Standard interview questions, 5 stages some technical some were not technical. It was average difficulty what you would expect as standard interview questions. A culture / motivation interviews, these were standard kind of questions aswell
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your motivations why did this role stand out
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Balyasny Asset Management (London, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
I had 2 technical interviews and 1 HR one after a hackerrank challenge. The HR guy was extremely blunt and seemed like he lacked emotion, how you would expect a manager from the 90s to behave. As for the second technical interview, the interviewer was eating his lunch during the interview, extremely unprofessional and rude. Upon not explaining the question properly and not giving the correct context or information for me to answer the question, I could not proceed with a solution. He tried to end the call until I requested that he explain the solution, to which he explained the context that he had previously missed. I was shocked by the final technical interview (I never wrote a Glassdoor review but I had to share my experience). You can tell they make up the technical questions because they don't make sense
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
The question gave a string of letters and a number k, where you had to remove k consecutive letters from the str
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Balyasny Asset Management (Toronto, ON)
Interview
The interviewer appeared uninterested in the discussion and didn't show much enthusiasm. No feedback provided after you answer any question. The coding question feels rather insignificant and unrelated to the skills needed for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you found an application is slow, how do you manage to solve it