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Top Down vs Bottom Up Approach For Quant Interviews

Prep-books or textbooks?

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NT Quant
Mar 03, 2023
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When preparing for quant interviews, there are two approaches you can take.

Approach 1: Bottom Up

  • Study the underlying topics with conventional textbooks

  • Practice interview questions as refinement

Approach 2: Top Down

  • Study and learn interview questions directly

  • Retroactively study the minimum subset of necessary topics

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