Summer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Jane Street with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Jane Street as a Summer Intern according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
IQ intelligence test: 50%
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The probability games were reasonably easy, however, the game theory questions were impossible. Even though it was the first interview, it was more difficult than the last interview round at competing companies.
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Probability& game theory questions. Typical trading interview.
Two or three probability/statistics brain teasers/problems that you have to solve. Topics include Markov Chains, EV, decision/game theory, branching processes, gambler's ruin, best decisions, optimisation. Interview with an actual quant.
CV submission, followed by online assessment (fairly easy 10 questions), then first round zoom interview. One interviewer, one hour interview. 2 problem solving questions asked with multiple follow ups for each one.
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Design an algorithm for when to replace a car at a car rental company
Was asked a general mathematical problem solving question - no personal details or anything else was discussed, was overall relatively easy and I imagine a fair amount of support would be offered if struggling.