If you go into an interview for Quantitative Trader, DO NOT DISCLOSE proprietary information about the strategies you are currently running.

If the company is asking about your current strategies, they are putting you in a very bad position. They know that if you respond, you will be violating not only your contractual obligations against your current employer but also violating Federal and State Laws. What company would put a prospective employee in a situation that they can be sued and put in prison for a crime?

I respond: a company that has zero interest in hiring you. This is 100% what firms call in the Chicago/HFT scene: download. In a download typical interview, the firm will cycle you through several interviewers and very often all them will ask the same question: tell me details about your strategies. This is all common to spot.

If the firm is asking you blatantly to violate your contractual obligations and the law, you do not need to do it. And you should not do it. If you are smart, you might legally go work and feed your family anywhere you wish. But you do not have the right to bring strategies from one place to another.

If the firm is known to advertise profusely, if they are known to interview way more than they hire, if they mostly ask questions about your current work, all these should be seen as red flags.

Please do yourself a favor and do not disclose your strategies. It is a crime that will most certainly not benefit you.