D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm Product Manager Interview Questions
& Process

So basically, they first hit me up to get me to apply, I spent an hour on the app, then got rejected. Weirdly, two months later they pinged me again to set up an interview, no explanation for the first rejection. The first meeting, the interviewer no-showed. We finally did the interview, they said they liked me and wanted to move forward. Then I got a rejection email. Honestly, it felt disrespectful and like a waste of my time. Wouldn't recommend applying here.

I was initially reached out by a third party about this role. The process involved several stages: R1 was a 30-minute interview. Then came R2, a case study. After that, R3 consisted of two hour-long interviews. R4 was another hour-long interview, although I was expecting three interviewers and only one showed up. Following that, R5 was three more hour-long interviews, and R6 was two additional hour-long interviews. The last two steps were R7, one more hour-long interview, and R8, where I submitted four references. Unfortunately, a third party emailed me after round 6 to let me know I didn't get the job. No feedback was given, and the company recruiters never contacted me about the decision. The interviews themselves were pretty easy and enjoyable; the interviewers were nice and seemed interested. I never got any feedback on the case study or was even asked about it. Having to do 6 interview rounds was really tough to fit in with my current job. It was especially disappointing to get rejected by a third party after investing about 9 hours in interviews and doing a detailed case study, instead of hearing from the company or hiring manager directly.

The interview process was pretty good and enjoyable, though it moved a bit slowly because it was during the summer. I successfully passed the recruiter screen and the first round, which was behavioral. However, I was unfortunately cut after completing the take-home data case study. I was informed that there would have been four rounds in total had I advanced.