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Updated 3 Mar 2024

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Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 -
Result
 No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 1) What is attention mechanism (since it was mentionned in my resume) 2) What is the sde of the Heston model? 3) What is implied volatility? 4) What is PCA (mac...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare the following topics : numerical algorithms, machine learning basics, optimization, stochastic calculus.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Quantitative Researcher interview

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posted on 27 Nov 2021

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Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Finance, probability
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Simplify and was interviewed before Jul 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your previous experience
  • Q2. Have you ever worked with machine learning algorithms?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Aug 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Assignment Round

Dataset and goal of the assignment was shared. Python coding and explanation in ML was expected.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Write code and comments elaborately. Hyperparameter tuning and outlier treatment was asked extensively so prepare that part.
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Jul 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Fixed income fundamentals
  • Q2. Previous job functions
2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Previous job functions
  • Q2. Role in decision making
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 2-4 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I was interviewed before Apr 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference VaR and ES
  • Q2. List array difference
  • Q3. Arch and garch models

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and was interviewed before Jun 2023.

6 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

3 sections consisting maths, prob stats and CS fundamentals

2

Coding Test Round

2 easy to medium-level coding questions

3

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Draw graph of x+(1/x)
  • Q2. Questions from the book xinfingzhou
4

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. 3 coding questions on greedy algorithm
  • Q2. 2 coding questions on dynamic programming
5

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions revolving quantitative finance on bonds, options and black scholes
6

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Typical straight forward HR questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be quick in maths. Time given to solve every question is pretty less
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 6-8 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (6 Questions)

  • Q1. What is VaR how to calculate
  • Q2. How to calculate VaR for Bonds
  • Q3. What is yield is it same as coupon
  • Q4. If you want to check if an OLS is best fit how would you quantify
  • Q5. If there are 2 time series model how to check if both have same distribution
  • Q6. Is duration adjustment always +ve or -ve
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Past project experience

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