I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bridgewater Associates in Mar 2011
Interview
First round: group interview with other candidates. Each candidate is supposed to bring up a controversial issue or moral dilemma to discuss (you are told to think about this ahead of the interview). Example: what do you think about affirmative action for college admission?
Second round: another group interview round, a 1:1 "tell me about yourself" interview, a discussion with two company representatives where they give you a specific scenario and you argue for or against it (e.g. "In an election, should people be allowed to sell their votes to others?"). There is also a session where you listen to an audio recording about an employee having a discussion with some more senior people about her work, how she feels overwhelmed by it, and what can be done to improve things. Then you get 30 minutes 1:1 to ask questions about it and about the culture at Bridgewater in general.
The atmosphere was friendly, but I'm not a huge fan of the group interviews -- some candidates inevitably end up dominating the discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In an election, should people with voting rights be allowed to sell their votes to other voters?
First round with HR.
Second round is a group discussion. Given a topic, there is no right or wrong. I think they are trying to understand your thinking process and how you deal with problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR related general questions. Philosophy-like topic.
HR screen about you and your background, group discussion where you discuss an abstract philosophical question (e.g do you tax happiness, if you could make everyone believe one fact what would it be), analytical interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are netflix trying to figure out how much to pay for a new show/how much it's worth, what do you do
Analytical debate and then further rounds discussing quantitative problems, analytical studies, etc. etc. around 4 to 5 rounds in total and also questions on resume and experience etc etc. not super chill or super intensive, nothing much else to add