I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital (New York, NY)
Interview
Applied online. Had two interviews with quant researchers. 1st interview, some introductions, and then one question on probability and a simple coding question. 2nd interview, one linear algebra, one probability, and one stats question.
I applied online. I interviewed at Squarepoint Capital
Interview
Online call, only I had the camera on. Standard coding and probability questions, but the interviewer disconnected mid coding, which was weird. Also I solved the probability problem and the interviewer claimed it was incorrect. Overall a really bad experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
16 balls with 4 special are partitioned into 4 groups each with size 4. What is the prob the special balls land in different groups?
The interviewer is nice, asked one programming that you can choose using whatever programming language you would like (python by default) and a couple of probability and statistics questions. However did not pass the interview,.
Thee are 3 phone rounds, then a superday (2 interviews during the superday).
Phone rounds: 2 rounds with probability / stats / brainteasers, 1 round with CS (dynamic programming, leetcode Medium level).
