Trading Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trading Intern roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 46 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 Trading Intern according to 46 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Skills test: 15%
One on one interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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Pretty good interview. About 30 minutes of straight technical questions and a brief five-minute questions and answers at the end. Heard back about a week later. Entire process was speedy
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say you have N cupcakes of which k are of type A and N-k are of type B. If you guess the number of cupcakes which belong to both type A and type B, you get X amount of dollars which is equal to the amount of cupcakes in the box. How would you go about maximizing the money you receive?
The process was pretty nice I woke up and they gave me food we talked for a couple of rounds some brainteasers, some system design, some technicals, just be strong in your fundamentals.
4 rounds before superday. didnt make it to superday. first round was basic prob and stats questions. r2-4 is all hard game theory style questions. no behavioral at all.
i heard superday is a combination of data analysis and more games
3 online interviews before the final on-site one. The whole process is around a month. Mostly consists of probability questions. Poker chips are given in the final round to bet on certain decisions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Figuring out the strategy of a computer opponent in a turn based game and devising a strategy against them.