Our Business Development team shares how to stand out during the hiring process, the qualities they look for in analysts, and how we help analysts become PMs.

Point72 Academy Around the World

Feb 27th, 2024 23m 17s

Point72 Academy Director Jaimi Goodfriend asks three Academy graduates about how the Academy prepared them to be investment analysts and what the culture is like in our London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo offices.

How Analysts Build Their Skills

Jan 25th, 2024 20m 47s

Ever wondered how hedge fund analysts train themselves to generate new ideas? Hear two Point72 Academy graduates share their paths from Academy Associates to idea generators and learn from one seasoned investment professional turned coach about

Earning a Place on an Investing Team

Dec 19th, 2023 23m 42s

How does an Academy Associate earn an analyst seat? Jean Horenstein, an investment coach for the Point72 Academy, asks one of our PMs and two of his analysts about why they chose each other as teammates and how to stand out during PM rotations.

How I Prepared for the Point72 Academy

Nov 22nd, 2023 26m 17s

Three Academy Associates—Martin, Cherry, and Victor— join Brian Mulvihill, Academy coach, to share their interviewing tips, why they chose a career in investing, and the habits they’ve incorporated into their routines to set themselves up for c

How an Analyst Becomes a PM

Feb 16th, 2023 26m 33s

Point72 Portfolio Manager Mike Mongiardini joins Jaimi to talk about his career journey from Point72 Academy graduate to investment analyst to PM. You’ll also hear from the head of our emerging manager program—Point72 LaunchPoint—and a PM who c

Success as a Student in the Point72 Academy

Jan 24th, 2023 20m 11s

In this replay from last season, you’ll hear host Jaimi Goodfriend talk to Jean Horenstein, a former analyst and PM who is now a senior faculty member for the Point72 Academy, about designing curriculum for analysts, the value of understanding

Where Can This Career Take You?

Jan 10th, 2023 22m 38s

Point72 Analyst Joe Moynihan joins Jaimi to talk about his transition from designing the Academy curriculum to joining the program to become an investor himself. You’ll also hear from two investors at Point72 Ventures – one of whom was an Acade

How Do Analysts Excel?

Dec 22nd, 2022 16m 35s

Point72 Analyst Coach Jeremy Simon joins Jaimi to share his perspective from two decades of buy-side experience on what excelling as an investment professional looks like. You'll also hear two of our analysts talk about qualities that make the

Steven A. Cohen on a Career in Investing

Dec 6th, 2022 19m 35s

In this episode our host Jaimi Goodfriend sits down, one on one, with Steve Cohen—the founder of Point72—to talk about becoming an investment professional, connecting the dots, and continuous improvement.Then we’ll dig into some details about o

Inside the Point72 Academy Summer Internship

Nov 22nd, 2022 11m 26s

In this episode, you’ll hear directly from four members of our summer internship class. They’ll help you get a sense of what we teach, what it’s like to be an intern working on an investing team, what interns do in their free time, and how the

How Can I Stand Out?

Nov 8th, 2022 22m 44s

In this episode, Jaimi talks to an Academy recruiter about what she looks for on resumes, how candidates set themselves apart, and dos and don’ts in the interview process.You’ll also hear from an Academy graduate and his PM about why they wante

Why Become an Investment Professional?

Oct 24th, 2022 19m 28s

Have you ever wondered about an investing career, but felt you didn’t know enough about the industry, or where to start? In this episode, Jaimi Goodfriend, Director of Point72 Academy, talks to Harry Schwefel—co-Chief Investment Officer at Poin

What is the Point72 Academy?

Oct 10th, 2022 27m 31s

Jean Horenstein, Point72 Academy senior faculty member, joins Jaimi to talk about the Academy curriculum, what the best analysts do to set themselves apart, and how Jean transitioned from the pre-med track with the goal of becoming a cardiothor

So, You're Considering a Career in Finance

Sep 22nd, 2022 30m 3s

Join Jaimi Goodfriend—Point72 Academy Director—as she sits down with Mark Flannery, Point72’s Head of U.S. Long/Short Equity Teams Supervision to learn about different types of businesses within finance, his career path from equity research to

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