Basic Information

• Name: Ashish Prasad
• Email: mashish2003@gmail.com
• Curriculum: Dual Degree
• Year of Study: 5th
• Company / University: Alpha Alternatives
• Role: Quant Researcher
• Duration: 24 Summers
• Mode: On-site
• Location: Mumbai

Targeted Domain

ML/Quant Research

How I Got This Internship

Applied around March and process was complete by April last week. Heard back within one week had 2 rounds of interview

Preparation Resources

Leetcode for DSA, Did not prep anything specific for ML and Puzzles

Tests and Interviews

First round was Resume based and question on that, second round was coding round and puzzles

Handling Rejections

Constant application

Work / Project

Quant research and financial data analysis

Organizational Culture

Peers were from various IITs, very friendly culture but the work was a bit hectic

Networking

Yes

Overall Experience

Great, got to learn lot of things, made a lot of connections

Would You Recommend?

Yes, but only target if you have good cpi and actually want to target Quant research. Work hours was a bit too much, generally 12 hrs a day, would not recommend for 4th year internship if you want to also do placement prep.