantitative Research Intern (BS/MS) - Summer 2027 · Quant · Chicago, United States · Internship
Quantitative Research Intern (PhD) - Summer 2027 · Quant · Chicago, United States · Internship
Quantitative Trader Intern · Quant · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Internship
Quantitative Trader Intern 2027 · Quant · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Internship
Quantitative Trader Intern - Summer 2027 · Quant · Chicago, United States · Internship
Quantitative Development & Strategy Intern, Summer 2027 · Quant · Chicago, IL · Internship
Quantitative Research Intern, Summer 2027 · Quant · Chicago, IL · Internship
Campus Quantitative Researcher (Full-Time) · Quant · London; Amsterdam · Graduate
Campus Quantitative Researcher (Intern) · Quant · Hong Kong, Shanghai · Internship
Campus Quantitative Researcher (Intern) · Quant · London; Amsterdam · Internship
Campus Quantitative Researcher (Intern) · Quant · Singapore · Internship
Campus Quantitative Researcher (M1/M2 Intern) · Quant · London; Paris · Internship
Campus Quantitative Researcher, PhD (Full-Time) · Quant · Chicago; New York · Graduate
Campus Quantitative Researcher, PhD (Intern) · Quant · Chicago; New York · Internship
Graduate Quantitative Trader · Quant · New York · Graduate
Graduate Quant Trader · Quant · Hong Kong · Graduate
Quantitative Trading Intern Summer 2027 · Quant · New York · Internship
Frequently asked questions
What do quant trading interviews test?
Mental arithmetic under time pressure, probability and expected value, combinatorics, and market-making games where you quote two-sided prices and manage risk as information arrives. Brainteasers and estimation questions are common. Finance knowledge is rarely tested — the firms assume they can teach markets and cannot teach quantitative reasoning speed.
What is the difference between a quant trader, researcher and developer?
Traders make pricing and risk decisions in live markets and are screened on speed, probability and game sense. Researchers build the statistical models and signals behind those decisions, are screened on statistics, stochastic processes and machine learning, and usually hold a PhD. Developers build the low-latency systems that execute, and interview like specialist software engineers, typically in C++.
Do you need a PhD for a quant role?
For quantitative research at most top firms, effectively yes, or an equivalent research track record. For quantitative trading and quantitative development, no — those roles hire strongly at bachelors and masters level from mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering, and select on demonstrated quantitative ability rather than credential level.
Before you apply
A deadline is only useful if the application behind it is ready. These are the free resources that matter most for this route specifically — the screening stages differ by programme type, so the kit does too.
Mental math drill (free)
Almost every quant process opens with a timed arithmetic test. Speed here is trainable.
Sales & trading interviews
Markets intuition, probability and the brainteasers. The closest guide to a trading-floor process.
Hedge fund questions
For quant researcher and systematic roles where the buyside logic still applies.
The finance CV
Quant screens read for maths, competitions and code. What to lead with.
Tracking roles is step one
Applying well is the rest of it. These are the ways to get prepared before the deadline.
CV Review by a Human
Written margin-note feedback on structure, impact bullets and ATS-readability. Reviewed by Suro, not an AI score.
$25 48h turnaround
Cover Letter Review by a Human
Line-by-line review of argument, tailoring and tone, with a rewritten opening as a worked example.
$50 48h turnaround
Inner Circle
Membership: premium tools, role intros, the private community and members-only intel.
$79 /month
Applying? Don’t walk in cold.
Free drills in the Labs, structured workflows in Skills, and the Hedge Fund prep guide.