Is it hard to get hired at Jane Street?

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Jane Street as 63.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.55 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quantitative Research and RDP Associate rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Linux Engineer and Intern - Hourly roles were rated as the easiest.

How long does it take to get hired at Jane Street?

The hiring process at Jane Street takes an average of 17 days when considering 2,048 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Software Engineering roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 100 days).

Where can I find Jane Street interview experiences by job title?

Software Engineer (51) ; Quantitative Trader (37) ; Intern (27) ; Trader (22) ; Quantitative Analyst (20) ; Quantitative Researcher (19) ; Quantitative Trading Intern (15) ; Trading Intern (15) ; Junior Trader (14) ; Quant Trader Intern (13) ; Analyst (11) ; Internship (11) ; Quant Trading Intern (10) ; Customer Service Representative (7) ; SWE Intern (7)

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How others got an interview

77%
Applied online
Applied online
13%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
5%
Recruiter
Recruiter
2%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
2%
Staffing Agency
Staffing Agency
1%
Other
Other
1%
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Quantitative Trader Interview

May 27, 2024

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I interviewed at Jane Street

Interview

The interview process was smooth. The recruiter was responsive and helpful and the interviewers does a great job explaining the questions and helping you throughout the process. Nice experience going through the interviews

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Question 1

Expected value, statistics, dice problems

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Network Engineer Interview

May 27, 2024

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Jane Street

Interview

Interview Process: 1st-Screening, 2nd-2 round of technical interview 3rd-5 hours onsite, 5 round of interviews, 2 interviewer each 4th-manager interview First interview tech screening: quick session, questions about network and linux. Then I was ghosted by recruiter for 2 weeks, received rejection email and no feedback was ever shared.

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Question 1

BGP, OSI/ISO Layer, linux knowledge

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Strategy and Product Intern Interview

May 26, 2024

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Jane Street (New York, NY)

Interview

1) application screening 2) phone call interview about 20mins 3) zoom interview with 2 employees about 45mins 3) flown to NYC for 2 interviews then lunch then 2 more if you make it. I got cut after 3thrd which is relatively common. They cut after the second one post lunch and after the third.

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Question 1

Design from scratch a fundamental model that could be used as a baseline to create a global trading firm

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