The quick answer is at least four. If you plan to interview with a mutual fund then prepare at least four longs. If you are interviewing with a long/short hedge fund be prepared to go over at least three longs and one short. If you are interviewing with a sector focused hedge fund, try to gear your pitches to stocks that the fund employees will be familiar with.
At a minimum, you should expect to go over at least two stock ideas when you interview with a portfolio manager. Coming in with just two stock pitches is not a good idea because the interviewing portfolio manager may not know one of your stocks and ask to hear another idea. PMs tend to want their analysts to eat, breathe and sleep stocks, so the last thing you want to say is "I don’t have another one". There is a good chance the PM will think you don't want the job badly enough and just write you off.
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