Operations Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Voleon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 32.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Operations Associate roles take an average of 68 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Voleon overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Voleon as a Operations Associate according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 8%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Voleon (Berkeley, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I interviewed on-campus, followed by a Skype interview ~2 weeks later, followed by an invitation to interview on-site ~2 weeks after that. They put me up in a very nice hotel in downtown Berkeley, but the flight plan they booked for me was very inconvenient. On-site was 5 1:1 interviews, including one conducted over lunch. Everyone I spoke with seemed friendly, intelligent and hardworking. HR manager told me I should hear back in 2 weeks. After 2 months and no followup, I received an offer elsewhere, and emailed Voleon to ask if they would have a decision for me in time to respond to my other offer. I was told that they were "still deliberating" and to be patient. I waited until I had one day left to respond to my other offer, at which point I emailed Voleon to let them know I would have to withdraw my candidacy. Only then did I receive a generic rejection letter. I don't know if I was waitlisted in favor of another candidate, or if they over-expanded and didn't have the budget for another associate; either way I didn't appreciate being kept in the dark 7 weeks past the point when I was told to expect a decision. I also didn't appreciate the "you can't reject us, we reject you" move.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were asking for examples of my experience working on teams. These became repetitive after a while.
Submitted an online application then a week someone reached out for a round 1 interview. Questions were pretty straightforward and person interviewing me was super nice but make sure to know about the industry
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Voleon (Berkeley, CA) in Dec 2023
Interview
It was long and tedious with 6 rounds. Made it to Round 5 and got cut off when they asked about GPA. They really care about that. Overall I'd say you're interviewing with a white people company, it was okay.
Several rounds of interviews with people of increasing seniority. One of the rounds involved a take home portion that you then discuss with a current employee. Final round is five back to back interviews with people from various teams.
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Question 1
Why do you want to work for a quantitative hedge fund?