idiot aardvark was used so they would be the first to get clearing reports from the exchanges as they were first in line alphabetically. they are now a quant firm.
I am tempted to send my CV just so that at the end of the interview when they say "Any questions?" I can say "Yeah - which genius decided to name your firm after a fucking anteater?"
If you are going to use a name beginning with A, Aardvark is about the most stupid one you can imagine.
You know, they're not very good about giving you a timely yes/no. After my second interview, I waited two weeks and got no response. So I called them three times and emailed them at least twice to ask for an answer. Finally about a month after the second interview they said I was rejected. On another separate but related point, I wonder whether they are genuinely looking to hire, or if they're just really, really picky. I know of at least three other people who interviewed with them and did not get past the second round. And they all thought they did well on the interview. When I say they did "well," I mean they answered all or almost all of their quantitative questions, only to get rejected. Very puzzling. And it sounds like some of us here are going through the same thing. Is there anybody here that has gotten through all three rounds and received a job offer from them?
They are really picky. They see about 500 applicants per each hiring period and maybe hire 2-3. I've seen alot of the resumes that work at TMG/Aardvark and it's sick. Most are from Ivy League schools w/ 3.7+ GPA or have some kind of top notch work experience related to the field.
I was asked for a third interview. The guy was suppose to call on two occasions which he never did. Then I get an email a month after he was suppose to call asking if I still wanted an interview. This really pissed me off...Is this typical of smaller trading firms? Seems very unprofessional..can someone prove me wrong?
Aardvark is a subsidiary of TMG so it's really not a small firm. I know people at TMG that got their offer the day of their 2nd interview. To my knowledge most of those guys got an offer within a week.
I interviewed with them last year, both phone interviews. 1st round they asked some basic math/probability/finance questions.. breezed through that. about 2 weeks later, had the 2nd round.. asked some behavioral questions and continued with math/finance. I blanked out on one of their finance questions and the guy ended the interview kinda disturbed. He then sent me a bunch of questions (mostly on options/futures) to answer and email to him. I carefully answered them in great detail, scanned and emailed them over and he immediately sends me a rejection (within hours.) They seem quite selective for a firm with an unknown reputation.. I was in a Master of Finance program at the time and merely applying for their Trading Assistant internship back in May '08 (before the markets got real ugly)