Quantitative Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Jump Trading with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Researcher roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jump Trading overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jump Trading as a Quantitative Researcher according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 15%
Presentation: 10%
Other: 5%
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Very smooth. Recruiters are very friendly and do everything to make sure you perform at your best. Too bad, I could not make the cut. Friends there are so happy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the cubic root of 3375, you have 10 seconds.
HR screening, casual chat, followed by technical phone interview and another HR chat. Then Onsite interview consisting of four rounds, 3 technical and one technical and behavioral. Mostly on statistics, probability, coding and data analysis.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Jump Trading (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
I was contacted by the firms internal HR directly.
HR were nice and made the process seamless.
After my first conversation I had a 3 hour interview with 2 quants and a trader (all separate, approx 1hr each).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 hr of python coding ability being assessed, data structures and how would you solve a problem.
1 hr discussing microstructure and answering trading specific questions (assessing knowledge of HFT strategies, backtesting)
1 hr of conditional probability and stats questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Jump Trading (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2025
Interview
First round was probability/brainteasers, next set was 5 interviews in a row with a mix of stats/probability/data science and leetcode plus one behavioral round. Interviews were around 30 mins long each.