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| Author: Timothy Falcon Crack
Publisher: Timothy Crack
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
Buy New: $31.50
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 17246
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0970055269
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780970055262
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 a quant trader December 30, 2004
13 out of 24 found this review helpful
I recently interviewed other 30 wall street firms. I am so upset that: a. I found a lot of questions which put me away from some great places are coming from this book. b. To ask these standarized question will put an experienced trader in a unfaired position comparing new graduates. BUT: as the book said, you got to answer the damn question if they are basic. SO I hate that this book exists for us to cheat, and I hate more of those lazy employees for using this book to turn away some great assets to the firm.
good for PhD quant positions October 28, 2001
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book is a good source of sample job interview questions for PhD quant positions. Other good and recommended resources for finance careers are the Vault Guide to the Top Finance Firms, the Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, and the Vault Guide to Finance Interviews. Also try the harvard guide to finance careers.
 too old March 30, 2005
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this book one month ago from Amazon. Although the newest version, I think it is too old for today's interview. The questions in my interviews are not similar as those in the book and much harder. Actually, I don't expect to get answers from the book, only try to make myself less nervous if I have some idea what the question will look like, however, this book doesn't do the job.
 Not bad, could use some proofreading February 13, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is not a bad book, all said and done, but there are many typographical errors throughout and a couple of suspect problem answers which annoy me considering the relatively high price tag. Professor Crack tries to discourage readers bringing suspect answers to him by ridiculing someone who sent him an incorrect problem correction on the page before the problems start. His point that these problems need to be thought about carefully is well taken, however.
In short, this book will help give you an idea of what types of questions you will be asked on interviews (I wish I'd read it before my first interview), and the finance question section in particular is very useful as the answers are quite detailed. Some of the answers are annoyingly worded ("If you took longer than 5 seconds to answer, you're in trouble" - which may well be true, but could be worded less indignantly). The intro sections on the interview process are harsh but fair and truthful.
Excellent book for the most competitive finance jobs March 22, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was critical in helping me get an internship in trading with a high-profile hedge fund this summer. Throughout the interviewing process, over 50% of the technical questions that I received were discussed in this book.
While the book is geared towards more technical positions and does involve a fair amount of math, I would still recommend it even if you are looking for a non-technical position with a hedge fund or an i-bank, since this book contains a lot of brain teasers and logical questions that are commonly asked in all finance interviews to test how well you can think on your feet and under time pressure.
Bottom line: Very comprehensive, very rigorous, the best I have see for hard-core finance jobs. This book is definitely heads and sholders above all of the Vault guides.
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