I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street (New York, NY) in Sep 2024
Interview
Initial recruiter probability phone call, into a variation of number of virtual interviews that hammers on probability and brainteasers, to a whole day superday at the interviewing office that they will bring you out for. If you underperform, you will be asked to leave after lunch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic green book for the first phone call, and then novel questions on probability from the second round onwards.
Applied online and passed the resume screen, got invited to a first round, didn't pass, was my first time interviewing for quant and nerves made me answer not quite at the best of my ability
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Question 1
In a game you are given a distribution of marbles, how to figure out the maximum payoff without knowing the colors
I was qualified for the first round of the interview proccess. I was asked about the reasons why i want to become a Quant and why i applied in Jane street for this role. After I was asked two probability questions. The interviewer was ok but at some moments I wasn't sure if she was following my thoughts
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly I failied since I tried to give them a strict answer to one of the problems(which was impossible to calculate in this time) and the wanted to hear some intuitive approach which leads to approximately correct answer.
they spend a lot of time trying to understand your thought process. the interview question use simple scenarios and build from them to more complex ones to understand how you handle adversity