I applied in-person. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Mumbai) in Jul 2015
Interview
Three telephonic rounds from London. All technical involving. C++, probability, smart pointers, bit of finance, sorting and data structures, puzzles, dutch flag problem. one HR round. one face to face round. most problems were standard. The HR round was more of a formality and asked about future, weakness and strengths, why do you want to switch job after just an year? The interviews were telephonic and all were conducted within a week.
Interview questions [1]
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Describe any one sorting algorithm in detail
one puzzle regarding uniform distribution with two players where one players valuation of an item is twice that of others.
explain new, delete keywords
what is vega of an instrument?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2015
Interview
3 stages, 2 Phone interviews and one on-site interview. First 2 interview are over the Phone las about an hour and a half each. Its a very technical interview solely quantitative. One is expected to read John Hull, 8th edition
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Question 1
Phone interviews concentrate quant question, mathematics, programming. Very technical interview.
Eg. What is Brownian Motion? Characteristics of Brownian Motion, Derivatives Modelling and Pricing related question.
Lame interviewer who was vdry belliting and showed no interest in finding out about my aptitudes, and very confrontational at times. The interrier didn't last too long and he was very inept and un knowledgeable of the subject matter he was asking about.
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Question 1
What's an abstract class, what's polymorphism, some questions regarding my background in quantum mechanics but he obviously could not comprehend a thing I said. A waste of time more like.