Investment and technology firm
D. E. Shaw interview guide
Quant analyst interviews are reported to lean on probability, statistics and problem-solving puzzles; engineering roles on algorithms.
Quant analystSoftware engineer
How the process usually runs
- 1
Screening
Probability, statistics and logic problems, or coding for engineers.
Practise: Probability lessons
- 2
Technical interviews
Statistics and modelling in depth, with puzzles along the way.
Practise: Statistics lessons
- 3
What to revise
Weighted most heavily in reports: probability, statistics, puzzles. The topics below are where the 90 questions in the bank reported at D. E. Shaw come from.
Questions reported at D. E. Shaw
- Which statement about the central limit theorem is correct?Free solution
- You regress one stock’s price on another’s and get R² = 0.95 with a t-statistic of 40.Free solution
- Can three assets be pairwise correlated at −0.5?Free solution
- What is the most negative pairwise correlation that five assets can all share?Free solution
- What is d(Wₜ²)?Free solution
- What is ∫₀ᵗWₛ dWₛ?Free solution
- Four independent exponential variables each have rate 2.Applied
- You have a uniform random number generator and need draws from a distribution…Applied
- A symmetric random walk starts at the origin.Advanced
- One hundred prisoners each open fifty of one hundred boxes to find their own…Expert
A summary of what candidates publicly report, not information from D. E. Shaw. Processes change by year, role and office. QuantMax is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or recruiting for D. E. Shaw.