I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at YipitData (New York, NY) in Dec 2019
Interview
Positive experience as an interviewee, nothing too hard. You get to learn a lot about the company through the interview process.
Breakdown:
1. Small and easy assignment after submitting the application
2. Join info session in person or via Zoom - I think everyone gets to this stage
3. The only tricky part in the process, which is a one-week assignment (you can choose your own start date) where you have to conduct some estimation (language of your choice) based on their proprietary data and make a investment recommendation; this is close to what they do in real work. Make sure you consider edge cases and make no mistakes in code/reports. Dive into details. After you submit, there will be some follow-up questions in email regarding some aspects of the assignment. Treat them as part of the assignment.
4. In-person interview, 4 interviewers: one from the engineering side, one from the equity research side, VP of product, and founder of the company. Mostly behavior questions, nothing hard; walk through a case study with VP of product. You get to ask a lot of questions, so make sure to prepare enough questions to ask them.
5. Provide 3+ references.
It took me 8+ weeks because of holiday season; normally won't be that long.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at YipitData in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview process was very structured and conducted in a professional manner. First there was a talk with HR, and after that I had to a take-home assignment to assess some analytical skills. After it was approved, I went through a technical interview with a case study, and after that I went through two more interviews to assess soft skills and talk about my prior experiences in more detail.
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Question 1
They asked a lot about my past experiences and about projects that I was able to make real impact using data analytics.
I applied online. I interviewed at YipitData in Feb 2026
Interview
The process had several steps, which made it a bit exhausting at times. That said, all the interviewers were very kind and easy to talk to.
Most of the interviews seemed focused on making sure I clearly understood the role and how I would approach the work.
In total, the process included one screening interview, a take-home assignment, one technical interview, and two HR interviews.
Recruiter did not inform me that the interview will be recorded and transcribed using a 3rd party AI tool. A few days before the interview, I received a spam email from the AI company that went into my Promotions folder, informing me that YipitData uses it to record interviews. Despite declining it from the email and checking with the recruiter, I decided not to proceed with the interview. Be careful, as they are a market research company, you never know how they will use your personal data