I applied online. I interviewed at Jane Street in Jan 2024
Interview
resume passed screening so I got an excel sheet assignment where I had to analyze hypothetical client data from Q1 2022 and fill in the blanks of the excel document. Then I got an email letting me know I passed to a phone interview. Interviewer took a while to get back to me, I kept following up. On the date of my interview I never got called (BRUH) so my interview got pushed back a week. The interview started off with 2 mathy questions and then the rest were simple behavioral/tell me about yourself questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is the angle of a clock at 10:40?
- If a car is racing around a 1 mile track and it goes 60 mph the first lap and 90 mph the second, what was its average speed for the 2 laps?
- Why Jane Street/Why Finance?
- Tell me about yourself?
- Tell me about a time where you formed an unexpected relationship with someone in a work setting?
There are 4 interview rounds + online case. First consists of 2 brain teasers and 2 behavioral, seocnd is focused on your background, third is a technical case, and the 4th is a superday with 3 interviews.
Supposed to be a 30-45 min interview but overran to an hour. 3 fairly simple maths questions but I was nervous so faltered a bit. Then a discussion about why Jane Street, why not just investment banking, I asked lots of questions to the interviewer at the end. Have to be on your toes but they are interesting to talk to
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
angles between hands on a clock
speeds of cars on a race track
Screening call with HR with brain teasers and motivational questions, then behavioral interview with sales trader, then technical interviews, then Assessment center. only got to the second stage. sales trader seemed pretty disinterested, so got rejected