Trader applicants have rated the interview process at DRW with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trader roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at DRW overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at DRW as a Trader according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 21%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
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2 round Phone interview , someone referred me and got call from someone. The overall experience is good! I got the offer and went to there. They have great office
I applied online. I interviewed at DRW (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2025
Interview
Decently tough, not as hard as some other quant firms. Focus on stats and probability questions, betting games, less focus on computer science questions for the trader and quantitative trader roles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Betting games summing the value of 4 cards facedown, making markets as they flipped the cards face up one by one.
Started off with a fit check with an HR representetive, from there it moved on to a larger cohort that was given a good description of the role prior to performing an exam.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My interest, whether I played videogames or instruments
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at DRW in Jan 2024
Interview
Overall good. Fair questions to learn how you think about things. Not too trading focused more just overall logic and problem solving. Coin flipping problems, why would an algo behave a certain way, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What things would you want to monitor regarding an algo