Everything to prepare for a Polar Asset Management interview: why the firm, and the questions candidates there reported being asked.
From the inside
Reasons that work in interviews
4 reasons for Polar Asset Management
Expect the real question underneath to be “why this strategy”, then “why this platform within it”. Have a view on long/short versus multi-manager versus event-driven before you have a view on the firm, and bring one idea you can defend.
One of the largest Canadian hedge funds, with genuine multi-strategy capability including event-driven, convertible arbitrage and new-issue strategies.
Arbitrage and event strategies teach structure and documentation rather than only fundamentals, which is a rarer skill set.
Toronto-based and independent, so the whole investment process is in one building.
Strategy breadth means you can find the lane that fits rather than being assigned one.
Firm-specific questions
Why Polar Asset Management over PineStone Asset Management or Anson Funds?
Anchor your answer in what sets it apart: canadian-rooted multi-strategy platform with 29 pm teams; unusually broad mandate for a canadian hedge fund; offices in toronto, calgary, new york and london.
What do you make of this move: Hired Jason Cope, TD Securities' head of global fixed income, to lead a global fixed income and rates business?
Dated 2025. Explain the strategic logic and what it means for the team you would join.
5 more Polar Asset Management-specific questions, each with what to cover and the sources behind it.
Coming soon
We’re collecting the real technical and behavioural questions candidates were asked at Polar Asset Management, by role and office, and how each round runs.
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