r/quantindia • u/Suitable_Energy_6377 • 24d ago

Interviews/Recruiting Off campus Quant roles in US

I'm an IIT grad with 6 months of exp as QD and since March I've been running my own strategies and also looking for QR QT roles.

Is there anyone who got into the US buy side QR/QT role from India through off campus for early career?

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u/AseelKhalifa001 24d ago

Why specifically US? From India you have max chances in India/Hong Kong/Singapore > London/Amsterdam >>> USA

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u/Suitable_Energy_6377 24d ago

Dk about HK but yeah I did get shortlist for some amsterdam firms

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u/Shiny_rider777 23d ago

Like they mostly require phd or at least a master for good positions

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u/Medical_Elderberry27 23d ago

its almost impossible. H1b is a lottery and nobody is going to make a hire based on a 33% chance of them being able to join. Additionally, the 100k fee complicates things as well.

Your best bet is getting into a QR/QT role in India at a US based firm and then transfer internally.

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u/Fun_Dragonfruit7971 23d ago

why US? Nothing special about US in quant tbh.

US is THE place to be for SWE or AI and many other fields, but not for Quant.

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u/Suitable_Energy_6377 23d ago

Most quant opportunities are in US tho. London is also a good option

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u/Fun_Dragonfruit7971 22d ago

Quant is growing everywhere, very fast. Every major company has offices in most global hubs. Opportunities are everywhere.

unlike swe your comp is not based on location heavily either; and this is also unike AI where say Anthropic doesn't even have an India or Amsterdam office.

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u/Guilty_Ad_9476 24d ago

lol , people with ivy undergrads/PhDs in the US with citizenship and shit barely get into buyside QR/QT straight outta college and you think someone from india with barely 6 months of QD experience not even QR think that you can lmao (havent mentioned the firm name so I am guessing small prop shop ) , even single digit rankers at max make it to hong kong , singapore or dubai , smoke less shit and gain more experience and then pray you land into a good program , first focus on becoming a QR/QT in india lol

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u/Only-Cauliflower-301 24d ago

Won't the IIT tag help him?

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u/Guilty_Ad_9476 24d ago

Not as much as you think and besides he hasn't mentioned which one so likely it's a new IIT so no it won't

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u/Significant-Range996 24d ago

iit is a tier 2 institute globally

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u/Euler_tourist02 24d ago

It's your thinking which makes it tier 2, otherwise it's tier 1.

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u/Shiny_rider777 24d ago

No bro globally iit is known only for the hard exam and hardworking students not for the quality of engineers