I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Freddie Mac (McLean, VA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I interviewed with the ERM (Model Risk) group in Capital Markets. The phone screening with the hiring manager went well. The interview took four and a half hours, split into half-hour blocks, lunch in between. By far the most unprofessional experience I've had. The staff were unfriendly and openly arrogant, typical of physics PhDs working in finance who feel the need to punch down. Each person seemed to have a different expectation for the role. The AVP referred to most of the job as "busy-work" and said most of the job would be writing unnecessary documentation after asking me an obtuse series of questions about "proving" that I did work. Weird guy. The other staff asked me a bunch of disjointed technical questions about their particular area of expertise. I have no idea what the job actually would entail- it was simply a long exercise for them to show me how smart they were. Trust me, I was impressed. I think the call center-like atmosphere (sitting on top of one another) contributed to their general antagonism. Definitely a weird experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Freddie Mac (McLean, VA) in Jan 2026
Interview
First round is a 15-min HR screening. Asked about some basic information and shared information about the position. Then a 30-min interview with the business team manager. Still some general questions: why this job, do you know default risk modeling, do you know coding... No specific questions. Still waiting for the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why this job, do you know default risk modeling, do you know coding, do you know SAS.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Freddie Mac in Jun 2025
Interview
The interview had 3 steps.
1. HR round (General question about location, number of days in
2. Techincals with lead. (Machine learning questions/Financial products)
3. Behavorial with director. (Prior work experience, How can you fit in this role? )
slow, not responsive, no feedback, not professional. You can literally see how bad they organize things just through their terrible interview process. tech questions were not well structured. I can see that they don't really know much about it. recruiter didn't tell me anything useful. And for y'all preparing for their interviews, be prepared to waste 3 months just to know that the position is canceled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL, Python live coding to solve some beginner level data manipulation questions
Candidates applying for Senior Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Freddie Mac overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Freddie Mac as a Senior Quantitative Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 23%
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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