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Global Alpha Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at Trexquant Investment with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

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Trexquant Investment Global Alpha Researcher interview questions

based on 24 ratings - Updated May 6, 2026

Average interview difficulty

Mostly positive interview experience

How others got an interview

76%
Applied online
Applied online
12%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
6%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
6%
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24 interviews

Global Alpha Researcher Interview

May 29, 2019

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Trexquant Investment (Beijing, Beijing) in Apr 2019

Interview

1: Technical online test (focus on programming, statistics, finance) 3 programming questions, have limits on the efficiency of the program, simple statistical and financial questions 2: HR Interview (short tech questions) 3: Project (big project, coding ability) 4: Manager Interview (tech)

Interview questions [3]

Question 1

How to construct alphas using daily data? Can you list five factors that can predict the return?

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Question 2

If your model is correct, but the predictive power of the model is not good, what is the possible issue?

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Question 3

What is the GMM model?

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Global Alpha Researcher Interview

Mar 13, 2019

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Trexquant Investment

Interview

The whole process includes online assessment (total 150mins, most time was used in the programming)+ phone interview (talking about the background ,project experiences, courses)+ programming project ... It takes about a week.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

total 20 quiz including 3 programming problems

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Global Alpha Researcher Interview

Sep 29, 2018

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Trexquant Investment

Interview

Start with an online assessments with some statistical and programming questions. They are pretty easy. Then there is phone interview. They asked about your resume and skills. Then your understanding of some statistics, math, finance concepts.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What are fama factors?

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