I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
Difficult math contest questions. The interviewer was pleasant. He asked lots of questions about statistics and probability. He was listening for the thought process on everything, even if I wasn't sure of the answer
A phone call, about 40 mins long, there was no formalities only vet technical questions. Around about 4 questions, with extensions to them if you completed them quickly. You were expected to talk through your thought process and methods for solving these questions.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Jane Street (London, England) in Oct 2021
Interview
Hard, first interview wasn't so bad with some relatively basic probability questions, second interview was a massive step up contained much more difficult questions that took a longer period of time to answer
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Jane Street
Interview
Zoom Interview with only audio. We had to think aloud while solving the questions. Questions were from estimation, probability and games. Lots of follow up questions were asked. It was difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Compare games related to throwing dice, simulate m-sided die using n-sided die.
Quant applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 30% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quant roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Quant according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 67%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 11%
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