I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Jane Street (London, England) in Apr 2016
Interview
I applied online and they sent an email arranging a phone interview. The phone interview itself was a series of technical questions on probability and statistics. They asked me to do some mental arithmetic and I fell down here. I was told that traders need to be able to do fast mental computations all the time as part of the job. They insisted on using the telephone and not Skype/Hangouts. The sound quality on the international call was atrocious.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the minimum number of people you need to ensure that at least 7 share a birthday in the same month?
Some basic conditional probability questions
I interviewed at Jane Street (London, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
einen runden spiele am Vormittag und dann programmieren am nachmittag.
Biem spiele hat man parallel wetten sollen, also ein buy and sell zwishudn ein sechseiiger Würfel und sowas. oder karten wetten auf das die karte rot ist und zwischen 5-9 was zahlst du für diesen output und so. anrfang rechnen danach abschärtzen udn Ergebnisse interpretieren
Overall, it was a pleasant interview experience. I answered a few personal questions and encountered one that was slightly confusing, but the interviewer was friendly, and the conversation flowed well overall
Probability questions, nothing crazy but quite open ended, they want to know your thought process and calculations. Pen and paper allowed but no calculator. No OA, a few rounds and got rejected. Zoom call with a trader.