Hedge Fund Investment Analyst

Long Ridge Partners

📍New York, NY
Posted May 18, 2026
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Job Overview

Position

Hedge Fund Investment Analyst

Company

Long Ridge Partners

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4401641864

Job Description

Job description

Our client is a $12bn single-manager hedge fund with a track record spanning over 20 years

Responsibilities

The position will focus on performing research and analysis on potential Long/Short equity investing opportunities, monitoring existing positions, and assisting in the overall management of the hedge fund's strategy. The candidate must be able to work independently and as part of a team that includes financial statement analysis, industry research, and company-specific due diligence.

Responsibilities of the role include assisting in the development and implementation of equity investing strategies, preparing and presenting investment recommendations to the investment team and providing timely updated on changes in the investment thesis.

Qualifications

· 1-4 years of total work experience in a complex finance role, preferably within investment banking, equity research or private equity

· Excellent academic credentials, Bachelor’s degree or above, preferably within a finance, economics or mathematics discipline

· Experience in conducting research and due diligence, and producing “client ready” investment materials

· Strong quantitative aptitude with a high attention to detail

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Walk me through how you would build a Long/Short equity investment thesis for a specific company, including how you would size the positions relative to each other.
  • 2.Describe a time you had to rely on financial statement analysis to uncover a red flag or hidden risk in a company that the market was overlooking.
  • 3.How do you approach industry research to identify potential Long/Short opportunities within a specific sector?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to present a complex investment recommendation to a tough audience. How did you handle pushback?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to work independently to meet a tight deadline on a due diligence project.
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you had to update your investment thesis quickly based on new, conflicting information. What was the outcome?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are monitoring an existing long position and the stock drops 15% on a high-volume day with no obvious news. What is your immediate next step?
  • 2.You are assigned to research a sector you have no prior experience in to find a new Long/Short pair. How do you begin your research to get up to speed quickly?

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Long/Short EquityFinancial Statement AnalysisDue DiligenceInvestment ThesisIndustry ResearchClient-Ready MaterialsInvestment RecommendationsQuantitative AnalysisPortfolio MonitoringInvestment BankingEquity Research

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