Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 96 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jane Street overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jane Street as a Intern according to 96 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 52%
Skills test: 18%
One on one interview: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
Presentation: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street in Oct 2016
Interview
I've applied to the trader position.
He phoned me, ask me to tell him if I've already known one of the following tasks and not to use pen and solve in mind.
He was speaking really slow and clear.
I had a mistake in on of the problems and he told me think over once more.
After tasks he told me about trader's job and differences between available positions.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
find the sum 1 + 3 + 5 + ... 99 (odd numbers below 100) = ?
some easy probability questions like there are 3 days and there is a probability of rain for them. Find the probability that there are at least 2 days without rain.
there is a grey cube 3x3x3 was colored into red (all of its edges) . Next it was splitted into 1x1x1 cubes. 1 of these small cubes was chosen uniformly and uniformly thrown on a table. Find the P of "You can't see any red edges on this small cube"
They tend to examine the logical thinkers that can communicate clearly and concisely, and some problem-solving exercises intended to explore how you gather and apply new information, very different from other tech companies' interviews.
Initial application and online assessment. Had a first round behavioral interview where they asked me about myself, my experiences, and a couple of brain teasers. The interviewer was very nice.
Phone interviews (at least 3) - questions were of mixed difficulty (some pretty hard) but the interviewers were friendly and they gave helpful hints. Kind of fun - review probability and game-type questions.