Operations Research students and Quant jobs.

[coolharvard]

Is it true that only FE students go into Quant job industry (or related job, such as i-banking)?

How common is it that OR students get quant job (or related) offers?

What is the ratio of FE and OR students in quant or ibanking industry?

 

[tylor]

Operations research students are good candidates for MFE programs due to the curriculum but Im not sure how possible it is to get there directly without the masters.

 

[Connor]

I think you would have similar skills/knowledge just without the focus on finance. I think with OR, how you market yourself would play a big role as well as work experience/internships. But I'm just guessing...

 

[makaveli]

I did OR at undergrad and got to final round interviews (~10 ppl left) for IB positions at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Bank last year in Australia (Didn't get the job though). Saying this, all others were finance/accounting graduates.

You'll probably notice that some FE programs are housed within OR departments (namely Columbia & Cornell off the top of my head, possibly more).

I'll be starting at Cornell next month (though got accepted to Columbia, MIT & CMU too).