Trader Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 4.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trader Intern roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 26 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 Trader Intern according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 54%
One on one interview: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 4%
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The interviewer introduced himself before the official interview started. Several probability problems were asked. The whole interview process was kind of like a discussion, and the interviewer would see how you approach to these problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many heads would you expect to get if you toss 4 fair coins?
Many rounds of brainteasers, some of which are more rapid fire in nature and others which require you to flesh out a detailed answer to a complex problem. Be well rested and well prepared!
mostly maths probability questions - a lot of conditional probability, relatively easy in the first round, but you need to think out loud - you need to be really fast
4 rounds in final. The first one is market making of cards. The rest are especially designed games. The interviewer may ask added question along the playing of the game