Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Voltaire Capital as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Quantitative Research and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Quantitative Research and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Voltaire Capital takes an average of 1 day when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Quantitative Research had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Quantitative Research roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 1 day).
I applied through university. I interviewed at Voltaire Capital in Aug 2018
Interview
Had 3 rounds of the interview, mainly focused on programming and probability and statistics .
In first-round it was an online test which included a lot of prob ability nad stats quesitons
Second round was mostly technical and third-round again scenario based probability questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. ML Problem evaluation techniques
2. Various prob and stats questions from easy to hard level
I applied through university. I interviewed at Voltaire Capital
Interview
A probability-based test followed by 2 rounds of technical interviews. No coding questions were asked. Test was challenging and all the questions were timed. Technical interviews tested mathematics and statistics knowledge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Expected number of times to throw a dice until all numbers have appeared; find det(e^A) and prove.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Voltaire Capital (London, England) in Apr 2016
Interview
That was a telephone interview. The interviewer first gave me a brief introduction about this company and asked about my previous internship experiences and then asked some quantitative
question in statistics, portfolio, and investment. The interviewer was very kind and patient. The length of the interview was about 30 minutes and that was a quite simple interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain (not mathematical formula): what is covariance, what is linear regression, what does capm mean, how do you judge the investment performance?