Quantitative Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Researcher roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 104 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 Quantitative Researcher according to 104 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 5%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
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multiple rounds of phone interview before onsite, failed at 3rd round, Includes coding (not leetcode style but simple) and mathematical probability questions. Could be useful to review basic probabilities, game theory, markov chains and continuous random variables.
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1st round asked questions in game theory and expected mean.
The process began with serveral online tests for maths and logic. They gave a personal interview to get to know the candidate better and evaluate fit for the company/role, then held a technical interview covering maths and logic problems.
Fun and filled with unexpected questions. The questions rely on fast thinking and fast calculations, and sometimes intuition because there is no sufficient time for me to work through the whole problem.
We started with a bit of small talk, followed by some probability questions. Ended with some basic algebra questions, Make sure to ask questions if you have any. Good experience, feels like the interviewer was trading.