Interview guides by firm
How each firm's process is commonly reported to run, what it weighs most heavily, and where to practise every stage. Processes change by year, role and office, so treat these as a map rather than a promise.
Jane Street
Proprietary trading and market making
3 stages · 282 questions in the bank
Optiver
Market making
5 stages · 389 questions in the bank
SIG (Susquehanna)
Trading and market making
3 stages · 245 questions in the bank
IMC Trading
Market making
3 stages · 207 questions in the bank
Citadel
Hedge fund
3 stages · 496 questions in the bank
Citadel Securities
Market making
3 stages · 136 questions in the bank
Two Sigma
Quantitative investment manager
3 stages · 378 questions in the bank
Hudson River Trading
Algorithmic trading
3 stages · 149 questions in the bank
Jump Trading
Proprietary trading
3 stages · 115 questions in the bank
DRW
Proprietary trading
3 stages · 43 questions in the bank
Akuna Capital
Options market making
3 stages · 86 questions in the bank
D. E. Shaw
Investment and technology firm
3 stages · 90 questions in the bank
AQR
Quantitative asset manager
3 stages · 113 questions in the bank
Five Rings
Proprietary trading
3 stages · 16 questions in the bank
Flow Traders
ETF market making
3 stages · 13 questions in the bank
Point72 and Cubist
Hedge fund
3 stages · 40 questions in the bank
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