Jane Street Assistant Trader - Analyst interview questions
based on 6 ratings - Updated Feb 10, 2015
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Assistant Trader - Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Assistant Trader - Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jane Street overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jane Street as a Assistant Trader - Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Jane Street
Interview
Applied through campus recruiting, and had interview on campus. Told me how the interview was going to work: technical questions, no behavioral questions. Very casual; wore khakis and a flannel. After a couple of probability questions, he let me go and told me I would get an email about the second round of interviews
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Question 1
Expected value of various binomial distributions, game theory
I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street in Oct 2014
Interview
I applied online and got the phone interview invitation within a few days. The online application is the simplest I've ever seen. I applied to both London and Hong Kong office and the interview is from London office. A trader interviewed me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview is not very hard. But I made mistakes in very basic questions. It starts with calculating the sum of odd numbers within 100.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street in Feb 2014
Interview
Interview process was relatively smooth, interviewer called right on time. After a one sentence intro, he got directly into mental math questions. Besides that, he also asked some probability questions and my confidence in each answer. All in all, not incredibly hard, but definitely not easy. Very much unlike interviews for other companies.
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Question 1
Two dice - one 12 sided one 6 sided. Guess the roll of the two dice, no penalty for guessing under. You receive the amount on the dice if you guess it. What is the expected value? What is the bet that would maximize your payout?