submitted resume online, contacted by an hr, scheduled a phone interview, interviewer was nice, questions involved probability questions and problems testing number intuition, great company, hard interview, deifinitely worth applying
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questions involved probability questions and problems testing number intuition
Technical phone interview with one of the quant researchers. Walk through your problem solving process with the interviewer for both the question posed, and the problem sent before the interview.
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You are offered to play a game where you can roll a 100-sided die. If you are happy with your roll, you will be paid the value of the roll. Otherwise, you may pay $1 to roll again. What price would you pay to play this game?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Jane Street in Nov 2019
Interview
The interview was based on a phone call with one of the researchers at the firm. Questions asked were mostly technical in nature and focused on stats and probability. Interviewer was very courteous and took the time to answer a lot of questions regarding the work there.
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Optimal strategy for guessing a sequence of random coin flips and expected return
Quant Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quant Researcher roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Quant Researcher according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 71%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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