Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Volcore as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Data Scientist and Junior Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Graduate Software Engineer and Junior Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Volcore takes an average of 14 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Graduate Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Graduate Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I had a initial take home test which last for one week.
Teams Interview .
Take home Kaggle style data science take home test which is to be completed in 1 week.
No feedback given so don't be put off if you werent selected :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some interesting general knowledge questions about energy
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Volcore (Manchester, England)
Interview
1. A take-home quiz on maths.
2. Call with founders. Motivational questions, and quant-type brainteasers and questions related to past experiences. Was told to proceed to next stage on the spot.
3. Take-home modelling task.
4. In-person with founders, pair programming on extending the take-home task and more.
I applied online. I interviewed at Volcore in Oct 2024
Interview
First there was an untimed mathematics and probability based quiz on their website. I was then invited to a video call interview with two interviewers where they introduced the company and asked questions about my experience and interests before introducing some problems related to energy trading and asking questions around that.