I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at SUNRISE FUTURES (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2017
Interview
The first interviewer didn't call for apparently no reason. I contacted HR and they set up another interview. This time the interviewer was 10 minutes late. He was rather impatient and somewhat condescending. Questions were easy, and I answered them all correctly. Then the next day I got rejected. Stay away from this company! The only good thing I can say about them is that their HR was quite helpful.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SUNRISE FUTURES in Sept 2023
Interview
The team leader kept talking about himself and asked no question at all (not even a single one from my resume or behavioral). Was informed I failed a couple days later and when I asked for feedback the recruiter simply ghosted me. Most ridiculous interview I ever got.
They asked interesting questions, including probability, statistics, math, brain teaser, algorithm and trading intuitions. Touching every aspect of what a quant researcher needs in daily life. They also introduced about their philosophy
I applied online. I interviewed at SUNRISE FUTURES (Chicago, IL) in Dec 2020
Interview
The interviewer was very rude and impolite. It felt like the interviewer was against me the whole time.
The interviewer first asked an easy coding question. I solved it quickly, and the interviewer said sarcastically that 'Oh you obviously prepared for that.'
Then the interviewer asked several basic probability questions. As usual, I tried to think out loud when solving questions, which I believe is very standard. The interviewer then stopped me rudely and said 'you do not need to think out loud, just tell me the answer and that's all I care'. When I tried to ask him to clarify the question, he said 'come on, you're a statistician'.
The interviewer is the rudest I've ever encountered. I got rejected two weeks later but I did not want to work for them either. Luckily I've already received offer from companies that are higher at my list.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
merge two sorted arrays
basic probability question