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Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Quantitative Analyst at D. E. Shaw
Posted Feb 12, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)
I applied online. Got a phone interview. Followed it up with an onsite interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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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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Rotational Associate at D. E. Shaw
Posted Nov 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
Talked about a case involving buying life insurance plans back from people
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Associate at D. E. Shaw
Posted Nov 1, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Acquired the interview through campus recruiting. Submitted my resume online and was selected for an on -campus first round interview. This was a one-on-one interview with a junior level associate. First half of the interview was strictly behavioral followed by technical finance questions and a few brainteasers.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at D. E. Shaw
Posted Oct 31, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
First-round on-campus interview: Mainly I was asked how I would approach a couple algorithmic problems that the interviewer described as simplifications of stuff he works on. We discussed the solutions at a pretty high level and I didn't have to write much code. The problems were interesting but not killer, involving dynamic programming and some combinatorial and probability calculations, and happened to draw on my strengths. Got an invitation to NYC the same day.
On-site interview day: They put me in a nice hotel a block from their office. I had a long 10am-5pm of ~1hr 1:1 interviews, with a laid-back 1:1 lunch at a restaurant midday. The interviewers included both programmers and quants, with corresponding questioning styles. I was posed challenging questions on software engineering, algorithms, statistics, and quantitative reasoning. No fit/behavioral questions beyond the introductory chit-chat. The people were all really smart, and personalities ranged between pleasant/relaxed and nerdy/quirky (nothing adversarial).
I left feeling it went OK, but I did need a lot of help on some of the problems. Got a rejection email 1 week later.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Trader at D. E. Shaw
Posted Jul 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 2010 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
Connected with company through campus recruiting. Interviewed on campus. Was very unimpressed with interviewer. Interview questions were very qualitative. Expected more quantitative testing. Did not enjoy process. Did not pursue position further.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Family Office at D. E. Shaw
Posted May 20, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jun 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
I was interviewed for a position in the family office of a Shaw family member at their NYC office. After signing an NDA I was brought to another floor and interviewed by two very professional individuals that already worked for the family office. The questions ranged from very general to very specific, but were comprised mostly of topics concerning my professional background and lifestyle. Overall, the entire office was very polite and professional and I left with a feeling that working with them would be very pleasant.
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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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Trader at D. E. Shaw
Posted Mar 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)
Talked about betting in sport games and how to find arbitrage or maximize payoff.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Developer at D. E. Shaw
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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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 Jan 2009 (took a day)
It was a campus interview. The first step was a written test. It consisted of two parts - objective questions and a programming assignment . Objective questions section had C++ programming questions and aptitude / maths questions. The programming assignment had to be done on paper. The interview revolved around the questions asked in the written test.
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e.g. Input : 12gh45fd3, Output : 12453ghfd
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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