Could you tell us how and why you got the job?
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submitted my resume and interviewed on campus (I go to an ivy league school and interviewed with all the big investment banks, trading firms, and hedge funds that came to recruit)
I got a lot of interviews because of...
I agree with these other posters. For a runner or clerk job on the floor it is all about networking. If you live in chicago, you must know someone who knows someone who knows someone... who is a trader or works for one of the big brokerage firms.
Are you in a fraternity at school? If you...
I'm a senior engineering major in college and will be starting work for a large, well-known, top trading firm this summer.
In the past 6 months (since I got my job offer), I've been reading the wall street journal, and am so far about halfway through both the the Hull and Natenburg books...