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1- Estimating missing data in a series 2- Maximum path in a graph 3- Estimating house prices from a database
- Assessments: Coding (3 questions/48 hrs), Aptitude (1 hr), Psychometric (1/2 hr) - Phone call with HR (standard questions + 2 simple arithmetic problems to test quick thinking) - 2 hr individual analysis task followed by a group task with another candidate, under the guidance of a junior trader. Involved coding up a backtesting structure to determine PnL of a strategy. - Dev interview: simple questions on maps/trees - Quant interview: questions on probability/combinatorics/estimation and a potential market making game - Final interview: with head of trading and head HR
Hackerrank: mercury levels est., house pricing, max path sum Phone screen: Couple of straightforward maths q's + some easy behaviourals Quant interview: problem solving + maths. Don't need to answer all of them perfectly, as long as you're personable and can work towards the soln. Dev interview: paired programming - phone directory lookup. Same deal as quant interview. HR: standard behavioural q's with a focus on working in teams. Try to let a conversation flow from it.
how to dealing with missing values.
Typical passage-based questions, pattern recognition and mental calculation. Coding question - interpolation, tree traversing. There was one more which can't recall
Something to do with calculating house prices (including estimating) with a program
Tell us about a time that you struggled in a class or job.
Three times you have given up on something.
I was asked to answer to an HR question in 5 min ( why you want to be a trader). Then they asked me some basic probability question.
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