Junior Quantitative Analyst Interview Questions

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The phone screening interview was quite easy, I was asked about my research experience, some algorithm questions (dynamic programming) and some probability questions. The online interview was more extensive: dynamic programming, coding with python, and again probability questions.
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Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.9
Oct 6, 2020

The phone screening interview was quite easy, I was asked about my research experience, some algorithm questions (dynamic programming) and some probability questions. The online interview was more extensive: dynamic programming, coding with python, and again probability questions.

In the interview I was asked about my background and PhD research, including some nontrivial questions that I struggled a bit with. Then was a probability question. The interviewer was very nice and eventually coaxed the answer out of me.
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Quantitative analyst intern

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.9
Dec 7, 2023

In the interview I was asked about my background and PhD research, including some nontrivial questions that I struggled a bit with. Then was a probability question. The interviewer was very nice and eventually coaxed the answer out of me.

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