I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Jump Trading in Oct 2018
Interview
I submitted an application through my university. Got an on-campus interview a month later. When I arrived, I was told that my interviewer was still busy, so they assigned two random interviewers who were just hanging around to interview me. They didn't have a copy of my resume and so knew nothing about my background. Both interviewers were non-native English speakers, so I had a lot of trouble understanding what they wanted me to do. I spent almost half of my time asking clarifying questions. Got the standard rejection letter a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Run one iteration of bubble sort. What's the probability that the array is now sorted?
HR screening, casual chat, followed by technical phone interview and another HR chat. Then Onsite interview consisting of four rounds, 3 technical and one technical and behavioral. Mostly on statistics, probability, coding and data analysis.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Jump Trading (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
I was contacted by the firms internal HR directly.
HR were nice and made the process seamless.
After my first conversation I had a 3 hour interview with 2 quants and a trader (all separate, approx 1hr each).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 hr of python coding ability being assessed, data structures and how would you solve a problem.
1 hr discussing microstructure and answering trading specific questions (assessing knowledge of HFT strategies, backtesting)
1 hr of conditional probability and stats questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Jump Trading (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2025
Interview
First round was probability/brainteasers, next set was 5 interviews in a row with a mix of stats/probability/data science and leetcode plus one behavioral round. Interviews were around 30 mins long each.