Trading applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 3.5 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 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trading roles take an average of 42 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 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Jane Street as a Trading according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Presentation: 50%
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I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jane Street (New York, NY) in Dec 2017
Interview
I took 3 phone interviews, then came into their NYC office for an onsite interview. Every interview was entirely technical; neither my personality nor my resume was mentioned. Each round of interviews consisted of increasingly difficult math and probability questions. The onsite consisted of multiple rounds of interviews, with either 1 or 2 employees at a time. Each one featured multiple math and probability problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(From round 1): What is the smallest number the product of whose digits is 10,000?
I had a phone screening call from a recruiter, they asked some standard probability questions, bayes rule, and expected value about dices. Overall experience was pretty good. Make sure you prepare your probability
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Expected value, if throwing a dice, 2 dices and 3 dices with option to reroll.
I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street in Nov 2022
Interview
Very smooth. Around 30mins first round 1hr for the second round. First round consisted of easier probability based questions. Second round was similar but harder and longer questions. The interview process if approached in a calm composed manner should be easier to analyse
multiple phone interviews and a full-day Zoom interview. Interviews got longer and longer over time, but every person was very kind and helpful with hints when I got stuck. The questions get harder as the rounds progress and generally don't have a closed form answer in the later rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they describe the rules of a game and ask if you want to play it based on your expected earnings