I co-run a quant-driven prop shop. We never did and still don't do inbound recruiting, only outbound and referrals. It's the same with almost all quant shops no

I co-run a quant-driven prop shop. We never did and still don't do inbound recruiting, only outbound and referrals. It's the same with almost all quant shops now in the EU. I guess the US would be different, but only slightly - I guess every small quant shop does the same across geographies. Also there are only a handful of big quant shops or hedgefunds actively seeking heavyweight quant guys. The industry in general has moved to a strategy of doing more with less.