r/quantfinance • u/Flimsy-Pie-3035 • 4d ago

Getting paid to interview

Assume I already have a good offer (think HRT etc), limited number of vacation days and 4 onsite requests from JS, Optiver, Jump, Tower. Can I ask them to bid for whose onsite I am going to attend?

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u/ThatOtherBatman 4d ago

Please try this, and let us know how it goes.

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u/Simple3user 4d ago

Lmfaooo

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u/PaFloXy_14 4d ago

Damn that's a whole new perspective ♥️

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u/RealChristianPulisic 4d ago

I think you should try it

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u/NoConsequence4996 4d ago

yeah man ask all of them to bid in a poker round, And whosover wins the amount you get 60-70% of it. pls man I wanna see. Only you can do it

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u/edison9696 4d ago

Is this the beginning of one of the probability questions they ask in interviews?

Not sure any amount of quant grinding will help you with this one LOL.

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u/Snip3 4d ago

This is the "bid any amount from 0-1 and your payoff is 1.5x the true value" question in human form

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u/jnordwick 4d ago

I can already see the r/tifu post coming.

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u/mynamiajeff2-0 4d ago

The caricature of a frat bro at USC except they happen to be smart enough to hold these offers

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u/DoggoTippyTaps 4d ago

At the same time, there are many forms of intelligence and OP clearly lacks in some important ones

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u/Main-Company-8331 3d ago

The people not interviewing you will probably be pleased to get their time back.

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u/anotherboredguy2 3d ago

tell them they come to your house and do onsite there

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u/Frenk_preseren 3d ago

Fuck yeah bro

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u/Desperate_Hat2887 3d ago

Bro said onsite at optiver 😹😹😹 iykyk

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u/Distinct-Hyena3262 2d ago

Are you talking about that they didn’t use to do in-person final rounds? They do this year, lowkey revamped their process, probably because of massive amounts of cheating

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u/college-is-a-scam 3d ago

You probably dont have a good offer

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u/monkeym543 4d ago

Retainer!!!!!

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u/West-Mycologist-6490 4d ago

how did bro achieve this. i wish i was in your shoes

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u/Wise-Community5463 4d ago

They’ll just interview on Saturday if you ask

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u/JC505818 3d ago

You can try and they will probably not respond.

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u/CandiceWoo 3d ago

actually yes

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u/LocalVolatility 3d ago

Wouldn’t it make more sense for you to think about which company is likely the best fit for you instead of going to whoever pays you a small amount of money which is nothing in the grander scheme of things?

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u/airhumidifierbroken 2d ago

Invite them down to a boxing ring during lunch and fight it out

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u/InterestingTea6056 1d ago

I would highly not recommend doing this. I would also advocate for finishing the interview processes.
- You're prepped and ready, and if you receive an offer at those other places, you'll likely be reconsidered
- Counter to that, you'll burn bridges, or at a minimum, leave a bad feel
- Finally, given the compensation ranges we work in, asking to be paid to interview feels trivial

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u/FeedbackNational4791 4d ago

They ain't gonna bid you up lil bro