入门量化之我该干嘛？

bg: 美本某target school大二math+cs，有身份，打过一些竞赛，成绩还行（大抵能获得面试，不过我也不确定）。地里新人不懂规矩，求海涵，能不能求一两颗大米？

• 我打算申请量化intern，trader role最好（27暑假和28暑假），这个暑假我最应该做些什么？第一目标是过面试，第二目标是拿RO。
• • 基本情况就是prob题能力还行，然后代码能力一般，交易知识为0，
  • 我目前有在刷greenbook和leetcode，
  • 然后在看一个量化交易的书(Python for Algorithmic Trading by Yves Hilpisch)，不知道是否对实际工作有意义，我不太明白真实的trader是干嘛的
• 申请Office地区重要吗？比如申请JS HK office，optiver上海会不会更容易进（猜测）？然后我也不太明白有啥区别（工资，待遇，环境之类的）？
• QR感觉我学历不太够不过也打算申请一下，我也不懂是啥，最好能都试试。本科生有戏吗
• 求refer，求同类，求各种各样的经验

You can get started by completing the two intro quizzes and get 100 points. I did not get an intern/job in the quant industry so maybe I don't have the best advice, but I would start by reviewing basic probability (EV, basic distributions, etc). No need to spend too much time reading an entire textbook because most of the advanced stuff is unnecessary for interviews. Then, start doing the green book and other quant interview questions (reddit has many resources). Keep in mind that each firm will have different styles of questions so you have to do firm-specific preparation. I think the most important thing is to apply as soon as the application opens (it will be much easier to get in). Even if you aren't ready, just apply and tell the recruiter you want to delay. Good luck!

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