The hedge funds hiring graduates and interns
If you want to work in finance, it’s hard to beat working at a hedge fund.
From the high pay to the decent working hours, hedge funds are the promised land of financial services to many – especially in a climate where private equity firms are faltering, and investment banks are cutting wholesale.
And the best way to get in, as anywhere in finance, is with an internship. But hedge funds are tough to get into. They hire very few interns in general, for two reasons: firstly, because they mostly hire from bank sales & trading teams, and secondly because they’re generally very small. Even in combination, nine of the biggest hedge funds in the world have an employee count on par with a single investment bank. A small one. There are very few places to go around, and they’re very competitive to get into.
While top investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and top private equity firms such as Blackstone have acceptance rates of 0.7% and 0.25% respectively, hedge funds are in the same sort of ballpark - with hedge fund Point72’s academy accepting 0.6% of applicants to its summer internship, for example.
Here’s a list of the hedge funds that we know have open programs:
AQR Capital Management
What is it? A quantitative hedge fund, or quant fund.
Tell me more. Quite a lot of openings are currently open, all at the firm’s Connecticut campus, in research, risk, engineering, and portfolio “implementation”. These are all based at the firm’s internal school – the Quanta Academy.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Aspect Capital
What is it? A quantitative hedge fund, or quant fund.
Tell me more. A few roles for the in research, business development, and engineering, based in the firm’s London office.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Soon, for 2026.
Balyasny Asset Management
What is it? A multistrategy fund.
Tell me more. Quite a few internships, based in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, and New York, among others. They’re in all manners of field including quantitative trade and research, engineering, and policy strategy.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Bracebridge Capital
What is it? A fund that manages assets for endowments and foundations.
Tell me more A number of internships for this year in operations and trading, all based in the firm’s Boston office.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Brevan Howard Asset Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. A few opportunities in London, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore, working within the macro, AI, quant, venture capital, trading and risk teams.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Bridgewater Associates
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Just the one opportunity, for an investment associate intern. Based in New York, it’s pretty generally hedge fund analyst faire, although you’ll also be allowed to back your bets – you can take your intern compensation and take positions “against” Bridgewater.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Capstone Investment Advisors
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Four opportunities – two in New York, and two in London. There’s an “investment internship” and a “non-investment internship” available in each city. The former is pretty standard analyst role, while the latter is
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Capula Investment Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The fund’s trading and research summer internship is open, based in London and Tokyo. There is also a part-time internship open in New York, for a PhD finance candidate. You only have to work 15-20 hours a week for that one.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Citadel
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. A whole bunch of opportunities for both students and graduates across New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, and others. Roles are for quantitative research, software engineering, investment & trading, and operations, among others.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
D.E. Shaw Group
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The fund has roles open in New York and London for a variety of roles including trading, investor relations, quantitative strategies, and software development.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Dymon Asia Capital
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Dymon definitely hires interns, but it's not as structured at other firms. The fund encourages applicants at all times of the year and that they are "constantly looking for people to join our team."
Tell me less. Here's the link.
When do I apply? Now, for whenever you want.
LMR Partners
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Nothing structured, but the firm accepts emails from students interested in “a unique opportunity” who want to be nurtured.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for whenever.
Man Group
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Internships and graduate schemes in accountancy, trading, research, technology, quant things… Whatever you could imagine or want a hedge fund to offer.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Marshall Wace
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The fund has a number of technology internships open for application in 2026, in London, New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore. A few more opportunities are available for university graduates.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Millennium Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. A host of opportunities across London, New York, Switzerland, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and the rest. Operations, AI, risk, capital markets, data, quant things… Anything you could possibly want.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Point72 Asset Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. More internships than you could dream of, across every major financial center – software engineering long/short equities in London, quantitative research in Tokyo or Paris, or AI engineering in New York. There’s also the Point72 academy, the firm’s analyst training program.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Rokos Capital Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. A small number of internships are available, seemingly based in the UK. There’s technology, quantitative, and trading operations available as well as risk, treasury, and strategy.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Schonfeld
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. A small selection of internships, all based in the United States or in the UK including quant, software engineering and compliance.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Sculptor Capital Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Placements in Sculptor’s investing , global infrastructure, and client partner groups are all available, for ten weeks.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? In January.
Sona Asset Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. Sona has been known to hire interns, but it’s less structured than other places. Most interns appear to be in credit-related functions.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Unclear.
Squarepoint Capital
What is it? A quant fund.
Tell me more. A number of openings for graduates and students both. A three-year program for desk quants, software development, support specialist-isms. The world is yours. Internships in compliance and software development.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Tudor Group
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The firm has just one internship open at the moment, for a New York-based quantitative developer. In past years, it’s had positions in New York, Oakland, and Singapore for both development and research quantitative interns.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Two Sigma
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The fund has quantitative research and software engineering opportunities – currently only one quantitative one is open, at the firm’s New York campus.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Verition Fund Management
What is it? A multi-strategy fund.
Tell me more. The fund has New York & London-based internships open, lasting ten weeks and embedded in the firm’s investment team.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
Voloridge Investment Management
What is it? A quant firm.
Tell me more. Jupiter, Florida-based Voloridge has a number of internships available in software engineering, trading engineering, and quantitative development.
Tell me less. Here’s the link.
When do I apply? Now, for 2026.
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