Junior Quant Trader applicants have rated the interview process at DRW with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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two interviews with two teams focusing on different asset classes; simple coding questions and Bayes probability questions; simple brainteasers (Fermi problems such as estimating the number of people at an event, algebraic problems)
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Bayes probability questions; simple brainteasers (Fermi problems such as estimating the number of people at an event, algebraic problems)
1-2 preliminary rounds followed by a virtual onsite which lasts all day. Onsite consists of a written test and 5-7 different interviews and you may be asked to stay for further interviews.
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Trading games, probability, discussion of work experience
First an online assessment and then a coding/quantitative challenge on a dataset, then virtual super day splitted into two days (~6h). The online assessment was mainly stats and brainteasers. The coding challenge requires basic data science skills. The super day is a typical trading interview.
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A lot of probability, betting, strategy, options related questions.