Desk Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Squarepoint Capital with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 39.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Desk Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Squarepoint Capital overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Squarepoint Capital as a Desk Quantitative Analyst according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital in Sep 2022
Interview
first round with hr talking about your bg and preferences followed bt two rounds' technical, most are coding-related questions final round is onsite, meet with two people from the team
I had a round of coding test. It took around 1 hour and 5 minutes. I was not able to pass it though it is not very difficult. The interviewer is nice to talk to.
1hr Online Assessment, 3 technical Interviews! And a behavioral
Nothing very hard but long wait time for feedback.
First interview - two leetcode style problems (medium but on the easier side)
Second - math&stats questions plus some basic trading questions
Third - pretty easy coding problem + questions about datasets
I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital (London, England)
Interview
4 rounds: OA (hackerrank + probability MCQ), 1 coding round (leetcode questions, pretty simple), 1 maths + financial intuition round (also pretty simple), final live interview with some maths and a live leetcode medium (1hr) and a personality fit conversation (1hr).
Interviewers were all very friendly. Strong accommodation for my timeline since I had competing offers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode, DP, BS, standard DSA stuff, stuff on probability, financial intuition