Linux Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Linux Engineer Intern roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Jane Street overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jane Street as a Linux Engineer Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Jane Street in Jul 2025
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jane Street
Interview
1 hr long, various troubleshooting scenarios.
Question about basic shell scripting (eg: renaming all files with a certain extension in a directory)
Open-ended question about performance: What is faster? a Python library or a corresponding shell script?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Open ended question about thought process: debugging issues if a job was previously executing correctly but was now not functioning properly
First round was a Linux heavy interview, not extremely technical but you need to know your stuff. Second round was a typical software engineering interview at Jane Street (it's conducted by a software engineer, not a Linux engineer like the first one). Then there is the Jane Street full day on site interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic shell scripting question to find and rename all files of the same file extension
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street (Hong Kong) in Feb 2025
Interview
Started with Linux related questions about troubleshooting hang processes / identifying systems running out of physical memory. Asked about past experience related to Linux namespace, system management and so. Ended with a shell one-liner question about file system traversal.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One liner shell code to recursively rename text files to a certain extension.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Jane Street in Jan 2024
Interview
Recruiter contacted me to schedule a Zoom meeting with an interviewer. The interviewer asked a few technical questions based on the linux operating systems and about some projects based on my resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach debugging a problem where a system or software component was previously functioning correctly but is now experiencing issues?