D. E. Shaw Interview Questions & Reviews in India
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Updated Apr 17, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Member Technical at D. E. Shaw
Posted Apr 17, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2+ weeks)
What I felt mattered a lot to interviewers from Shaw was:
a. Do you really know the core concepts of Computer Science
b. Are you comfortable with coding (They might ask you to write small code snippets)
c. How good are you in the things you CLAIM to know.
(They will interview on this rigorously)
d. How concisely can you communicate your thoughts
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Negotiation Details
I was a college hire , and hence there was no negotiation phase for me.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Financial Research Analyst at D. E. Shaw
Posted Dec 16, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took a day)
I got in through a campus placement process. DE Shaw people came down to our college and we had a process of an aptitude test, a GD and a PI. The interview was excellent. The best part was that they focussed on the analytical part. Asked me a few questions about statistics, catastrophe modeling, cat bonds, and claims reserving in re-insurance.
Nice, brilliant people, and gr8 work culture. The best part is you need not to be so formal in office as in other companies.
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Negotiation Details
They had a good salary structure and i liked the profile. I didn't negotiate.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at D. E. Shaw
Posted Apr 20, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2 days)
The interviewer first started with technical questions and then he was asking rasict/controversial questions to every candidate.
Bengalis were asked about Naxalism in Bengal, Biharis were asked to compare Lalu and Nitish, Gujaratis were asked about Modi and communal riots, Mumbaikars were asked about Raj Thackarey etc
Basically, when they saw that the candidate is technically good, they would stoop to this level.
Finally, they hired 3 guys, who were from the same city where this company's office is based.
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What do you have to say about the branding/imaging of people from your state ?
Given a set of N strings. Print all clusters of anagram strings
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Associate at D. E. Shaw
Posted Jul 30, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took a day)
Applied through a recruiting agency. Recruitment process held in Bangalore (India). No travel reimbursements / lunch etc is provided. You are required to carry 4 copies of your resume. People with CFA etc qualifications etc are preferred. Apart from this, they also look at people with strong mathematical skills.
Round 1: IQ Test. Basic maths questions.
Round 2: Creativity Test. You will be given a random picture and asked to write an essay on it. We were given a picture of a man confused between 6-7 roads at an intersection.
Round 3: Personal Interview Round 1 (Technical). Here they ask core finance questions, like what is DCF, EBITDA etc.
Round 4: Personal Interview Round 2 (HR Stuff)
After this, they let you go, and say that they will inform of the results in 2 weeks. No results are announced on the spot.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Financial Analyst- Modeling at D. E. Shaw
Posted May 31, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 1+ week)
One HR round, one technical, one case study to solve, discussion of case study and finally HR round oncampus.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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