Department of Physics — College Career Prep | Socratify
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Build the Skills Employers are Looking For
Jane Street
Two Sigma
Citadel
Citadel Securities
D.E. Shaw
Optiver
AQR Capital Management
Man Group
McKinsey & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Google
Google DeepMind
Microsoft
IBM
Nvidia
ASML
Intel
ABB
Siemens
UBS
Goldman Sachs
Roche
Novartis
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“ETH Zurich Physics is one of the few European programmes that gets you straight into Jane Street and Two Sigma pipelines. The quant interview skill maps were the difference between knowing the physics and knowing what they actually test.”
ETH Zurich BSc Physics Graduate
ETH Zurich
Socratify's Learning Loop
Skills-based. Curated. Adaptive.
Your Career Goals
We map your target role to a skill graph, identify gaps, and build a personalized curriculum that adapts as you improve.
Financial Modeling
Practitioner
Stakeholder Influence
Apprentice
Data Storytelling
Practitioner
AI Workflow Design
Apprentice
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Interview Prep
Every session is selected to challenge your weakest skills at the right difficulty — no wasted reps on things you already know.
How would you approach declining product margins?
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Technology · ProfitabilityGoogle
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Frameworks
Interactive tools — issue trees, whiteboards, spreadsheets — appear in context, mirroring real interview and work environments.
Framework
Main Branch
What evidence demonstrates you operate at the next level?
Level 1
Can you quantify your business impact?
Level 2
Led 3 cross-team projects in 12 months; $2.4M revenue impact from process improvements
Level 2
Mentored 4 direct reports; 2 promoted, team retention 95% vs org average 78%
Level 1
Are you operating beyond your current level?
Level 2
Already running senior-level meetings, representing team to VP stakeholders weekly
Level 2
Gap: no published thought leadership or external visibility yet
Main Branch
How do you present your case effectively?
Level 1
When and how do you initiate the conversation?
Level 2
Initiate in a 1:1 after a major win; frame as "career development discussion" not demand
Level 2
Bring a one-page "promo packet" summary: impact, scope, peer feedback, growth areas
Level 1
Who else needs to advocate for you?
Level 2
Skip-level sponsor and 2 cross-functional peers who can vouch for senior-level collaboration
Level 2
Action: build relationship with skip-level over next 6 weeks through strategic project updates
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Sharpen Your Judgment
Learn which questions are worth asking, which problems actually matter, and how to prioritize what to investigate first.
Churn is rising — I'd invest in a retention program.
Feedback
After each session, get scored across multiple dimensions with specific, actionable feedback that feeds back into your skill profile.
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