I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Jump Trading (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2025
Interview
Interviews with the actual team were okay and quite easy but interactions with the senior recruiter were abysmal. In the recruiter calls they made no effort to explain the position or interview process, were mindlessly brash about my previous experiences. Further, I wasn't updated on my application until I followed up explicitly. And when I asked for general feedback for improvement, the recruiter had ghosted me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
discussion of a trade position in a given simulated scenario
HR screening, casual chat, followed by technical phone interview and another HR chat. Then Onsite interview consisting of four rounds, 3 technical and one technical and behavioral. Mostly on statistics, probability, coding and data analysis.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Jump Trading (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
I was contacted by the firms internal HR directly.
HR were nice and made the process seamless.
After my first conversation I had a 3 hour interview with 2 quants and a trader (all separate, approx 1hr each).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 hr of python coding ability being assessed, data structures and how would you solve a problem.
1 hr discussing microstructure and answering trading specific questions (assessing knowledge of HFT strategies, backtesting)
1 hr of conditional probability and stats questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Jump Trading (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2025
Interview
First round was probability/brainteasers, next set was 5 interviews in a row with a mix of stats/probability/data science and leetcode plus one behavioral round. Interviews were around 30 mins long each.
