Vault Guide to Advanced Finance and Quantitative Interviews
Author: Jennifer Voitle, Staff of Vault
List Price: $39.95
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ISBN: 1581311729
Publisher: Vault Reports Inc (January, 2003)
Sales Rank: 22,314
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
maybe good for MBA
The book might be good for someone with MBA as a general review but definitelly not for someone preparing for quant job/interview.For that purpose "Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews" is at least 100 times better.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Everything you learned in your MBA but forgot!
This book is a great review for anyone who has taken finance courses yet may not have retained as much as they would like. I picked up this book after graduating from an MBA program, and found myself saying, "oh yeah, I forgot about that" on many occasions. Overall, it's a keeper that has earned a spot on my professional bookshelf.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent, Broad review for Quant Interviews
If you're preparing for an interview for a job as a "quant," FI/MBS/options trader, or risk manager, then this book is a great review of the subject matter. The chapters review bond math, statistics, derivatives, fixed income, equities, currencies, and risk management. The book focuses exclusively on finance, and not on the structure of the financial industry, typical jobs, or interview skills. However, this isn't a drawback -- there are other Vault guides that cover these areas.Overall, the book is certainly more technical & mathematical than most interview guides (except perhaps for "Heard on the Street" by Tim Crack at MIT), so be prepared to review the Black-Scholes partial differential equation. Despite the complexity of the subject matter, the author's explanations make the material accessible, and her explanations were pithy, clear, and often accompanied by helpful diagrams. My only complaints are that (1) the book doesn't include any review of accounting, which does come up in finance occasionally, and (2) there are just a few mistakes (but not too many). Overall, I found this book to be well worth the time & money I invested in it.
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