First round phone (not Zoom) interview for quant researcher. The interviewer was very friendly and patient. CV, probability and coding questions. Questions about my past research, linux commands, recursion-based probability question and manipulating data array in a coding language of my choice. Was told I didn't make it through by email the same day.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Renaissance Technologies LLC (New York, NY) in Feb 2023
Interview
First interview was trivia questions about C++ then some interviews with their scientists. The interviews were very difficult and pretty technical. Can't say the questions but be very prepared on C++ fluency.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Renaissance Technologies LLC
Interview
Asked a probability question, then proceeded to ask about C++ data structures, opening and closing files, and then made me code it up. Wasn't too difficult, I was just really nervous
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Renaissance Technologies LLC as 42.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.37 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quant and Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Data Programmer and Researcher roles were rated as the easiest.
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