D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm Software Engineer Interview Questions
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D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
The interview process included an online assessment with 2 medium DSA questions, followed by a one-on-one interview where we discussed my resume projects and data structure applications. Finally, there was an HR round.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you explain the projects on your resume and the libraries you utilized?
- Describe real-life implementations of data structures.
- Solve 2 medium level DSA leetcode style questions.
D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Software Developer
Mid Difficult Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
I had an online assessment with 4 LeetCode medium-hard problems. Then, the first round of interviews was scheduled for 4 hours but ended up being cut short at 2 hours. The first interview involved an engineer asking me 2 LeetCode medium questions and a data structure question. The second interview was with a senior engineer, and they asked me about operating systems, dynamic programming, and databases.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you explain how a breakpoint functions?
D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Take home Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design Behavioral
It started with an online assessment, then a phone interview with technical questions, followed by a behavioral chat about my resume and past experience and technical concept understanding. Then there were technical and coding questions. The final stage was an onsite, which included 4 technical interviews (coding and system design) along with behavioral interviews.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Could you introduce yourself and elaborate on your previous experiences?
- Can you walk me through your resume and prior work history?
- Could you explain your grasp of core technical concepts?
D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“Can you rearrange a sequence of letters and numbers so that all numbers appear first in their original order, followed by all letters in their original order, without using extra memory? For example, given '12gh45fd3', the output should be '12453ghfd'.”
Read reports →“What is the minimum number of comparisons needed to find the maximum element in an array, and why is it the minimum?”
Read reports →“What's a method to locate the minimum of a continuous function in multiple dimensions?”
Read reports →“How do you find the intersection of two linked lists?”
Read reports →“Is it surprising that three of my 150 friends have phone numbers that end in a permutation of the digits 0, 1, 4, and 9?”
Read report →“How would you find the median of a list that isn't sorted?”
Read report →“How would you calculate the Cartesian product for a list of sets? (DFS simulation is the way.)”
Read report →“When is the binding done for operator overloading and dynamic dispatch, and what's the output for specific code examples illustrating these concepts?”
Read report →“Can you create an algorithm to check if any two numbers in an array add up to a target value x?”
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