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      Trader Interview

      Jan 20, 2012
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street in Oct 2011

      Interview

      I was offered a phone interview soon after I sent in my resume. The first round consisted of a few mental math questions and two harder probability questions. A day later, I was invited to the second round, also on the phone, which involved harder math questions, and I had to bet on my answers or give a confidence interval. In the third round, also over the phone, I was given a sum of money to play with. Then I got asked ridiculously difficult math problems and was given two minutes to solve them. After giving an answer, I was asked how sure I was about my answer, and then offered a bet based on my confidence percentage. I messed up and bet too aggressively and so ended up with no money left. As expected, that was the end. The interviewers were all very nice and helpful, and they weren't going to sit there and listen to you suffer. However, sometimes, if the interview is during trading hours, the interviewer would forget or be too busy, thus delaying the interview for a few days. Basically, I had to prepare myself for an interview twice a week. Apparently, there are four phone interview rounds and a final interview in NYC. I'm not sure why the process is so arduous, but if you truly like math and problem solving, you should find the interview a rather fun ride. The questions are difficult, but quite interesting.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      You and a friend are betting on individual games of the World series. For each game, if your team wins, you win a certain (positive) amount of money, and if your team loses, you lose that amount. You and your friend create a betting scheme such that you will win 1000 dollars if your team wins and lose 1000 dollars if your team loses, regardless of the game score (it could be 4-3, 2-4, etc.). How much do you bet on the first game?
      5 Answers

      Question 2

      On an infinite chessboard, to how many possible positions can a knight move after 10 moves (provide a 90% confidence interval)? Is the actual answer even or odd?
      7 Answers

      Question 3

      Player A had a better batting average than Player B in both the first and second halves of the season. Is it possible for Player B to have a better average than A in the overall season?
      2 Answers

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